Role: SDE 2
College: Not Specified
Interview Date: March 19, 2024
Interview Type: Full-Time
Result: Rejected
Difficulty: Not Specified (coding problems varied)
Rounds: 4 rounds (Online Assessment, 2 Coding Rounds, System Design Round)
Topics Asked: Data Structures (Tree, Graph, interval-based problems), Algorithms (Graph traversal), System Design.
Experience:
The interview process for an SDE 2 role at Ethos Life included an Online Assessment, two subsequent coding rounds, and a system design round. The candidate ultimately received a rejection.
- Round 1: Online Assessment (HackerRank)
- The first question was described as fairly easy.
- The second question was related to Tree and Graph data structures, which the candidate was unable to solve completely.
- A specific problem observed in an Ethos Life OA (also mentioned in a separate LeetCode post) involved balancing server workloads by offloading tasks, either manually from 'k' servers or using a management tool that identifies the highest workload 'L' and offloads tasks from servers strictly greater than L/2. The goal was to minimize tool usage.
- Round 2: Coding Round
- This round involved a problem where, for a particular patient, medicine prescriptions are given, and the task is to find the maximum related to these prescriptions.
- Other coding questions in the two coding rounds covered interval-based problems and graph traversal.
- Round 3: Coding Round
- Details are not explicitly separated from Round 2, but it is indicated that there were two coding rounds covering topics like interval-based problems and graph traversal.
- Round 4: System Design Round
- This round focused on system design.