Media.net SDE2/Sr SDE Interview experience
Summary
I interviewed for an SDE2/Sr SDE role at Media.net, which involved six rounds covering coding, low-level design, high-level design, technical discussions on previous projects, and behavioral questions. I was initially informed of only four rounds.
Full Experience
Round 1 (Coding) 2 easy/medium grid traversal problems
Round 2 (LLD) A customer support ticket manager with agents, users, tickets. Focus on ticket creation and ticket assignment (some agents are experts in certain categories, so tickets will be assigned based on categories)
Round 3 (HLD) Design a trend detection system for tweets
Round 4 (Tech Round) Previous projects related questions Design a IRCTC like train ticket booking system. More focus on DB schema
Round 5 (HM round) Behavioural questions Previous projects discussion
Round 6 (Final discussion) Discussion on projects and their architecture and design considerations Also discussion on hypothetical conditions on top of previous projects
I don't understand the reasoning behind so many rounds of interviews. In the beginning I was told about 4 rounds only. Seemed like a waste of time.
Interview Questions (3)
Design Customer Support Ticket Manager
Design a customer support ticket manager system involving agents, users, and tickets. The design should focus on ticket creation and ticket assignment, considering that some agents are experts in certain categories and tickets should be assigned accordingly.
Design Tweet Trend Detection System
Design a system to detect trends from tweets.
Design Train Ticket Booking System (IRCTC-like)
Design a train ticket booking system similar to IRCTC, with a particular focus on the database schema.