I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks.

Software Engineer II - Java Backend Interview Experience

As all are working from home, my whole interview rounds happened online. Overall interview experience was great and was very smooth. Most of the interviewers were from the UK, and the interview experience was one of a kind. Recruiters are very helpful and easy to reach. They helped me understand the interview process, what they will be expecting from a candidate, and provided useful resources to prepare, which helped a lot in the interview. Due to my tight work schedule, I was very tired and exhausted. When I explained this to my recruiter, she understood and was very flexible in scheduling the interview. She wanted candidates to give their best.

Interview Process:

• Phone Screening
• Online Assessment
• Technical Discussion
• Machine Coding Round + Design Discussion (HLD) using SeqD

Interview Process in Detail:

1. Phone Screening A recruiter reached out and had a discussion about my skill set and about my current work. They explained the job role and the company's expectations.

2. Online Assessment (1 hr) There were a few MCQs on technology and 1 Design Pattern + OOPs question to solve.

3. Technical Discussion (45 mins - 1hr) (Moderate Difficulty) They asked questions from various domains like SQL, Java, my current work and role, behavioral, DSA, and System Design. They check if you are passionate about their product, mission, and, of course, your skill set.

4. Machine Coding Round + Design Discussion (HLD) using SeqD (3 hr)

First Half (Machine Coding Round) (Difficulty depending on the work experience): It was one of the longest interview rounds. For the first 10-15 mins, the problem statement will be explained. You will be given 60-90 mins to build a service from scratch using any framework of your choice and integrate a third-party API which they provide. Once you are done with the implementation, they will assess your code and ask you questions regarding your code and design decisions. They mainly focus on how well you design your code and structure it, naming conventions, clean code, coding standards, and which service you prioritize first while implementing.

Second Half (System Design): I was expected to draw sequence diagrams for the service I built. Many questions were asked on the same as how services will interact, edge cases, scalability, availability, reliability, and many more.

How do you make your system scalable, available, and reliable? There was a Leadership Principles scenario-based question on system design decisions.