Cloudsek SDE-1 Data Acquisition Interview Experience

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sde-1null2 yearsRejected
December 15, 202532 reads

Summary

Applied for SDE-1 position at Cloudsek. Interview process included three rounds with a mix of coding, system design, and Python concepts. Despite thorough preparation, the candidate was rejected.

Full Experience

Interviewed for the SDE-1 Data Acquisition role at Cloudsek. With 2 years of experience, I went through three rounds of interviews. In the first round, I was asked to rate my Python and SQL skills, followed by a coding question on Roman to Integer. I also discussed Python concepts like *args, **kwargs, decorators, and SQL topics such as query optimization, indexes, and execution flow. In the second round, I tackled two Python problems: extracting patterns between URLs and converting unstructured data into a structured format. The third round focused on system design, including crawling a website and managing concurrent requests. Despite the challenges, I was rejected.

Interview Questions (4)

Q1
Roman to Integer
Data Structures & AlgorithmsEasy

Convert Roman numerals to an integer. The input is a string representing a Roman numeral, and the output is the corresponding integer value.

Q2
Extract Pattern Between URLs
Data Structures & Algorithmsnull

Given two URLs, extract the common base URL. For example, from the URLs http://www.openrce.org/forums/topics/22/12/11 and http://www.openrce.org/forums/topics/22/13/11, the expected output is http://www.openrce.org/forums/topics/22/.

Q3
Convert Unstructured Data to Structured Format
Data Structures & Algorithmsnull

Parse a string containing name and email information into a list of dictionaries. The input is a list of strings with name, email, and other data, and the output is a structured list of dictionaries with name and email fields.

Q4
Crawl Website and Extract User News Titles
System Designnull

Design a system to crawl a website (e.g., news.ycombinator.com) and extract user news titles. The output should be a dictionary where the key is the username and the value is the news title.

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