Interview experience SPECBEE(LIVINE) SDE-2
Summary
I interviewed for Specbee for the SDE-2 position. The process included an online assessment followed by three rounds. Unfortunately, I did not clear the first round due to missing some edge cases in the coding question.
Full Experience
I have around 4 years of experience as a Software Engineer(Workforce Management).
Recently interviewed with Specbee. The process had 3 rounds.
Round 1 – OA (Coderbyte)
The assessment consisted of:
- 30 MCQs
- 1 coding question
- 1 SQL question
- 5 behavioral fill-ins
The MCQs covered:
- Java
- Spring Boot
- SQL
- Networking
The SQL question was mainly based on joins.
The coding question was this:
ArrayChallenge — Tetris Line Clear
You are given a Tetris piece (I, O, T, L, J, S, Z) and heights of 12 columns representing the current board state. The task is to place the piece optimally (considering all valid rotations and positions) and return the maximum number of lines that can be cleared with a single move.
Personally, I felt this question was quite hard for an OA setting because it involved:
- simulation
- rotations
- collision handling
- line clear logic
- multiple edge cases
I was able to solve the core problem, but I missed a few edge cases.
The results were announced the very next day.
Verdict: Not Cleared
Still, it was an interesting problem and a good learning experience.
Interview Questions (1)
Tetris Line Clear
You are given a Tetris piece (I, O, T, L, J, S, Z) and heights of 12 columns representing the current board state. The task is to place the piece optimally (considering all valid rotations and positions) and return the maximum number of lines that can be cleared with a single move.
This involves simulating the placement of each tetromino in every possible rotation and horizontal position, checking for collisions with existing blocks, and determining how many complete rows (lines) would be cleared after placing the piece.