Rejected

SDE I at Rippling

How it went

Do not get discouraged by rejections, they are part of the learning curve. I took away valuable lessons from each round.

What they would tell you

Do not get discouraged by rejections, they are part of the learning curve. I took away valuable lessons from each round.

How to prepare

Practice problem-solving with a focus on both brute-force and optimized approaches. Sometimes the interviewer wants to hear your thought process more than the final code.

Their background

Currently working at startup

Round by round

1
Online Assessment60 min
Two LeetCode medium/hard problems, 1 hour on HackerRank.

Q1: Similar to Number of Visible People in a Queue solved in 25–30 minutes.

Q2: Another tough problem, my first approach failed, but I recovered by applying a less common pattern, passing all test cases.

Result: After a few weeks, I got a call to schedule onsite interviews for the next day.
- Number of Visible People in a Queue
2
DSA60 min
I started with the brute-force solution and then implemented the optimal one I knew. However, the interviewer expected a more optimized approach beyond what I presented. feedback that i received was polite but indicated I fell short of expectations here.
- Maximum XOR Product
3
LLD60 min
Asked Question design an employee access management system I was asked to implement three core functionalities: grant access, revoke access, and fetch current access permissions. I ensured to cover all use cases and presented a clean, efficient design. The interviewer seemed genuinely happy with my approach and the solution I laid out.

What came up

MediumRemote1 2 years

A candidate-reported account, lightly edited. Interview processes change by team and date.

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