My Interview Experience at Coupa
Summary
I completed four interview rounds at Coupa, including an online assessment, two technical interviews, and a final hiring manager interview, and was offered the position.
Full Experience
Round0: Screening and Shortlisting
Applied directly via recruiter Linkedin hiring post for Off Campus drive 0-4 YOE candidates.
Round1: OA
I then took an online assessment that evaluated my aptitude, data structures, and algorithms. Cutoff for this round was around 95%.
Round2: Technical Interview 1
My first interview focused on computer networks, CS fundamentals, basic LeetCode problem (https://leetcode.com/problems/longest-palindromic-substring/), and project-related questions. It was an engaging discussion that allowed me to showcase my skills.
Round3: Technical Interview 2
This round was purely based on hard-level DSA coding problems, which assessed my design thinking and problem-solving abilities. It was a challenging yet rewarding experience. One problem I remembered was- https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-window-substring/
Round4: Final HM Interview The final round was an in-depth discussion about my past projects, where I had to dive into real-time case studies and answer questions on large-scale design (LLD). Asked to design BMS.
Verdict: Hire
Interview Questions (2)
Longest Palindromic Substring
Minimum Window Substring
Given two strings S and T, find the minimum window in S which contains all the characters of T.