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The process was pretty complex and it was simplified a bit since then, and it was pretty impressing. They don't do any silly gotcha coding questions. They do test basic CS fundamentals pretty heavily, but they are smart about it. Mobile platform questions. Simple coding question in Java, Objective-C and C++, questions about platform API (basics to check if you really code in it), and multithreading concepts. Take home assignment - optimization problem (I believe they don't do it any more) with elements of OOD. On-site coding round (leetcode style puzzles, basic CS concepts, data structures, threading, memory management, code review). On-site design round. Designing complete mobile app, frontend and backend (architecture, no visuals). Discussing various constraints, changing requirements as you go, to check if your design is adaptable. On-site company culture fit round with manager. HR round with compensation expectations. On-site team culture fit round with direct team lead.
Dec 21, 2021

The process was pretty complex and it was simplified a bit since then, and it was pretty impressing. They don't do any silly gotcha coding questions. They do test basic CS fundamentals pretty heavily, but they are smart about it. Mobile platform questions. Simple coding question in Java, Objective-C and C++, questions about platform API (basics to check if you really code in it), and multithreading concepts. Take home assignment - optimization problem (I believe they don't do it any more) with elements of OOD. On-site coding round (leetcode style puzzles, basic CS concepts, data structures, threading, memory management, code review). On-site design round. Designing complete mobile app, frontend and backend (architecture, no visuals). Discussing various constraints, changing requirements as you go, to check if your design is adaptable. On-site company culture fit round with manager. HR round with compensation expectations. On-site team culture fit round with direct team lead.

Implement a sorting algorithm, SQL joins, Stack vs LinkedList, Buffers vs StringBuffers, Multi-level inheritance, ArrayList vs Vectors, Garbage collection in Java, abstract classes vs interfaces, what is thread-safe , how can you implement thread-safe mechanism, synchronized vs thread-safe etc
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Associate Software Applications Engineer

Interviewed at Charles Schwab

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Nov 24, 2015

Implement a sorting algorithm, SQL joins, Stack vs LinkedList, Buffers vs StringBuffers, Multi-level inheritance, ArrayList vs Vectors, Garbage collection in Java, abstract classes vs interfaces, what is thread-safe , how can you implement thread-safe mechanism, synchronized vs thread-safe etc

Given a list of List<Pair>, which pair mean a boss- reportee relationship. Use an N-child tree to represent a company management structure. CEO sits on top of the tree and each node may have a list of 1 to N reportees. return the tree Node.
Feb 12, 2018

Given a list of List<Pair>, which pair mean a boss- reportee relationship. Use an N-child tree to represent a company management structure. CEO sits on top of the tree and each node may have a list of 1 to N reportees. return the tree Node.

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