Coderbyte

Role: Sr. Cloud Engineer

College: Not Specified

Interview Date: February 2024

Interview Type: Off-Campus (Technical Assessment)

Result: Disqualified

Difficulty: Medium (due to platform issues)

Rounds: 1 round

Topics Asked: Bash scripting, Linux commands

Experience:

The candidate had an initial interview which went well. Following this, they were sent a Coderbyte challenge as a technical assessment. The challenge consisted of 4 bash exercises, described as "pretty standard" tasks like `grep` through logs and printing the total disk space of a machine. The main difficulty arose from the Coderbyte platform itself, which did not accept the correct output, leading to a 25% score. The candidate was subsequently disqualified from the process. They expressed frustration with the platform's validation system, mentioning that they spent most of the time debugging platform-related issues rather than solving the problems.