I was asked to design a Tic-Tac-Toe system. I implemented a solution but was rejected. The interviewer advised that I needed to communicate my ideas and implementation details carefully before writing code. The interviewer didn't ask me to go through test case...
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I interviewed for a Senior SDE role at Stripe and was rejected two weeks after the virtual onsite. **Phone Screen:** The phone screen involved a classic dataset validation problem. The prompt was very long, and I almost ran out of time to read it. Thankfully,...
I need to implement a function that determines the status of a board game based on a list of moves and the size of the board. The function should run through the list of moves and return one of the following game statuses: 'in progress', 'player 1 is the winne...
I was laid off last year and spent time preparing for interviews. I practiced with smaller companies and then got a referral to Airbnb, my dream company. I was worried about rejections but finally passed the onsite and Core Value rounds. The Team Match (TM) is...
I had a technical phone screen for a Data Engineer role. The interviewer was friendly and gave positive feedback throughout the interview. **SQL Questions:** The table structures were as follows: ``` users user_id integer not null signup_date date not null job...
The interviewer introduced the scenario as a payments feature with limited coin denominations. The question was Minimum Coins Needed to Cover Every Amount: https://www.chillinterview.com/learn/coding-interview-questions/minimum-coins-needed-to-cover-every-amou...
I was initially told by HR that the interview would cover supply chain domain knowledge, operational fundamentals, and planning. However, the interviewer, a SWE with one year of experience at Meta, skipped all supply chain-related and behavioral questions. Aft...
The technical questions I was asked included: 1. What is CI/CD, and what CI/CD tools have you used? 2. How to use ArgoCD to deploy applications on Kubernetes? 3. How are Helm files structured in an application, and how do you use Helm? 4. How to troubleshoot a...
The interviewer made the problem feel casual by framing it around players at an arcade. The question was Maximize Completed Arcade Sessions: https://www.chillinterview.com/learn/coding-interview-questions/maximize-completed-arcade-sessions. I was given session...
I recently interviewed for a Manager position at Uber. Overall, the experience was good, and both interviewers were easy to communicate with and seemed nice. Here's a breakdown of the System Design question and my thoughts on what to prepare: **Round 1: System...
