Sony Japan

Role: Software Engineer (Internship)

College: Not Specified

Interview Date: March 1, 2024

Interview Type: Internship

Result: No Offer (Positive Experience)

Difficulty: Hard (Extremely Selective)

Rounds: 1 round (Technical Interview with Coding Challenges)

Topics Asked: Dataset Splitting for ML (basic and stratified), Python/JS implementation

Experience:

The interview process for this Software Engineer (Internship) role in Tokyo was described as extremely selective. The interview started with introductions. Following this, two coding challenges were presented. The first challenge involved implementing a basic step to balanced dataset splitting for Machine Learning, given a list of class labels. The second challenge required a stratified version of the same. The implementation could be done in Python or JavaScript.

The overall approach was relaxed and collaborative, and the candidate received constructive feedback at the end of the interview.