Adobe | Computer Scientist 1 | Rejected | Worst Exp

I had an interview with Adobe Noida for the role of Computer Scientist 1.

Round 1:
They asked me two questions:
1. https://leetcode.com/problems/spiral-matrix-ii/description/
2. https://leetcode.com/problems/implement-queue-using-stacks/description/

I solved both questions during the interview.

For the first question, the interviewer showed me the full spiral matrix and explained that this is what needs to be printed. I might have misunderstood, and instead of printing the matrix only , i generated the matrix and print the matrix. When I clarified this with him, he said it’s okay since the logic is the same.

For the second question, I initially gave a working solution, but he wasn’t satisfied as it wasn’t optimized. After that, I explained and implemented the optimized version. I even submitted it on LeetCode after the interview and it worked perfectly. It was a slightly different approach from the official solution, but it was optimized.

However, to my surprise, when I reached out to the recruiter, she mentioned the feedback said I didn’t solve the first question and that the second solution wasn’t optimized.

It’s disheartening when things like this happen. I don’t memorize solutions — even for popular problems. I focus on understanding and solving them myself. i have solved 1000+ quesiton on leeetcode still i missed to solved this second question. I don't know whether he was expecting me to solve immediately as it was famous question.