Slice

Role: Software Development Engineer 2

College: Not Specified

Interview Date: Not Specified

Interview Type: Not Specified

Result: Not Specified

Difficulty: Medium (One coding question was easy, but overall technical discussion and problem-solving imply moderate difficulty)

Rounds: 3 rounds

Topics Asked: Technical Discussion, Design Patterns, Technical Challenges, Coding and Problem Solving, System Design, Behavioral/Managerial.

Experience:

This interview process for an SDE 2 role at Slice consisted of 3 rounds.

Round 1 - Technical Discussion (60 minutes): This round focused on projects the candidate had worked on, design patterns used, and technical challenges faced along with their resolutions. Questions were also asked based on the candidate's CV.

Round 2 - Coding and Problem Solving (60 minutes): The candidate was given a binary tree balancing problem and was expected to provide production-ready code. Follow-up questions on the proposed approach were also asked.

Round 3 - Manager Round (60 minutes): This round was with the prospective manager. It started with an easy-level problem-solving question, with a focus on code correctness, naming conventions, and clean code. Subsequently, questions were asked about how to technically solve a customer-user based problem end-to-end, and the approach for the same was discussed.