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STAR method (lots of it!), leet code algo type questions, .NET, caching, mentorship, software design, cloud, multi threading, unit testing, dependency injection, and many more! You will be thoroughly grilled.
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Senior Staff Software Development Engineer

Interviewed at Charles Schwab

3.7
Oct 2, 2020

STAR method (lots of it!), leet code algo type questions, .NET, caching, mentorship, software design, cloud, multi threading, unit testing, dependency injection, and many more! You will be thoroughly grilled.

Design and code up on a computer using your language and editor of choice a "pqr" system with "mno" constraints and "klm" conditions with support for "xyz" features. Overall time-complexity for "abc" operations should be O("hij"). [Live coding exercise]
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Staff Software Engineer

Interviewed at Box

3.9
Jul 24, 2018

Design and code up on a computer using your language and editor of choice a "pqr" system with "mno" constraints and "klm" conditions with support for "xyz" features. Overall time-complexity for "abc" operations should be O("hij"). [Live coding exercise]

The coding exercises had a time limit on them, and I found one challenging and interesting, but the ideal solution on the second problem was actually fairly difficult unless you're someone that studies leetcode problems all the time. Of course, it's algorithmic academic nonsense that has no practical bearing on actual day to day work in any job like this.
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Staff Software Engineer (Delighted)

Interviewed at Qualtrics

3.6
Jul 18, 2023

The coding exercises had a time limit on them, and I found one challenging and interesting, but the ideal solution on the second problem was actually fairly difficult unless you're someone that studies leetcode problems all the time. Of course, it's algorithmic academic nonsense that has no practical bearing on actual day to day work in any job like this.

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