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Strange Byju's interview
Summary
I interviewed at Byju's in March 2022, which concluded with a rejection after a strange second round that focused on very basic theoretical questions despite my significant experience.
Full Experience
I had an interview at Byju's at the end of March 2022. The first round was focused on Data Structures and Algorithms and was taken by a third-party service called Interview Desk. The interviewer was very humble and polite and asked me two coding questions: a bracket problem (which was not a standard one) and a standard binary search problem. I was able to solve and code both of them successfully.
My second round was taken directly by a Byju's interviewer, and it turned out to be the strangest interview of my life. The interviewer seemed completely uninterested and only asked very basic theoretical questions related to Data Structures and OOPS for about 20 minutes. The questions included: what is a stack, what is a linked list, what is a constructor, and what are classes and methods.
Considering I have more than 4 years of experience, have solved over 400 DSA problems, and have even taken more than 30 interviews myself at my current company related to OOPS and LLD, these questions felt incredibly basic. I'm not sure what the interviewer was looking for, but I am quite satisfied with the outcome because I definitely do not want to work with people who conduct interviews in such a manner. The verdict was a rejection.
Interview Questions (4)
Explain what a stack is, its fundamental operations (push, pop, peek), and its common applications.
Explain what a linked list is, its different types (singly, doubly, circular), and compare it with arrays.
Explain what a constructor is in object-oriented programming, its purpose, and different types of constructors.
Define what a class is and what methods are in object-oriented programming. Explain their relationship and purpose.