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RejectedExpedia SDE-2 — OA + 4 rounds (OOD, graph); recruiter ghosted
Aug 20210by Anonymous
Was contacted by a recruiter on LinkedIn for SDE-2 position (Dec-2020).
Got a take home hackerrank challenge, 3 questions (2 - LC Easy Level, 1 - hard level)
- Pivot Index
- Some String manipulation question
- Scatter Palindrome (Google it.)
Virtual Onsite Interview:
Round-1:
- Around 5 Questions on OOPs concepts
- String Encode Decode problem (String Compression on LC, String Decode on LC)
Round-2:
- Questions on Testing, Design Patterns, OOPS Concepts
- Graph question similar to path finding in a maze from source to destination with obstacles
Round-3:
System Design + OOD
- Parking Garage System
Round-4:
Completely Behavioral.
YOE - 3.5
Result - Recruiter Ghosted, Inspite of doing decently on all interviews, no feedback.
The loop · 5 rounds
online_assessment
HackerRank: Pivot Index, a string manipulation problem, Scatter Palindrome
coding
OOP concepts + String Encode/Decode (String Compression)
coding
Testing/design patterns + maze path-finding graph problem
design
System design + OOD: Parking Garage System
behavioral
Fully behavioral
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