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There were 4 rounds. They mainly asked me about my experiences in previous projects. They also asked me some design questions (distributed systems) and algorithms questions. I thought it was easy, but in retrospect, they didn't seem to like me. Thre

My resume was passed through a referral, and I was directly called for an onsite interview at their San Jose office. Right from the start, this was a disaster. The hiring manager directly called me and set up the interview: "Can you come tomorrow?"

Role: Backend Engineer. Interview process was average. Had a phone screen with Karat, with multiple questions on Java, JVM, and Spring Boot in all rounds. Onsite had 4 rounds: * 2 technical rounds * 1 with the manager * 1 with designing/troublesho