Principal Software Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York
Process
It was for OCI. Had 8 interviews in total:
Initial interviews:
- Recruiter
- Tech screen (Technical questions/concepts)
Whole day:
- 3 Developers (coding + behavioral)
- Engineering Mgr
- Engineering Director
Follow-up:
- Engineering Mgr
Result: Ghosted me. No rejection letter even after a follow-up. Feedback would have been appreciated. Seems standard with these folks.
Questions
Basic LC style. Easy/Medium difficulty, and I wanted to know your thought process. They emphasized behavioral questions. I did okay and had positive vibes from the interviewers.
Round with the Eng Director focused on design questions, which was kinda tough. The task was to design a CDN service. I didn't do well as I know little about CDNs. I didn't provide any details on how it should work.
Follow-up interview: More behavioral questions. They asked a Java trivia question, which I wasn't able to answer satisfactorily. The question was around 'static' on classes, functions, etc.
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