The recruiter reached out with generic questions about compensation and then emailed a link to schedule the phone screen.

Technical Screen: The interviewer was very friendly. It was a discussion about my past experience and some behavioral questions, followed by a LeetCode medium question. I solved it.

I was moved to the next rounds, which are called loop interviews.

There will be a 30-minute session with HR to understand what can be expected in the loop rounds.

There will be 4 rounds on the same day:

• Two coding challenge rounds
• One system design round
• One behavioral round with the hiring manager

Round 1: Coding Challenge The interviewer was interactive. I was asked a LeetCode medium question on graphs and some behavioral questions.

Round 2: Behavioral with HM This interviewer was not friendly at all. I have never interacted with someone who could drain all my energy. It seemed like, no matter what I said, they had a very judgy look and were not welcoming. I usually do well in behavioral interviews, but this was a disaster. I lost all my hope after this round, but pulled myself back for the next rounds soon.

Round 3: System Design It was a great conversation, and I did well. The interviewer was very warm and friendly.

Round 4: Coding Challenge I was asked a LeetCode medium question on graph shortest path from source to destination.

The recruiter was very friendly.

Verdict: No Hire

Longest Increasing Subsequence: LeetCode Medium https://leetcode.com/problems/longest-increasing-subsequence/description/

Course Schedule II Given a list of tasks and their prerequisites, return the order of execution of tasks. https://leetcode.com/problems/course-schedule-ii/

Shortest distance between two points in a grid, given a source and destination. https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-cost-homecoming-of-a-robot-in-a-grid/