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The first round was a 1-hour online Karat assessment. The first 15 minutes consisted of Java concepts-related questions. After that, two Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA) questions were asked, with the second DSA question building upon the first.

I connected with a recruiter via email, who circulated my resume among a few teams. One of the teams contacted me for a technical interview within hours, and I interviewed a few days later. The interviewer asked me to build a basic implementation of

I cold-applied to a job posting; however, my resume was targeted to the posting. This allowed me to get a follow-up. The interview process went like this: * 1 recruiter screen * 1 combined technical/behavioral screen * 4 tech screens, 1 HM sc