DealShare

Role: SDE - 1

College: Not Specified

Interview Date: 17 Jun 2022

Interview Type: Off-Campus (Referral)

Result: Rejected

Difficulty: Medium

Rounds: 2 rounds

Topics Asked: Data Structures, Pointers, OOPS, System Design, Algorithms, Computer Networking, Object Oriented Programming, ML

Experience:

The candidate applied for the SDE-1 role via referral. The interviews were conducted by a third party on behalf of DealShare. The overall preparation duration was 8 months, covering topics like Data Structures, Pointers, OOPS, System Design, Algorithms, Computer Networking, Object Oriented Programming, and ML.

Round 1 (Coding - Video Call): This round lasted 60 minutes and included two coding questions. The problems asked were:

• Count Good Subsets.
• Count all sub-arrays having sum divisible by k.

Other problems mentioned in the context of this round, but not explicitly as one of the two, include "Kth largest element in the unsorted array" and "Minimum Time To Visit All Points".

Round 2 (Hiring Manager): This round focused on assessing the depth of the tech stack used in past projects and internship work. Towards the end, the interviewer asked two quick DSA questions, though the specific problems were not detailed.

The candidate mentioned that all rounds went pretty well but was ghosted after the second round, speculating that a better candidate might have been found.

Tips: Never skip any topic, learn to articulate thoughts clearly, learn from previous experiences, and have at least four projects on the resume.