1 hr life story 1 hr technical interview

To be honest, the technical interview was good. But the interviewer gave feedback that I ‘overcomplicated’ my solution.

I was really surprised because I was talking and describing my thought process clearly, and asking questions. What is so bad about overcomplicating a solution when I was able to get a solution before time? It just beats me.

Shopify technical interviewers could discuss this and give room for the interviewee to think.

It’s a pity that they didn’t let me go to the next round. They don’t know what they’re missing.

There are some sets of strings that map to an item.

Given a string, determine the number of items.