The interview experience itself was quite reasonable, mirroring typical day-to-day tasks. Although the technical questions weren't overly complex, Ōura places a strong emphasis on comprehending the coding process holistically.

This entails articulating the reasoning behind implementation choices, conducting runtime and space complexity analyses, and validating inputs. Rather than fixating on solving problems flawlessly, the focus lies on guiding the interviewer through your thought process.

Regarding the behavioral interviews, the interviewers posed intriguing questions, such as:

• Discussing what aspects you enjoy and dislike about your current role.
• Instances when you encountered disagreement with others and successfully reached a resolution.
• A project where you made a significant impact.

They also delved into hobbies outside of coding and how you developed an interest in them. Ōura isn't solely seeking coders; they aim to recruit individuals with diverse interests and a broader perspective on life beyond work.

Algorithm: Given a paginated API, return a page of data given a page size and a page index.

Algorithm: Given 2 non-negative integers, generate the next 10 numbers of a Fibonacci sequence seeded by those 2 numbers.

System Design: Design a system that rate-limits each user to 500 requests per 10 minutes for an API served by an auto-scaling group of EC2 instances.