Summary
I received an offer for the Senior Software Engineer position at Warner Bros & Discovery in Hyderabad, but ultimately decided to decline it for a more favorable counter offer from another company.
Full Experience
I have 5 years of experience and interviewed for the Senior Software Engineer role at Warner Bros & Discovery. My interview process consisted of four rounds after an initial screening.
Screening Round (1 hour)
This round typically focuses on problem-solving with LeetCode tagged questions, but for me, it was a general discussion covering my work experience and technical background.
Operations & Engineering Excellence Round (1 hour)
- We discussed my current system in detail.
- The conversation covered various aspects like our release process and how I would approach debugging in different scenarios.
- I also faced some behavioral questions during this round.
HLD Round (1 hour)
- I was asked to design a current system, specifically a Hotel Booking System.
- Following that, I had to design a video streaming service similar to Netflix.
Coding Test Round (1 hour)
- I was tasked with finding the maximum salary using Java Stream API.
- Another part involved discussing the Low-Level Design (LLD) and High-Level Design (HLD) of a given code snippet, which was an open-ended discussion.
Result: I received an offer, but I declined it as I had a far better counter offer.
Interview Questions (4)
Design a Hotel Booking System.
Design a video streaming service similar to Netflix.
Write code to find the maximum salary using Java Stream API.
A code snippet was provided, and the discussion revolved around its Low-Level Design (LLD) and High-Level Design (HLD). It was an open-ended discussion.