Was given a home assessment with two coding challenges(leetcode medium) , then was invited to an online technical interview day. where I took three interviews with managers and engineers. there i was asked some more leetcode questions, and some OOP questions. overall fair.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
implement the LRU Cache class in O(1) time for each operation.
string isAnagram for a warmup.
Easy 2 back to back interviews both leetcode medium. Second one was a bit more challenging, need to know how to sort without enough space. Other than that smooth process
A leetcode style test with three problems, then three interviews with different managers ( for each it was a coding problem and behavioral questions). Each interview was 1 hour long
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do I react and handle a conflict situation at work
I applied through their website with a referral, after a month or so they sent me a home exam, I think about a month after that i had 3 interviews in the same day, each one around 1:15 hours.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
implement a dictionary where you have set,get and setAll, all in O(1)
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