Moneyview

Role: SDE

College: Not Specified

Interview Date: 2023-02-23

Interview Type: Off-Campus

Result: Rejected

Difficulty: Medium-Hard

Rounds: 4 rounds

Topics Asked: Data Structures, Algorithms, Low-Level Design, High-Level Design, Bit Manipulation, Problem Solving.

Experience:

This SDE interview experience consisted of four rounds, ending in rejection due to alleged network issues.

First Round (DSA): The question was to determine if a word could be formed from any position in a given 2D matrix of letters, which is the exact "Word Search" problem from LeetCode.

Second Round (LLD): The candidate was asked to design a chess game. The interviewer focused on the communication between classes, the class diagram, and the design patterns that would be used (the candidate mentioned the Observer pattern for some features). The interviewer also asked for the implementation of working code for one feature.

Third Round (HLD): This round involved designing a system to initiate a loan application from a user, send it to a lending partner, and notify the user of approval or denial. The interviewer paid close attention to every minute detail of the system.

Managerial Round: Two coding/problem-solving questions were asked. The first was to count the number of set bits in the binary representation of an integer. The second involved finding the maximum amount of water that could be accumulated between bars of different heights if poured optimally, which is the "Container With Most Water" problem from LeetCode. The candidate reported being rejected after this round, with the interviewer accusing them of network issues, which the candidate denied.