Interview Experiences

I recently interviewed for a Senior Software Engineer position at SmartSheet in Bangalore and received an offer after successfully completing the coding, design, and hiring manager rounds.

Interviewed for Senior Software Engineer position at Microsoft with 8+ years of experience. Completed online HackerRank test, proceeded to 4 rounds including DSA, LLD, HLD, and behavioral rounds. Final verdict pending.

Rejected from Zeta SDE 2 role after a two-round interview process. The interview focused on DSA and LLD, with the second round being particularly challenging due to time management issues and an unclear expectation for demonstrating code functionality.

Had a successful interview with Amazon for SDE Intern role. Faced two medium-level graph problems, solved them using DFS and cycle detection techniques. Received a waitlist outcome.

Had a technical interview for the Software Engineering Analyst role at Goldman Sachs. The interview included one coding question involving finding the maximum points path in a grid with specific movement directions. The candidate passed all test cases and completed a dry run.

Interviewed at D.E. Shaw for SDE role. The interview included a problem-solving question about transforming an array to match a target array with minimum operations. The candidate was asked to determine the minimum number of operations required and provide hints for solving the problem.

Applied for the Senior Security Engineer role at Meta in London. The screening process included a few questions related to IAM concepts and a coding problem. The outcome of the interview is pending.

Applied for Salesforce interview on 1st November 2025. Faced a challenging DSA round with a problem involving array operations and maximum subarray sum. Could not solve it and was rejected.

Applied for SDE-1 role at Amazon, had a successful interview with two coding questions and leadership assessment. Received a job offer.