Avalara | SSE (IC-3) | Remote | June 2024 [Offer]

I recently interviewed with Avalara for a Senior Software Engineer (IC-3) position in Bengaluru, India. With 3 years of experience as a Senior Software Engineer at a Fintech startup, I hold a B.Tech degree from a Tier-3 college. The entire interview process was part of a hiring drive organized in Bangalore and I received an offer within 3-4 days of the drive itself.

Round 1 (Online Assessment) - 30 minutes

This round consisted of aptitude and reasoning questions. It was a standard online assessment format.

Round 2 (Technical) - 1 hour 30 minutes

This was an in-depth technical round. I was given a Hackerrank API-based question where I had to call an API and perform various operations on the response data. I successfully passed all the test cases for this problem. Beyond the coding challenge, we delved into several conceptual topics, including:

• Distributed Systems concepts like CAP theorem and scaling strategies.
• DBMS questions covering indexing and SQL injection.
• Differences between Authentication and Authorization, along with the working mechanism of JWT tokens.
• Basic Springboot questions.
• Kafka architecture and consumer groups.
• Docker basics.
• Various AWS services.
• Unit Testing principles.

It's worth noting that the questions during this round were largely based on the skills and technologies mentioned in my resume.

Round 3 (Hiring Manager) - 30 minutes

The final round was with the Hiring Manager and primarily focused on behavioral aspects. Key questions included:

• "Why do you want to change your current organization?"
• "What do you know about Avalara?"
• Other general behavioral questions.

I received confirmation of my selection during the drive itself and obtained the official offer letter within the next 3-4 days. This was a positive and efficient interview experience.