Interview Experiences

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.

Had a successful interview process with Nike's SDE 3 role in India, Bangalore. Cleared multiple rounds including system design and DSA interviews, ultimately receiving a job offer.

Had a structured interview process with WeWork for the SDE 2 role. Focused on clarity of thought, edge cases, and complexity analysis. Received feedback that I wasn't selected for further rounds.

Applied for SDE-2 role at Cashfree Payments through Naukri. The interview process focused on problem-solving and object-oriented design. The candidate was rejected after two rounds.

Designed two queues using an array of fixed size N to efficiently utilize empty spaces after elements are popped.

Submitted a straightforward OA with two easy problems related to sets and a 0-1 knapsack-like question. Both were solved within 30 minutes, but no response has been received in over a week.

Attempted Amazon OA SDE 2 with a problem requiring finding the lexicographically smallest sequence meeting specific sum and permutation criteria.

I had a Microsoft DSA interview where I solved both coding problems correctly. My solutions were not optimal, but I'm curious about my chances of clearing the round.

Had a successful interview with Innovaccer for SDE 2 role. Focused on DSA with one coding problem and a few behavioral questions. Got an offer.

Attended an offline drive for SDE 2 position at Tekion in Bangalore. Faced two DSA rounds with coding problems.