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Rejected

Sr Software Engineer at eBay

Difficulty
Process took
1-2 Weeks
Rounds
3
Format
Remote
Applied via
Company Website

How it went

System thinking, HLD matters as much as coding

What they would tell you

System thinking, HLD matters as much as coding

How to prepare

Be clear on system design fundamentals caching, DB sharding, queues, rate limiting.

Their background

Currently SSE at startup

Round by round

  1. 1

    OA60 min

    I got the CodeSignal online assessment, where 2-3 coding questions

  2. 2

    Technical Round 160 min

    It was nice round, mix of things was asked, started with intro, and some HLD question was also asked and at last one coding question

  3. 3

    Technical Round 260 min

    The second round was all about production readiness and scaling The interviewer asked, How do you actually put a system into production? Then, How would you scale this up? It wasn’t just about coding, more how i think at designing level

What came up

MediumRemote5+ years

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