Summary
I had a series of interview rounds with LotusFlare for a Software Engineer role. After successfully completing the rounds, I was presented with a low-ball offer that I immediately denied due to their offer process.
Full Experience
Had a series of rounds with LotusFlare
Screening:
Leetcode Medium/Rainwater Tapping
Round 1:
Mid Level Questions
A brief discussion of Caches, Queues, etc
Round 2: LLD
Had an extensive design for an indexed Map, with min value to be updated, fetched and everything in O(1) time.
Round 3: HLD
It was more breadth oriented. A pretty basic question: tinyurl.
This discussion went on for all parts of stack and even mentioning the technologies and algorithms worked
Round 4: HM
Was a detailed chat about previous work, etc.
After that, I got a call from the recruiter and they played a standard script of Band degrade to present a Low Ball offer, which was half the current compensation.
Denied the offer on spot, did not bother to negotiate. I understand that the negotiations work mostly in the favour of the employer, but sometimes it is not acceptable to work for a place who behaves with people like this before you even have a foot in the door.
Interview Questions (3)
A LeetCode Medium problem, often referred to as 'Rainwater Tapping'.
Design an indexed Map where the minimum value can be updated and fetched, and all operations should achieve O(1) time complexity.
Design a system for TinyURL, covering all parts of the stack and mentioning relevant technologies and algorithms.