Trilogy

Role: SDE-1

College: Not Specified

Interview Date: August 2022 - October 2023

Interview Type: Not Specified (Likely Off-Campus as eligibility mentions "must reside in India and be a fresher")

Result: Rejected

Difficulty: Hard

Rounds: 5 rounds (plus an initial Online Coding Interview)

Topics Asked: Aptitude, Competitive Programming, Data Structures, Algorithms, Resume Projects, System Design (Open-ended problem), HR questions.

Experience:

The candidate was a competitive programmer (Candidate Master at Codeforces, 5 stars at Codechef).

Initial Online Coding Interview (15 minutes): This was an Aptitude MCQ round where the candidate had to solve 40 out of 50 questions to get to the next round.

Round 1 (Online Coding Interview - 18 Aug 2022 - 15 minutes): This round was an Aptitude MCQ round where the candidate had to score 40 out of 50 questions to proceed.

Round 2 (Video Call - 15 Sep 2022 - 30 minutes): This was a resume review round. Questions focused on projects and core subjects.

Round 3 (Video Call - 1 Oct 2023 - 70 minutes): This was a system design round on an open-ended problem. The specific problem mentioned was: "Design a Miniature Railway city zoo that can be controlled by children using a controller with 3 inputs (select the train color, starting point, and ending point)." The candidate had to define everything from scratch with proper reasoning and proposed a graph-based solution, which satisfied the interviewer.

Round 4 (HR Round - 5 Oct 2023 - 15 minutes): This was an interview with the CEO.

The candidate reached the final round with the CEO but was ultimately rejected without much feedback.

Eligibility: Must reside in India and be a fresher (Graduating in 2023/2024) pursuing BTech, BE, MTech, ME, MCA, MS, Dual Degree- MTech+BTech, PHD.