Rippling

Role: SDE-1

College: Not Specified (On-Campus)

Interview Date: Dec 2024

Interview Type: On-Campus

Result: Offer

Difficulty: Medium (Online Assessment), Medium-Hard (Technical Rounds)

Rounds: Online Assessment, 3 Interview Rounds

Topics Asked: Data Structures, Algorithms, Projects, Internship, Company Culture, Tech Stack

Experience:

The interview process included an online assessment and three offline interview rounds.

Online Assessment:
This round consisted of 2 DSA questions with a time limit of 60 minutes. The questions were: "Longest Path between any two node in an undirected graph" and a "Sliding Window + Binary Search question." The level of questions was Medium.

Round 1: DSA Round (1 hour)
This round started with an introduction and quickly moved to Hackerrank Codepair. The questions were story-type and follow-ups to each other. The candidate was expected to write working code that would be run against hidden test cases.

Round 2: DSA Round (1.5 hour)
Similar instructions to the previous round. One question was implementation-heavy, which the candidate related to "merge intervals (LC 56)." The interviewer wanted the candidate to optimize it using a technique from a previous question. Another question was: "Given a sequence of characters and brackets (not necessarily valid) find the longest valid sequence that has a valid bracket sequence (LC 32)."

Round 3: Hiring Manager Round (1 hour)
This round primarily revolved around the candidate's projects and internship experience. Questions were asked about the company culture, the work they do, and the tech stack.

Tips: The candidate advised asking clarifying questions, stating time and space complexity, asking for hints if stuck, starting with brute force and optimizing, and asking about company culture/tech stack during "Any Questions for me?"