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Stripe
Forward Deployed Engineer
Stripe·Posted 3 weeks ago · Jan 2025

The process was smooth, and the HR team was friendly. During the behavioral interview, the interviewer asked me two main questions and then followed up with additional questions based on my answers.

1 round4 questions
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Mastercard
Software Engineer
Mastercard·Posted 4 months ago · Jan 2025

The interview process was fairly structured, starting with an initial screening followed by technical and/or managerial rounds. What went well was the clarity of questions and the opportunity to explain my thought process. One area that could have been better was the time allocated for certain discussions, which felt slightly rushed.

4 rounds9 questions
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TikTok
Software Engineer
TikTok·Posted 1 month ago · Dec 2024

It was pretty straight forward and nice process. There was no onsite loop, the entire process was onsite.

3 rounds2 questions
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Okta
Software Engineer
Okta·Posted 1 month ago · Dec 2024

I enjoyed the whole process and transparency throughout. Though it's a bit dated, I'm sure the general premise is still the same. Recruiter phone screen Online coding assessment 45 mins tech interview Onsite with 3 technical interviews and 2 behavioural (1 of my tech was cancelled) Communication was always clear and it took a bit longer since it was over the Christmas break. Got offer shortly after the final and accepted, super glad!

4 rounds5 questions
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Meta
Software Engineer
Meta·Posted 1 month ago · Dec 2024

Leetcode was doable based on the LC premium curated list, questions were similar. Culture round required thorough prep of examples for similar questions

3 rounds3 questions
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Intuit
Software Engineer
Intuit·Posted 3 months ago · Dec 2024

Pretty easy leetcode. The final round is just a few hours to implement an app. Not too difficult if you are comfortable creating an app.

3 rounds2 questions
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Google
Software Engineer
Google·Posted 1 week ago · Oct 2024

The interview was not too bad, two mediums and two hards. I just don't enjoy coding that much so it went downhill.

1 round
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Expedia
Software Engineer
Expedia·Posted 1 month ago · Oct 2024

The recruiter screen was very basic, about experience and expectations. The coding part had two problems, one LC easy and another LC medium but also on the easier side. The system design is very similar to what you find on the first few problems on youtube.

2 rounds3 questions
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Meta
Software Engineer
Meta·Posted 3 months ago · Oct 2024

My interview process started with a CodeSignal GCF online assessment that had four sections with increasing difficulty. The earlier sections were more straightforward and focused on implementation speed and correctness, while the later sections required more problem-solving depth and handling more complex constraints under time pressure. After that, I had a technical interview consisting of two LeetCode-style medium questions in a 45-minute session. The focus was on both arriving at efficient solutions and clearly communicating my thought process while working through each problem. What went well was my ability to understand the problems quickly and stay consistent across different difficulty levels. What didn’t go as well was pacing, especially in balancing correctness and optimization within the time limits.

2 rounds1 question
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