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Role: SDE (New Grad)

College: Not Specified

Interview Date: February 2024

Interview Type: On-Campus

Result: Selected

Difficulty: Medium

Rounds: 3 rounds

Topics Asked: Dynamic Programming, String Manipulation, Data Structures (LRU Cache), Projects, Behavioral

Experience:

This experience is for a New Grad SDE role, with an on-campus drive in February 2024.

Round 1 (Online Coding): This round consisted of two LeetCode Medium problems. One was a dynamic programming problem (a knapsack variant), and the other involved string manipulation.

Round 2 (Technical Interview): This round started with a discussion on the candidate's resume projects. The coding question asked was to implement an LRU Cache.

Round 3 (Managerial/Behavioral): The final round focused on standard behavioral questions, leadership experience, and how the candidate handles conflict resolution.

The candidate found the interview difficulty to be Medium and was selected for the role.