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Systems design interview was exclusively a SQL modeling question around a ticketing system (but was hard to get details for context, was repeatedly admonished for "overthinking" the problem and given nothing in return)
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Backend Software Engineer

Interviewed at Artera (CA)

4.1
Nov 26, 2022

Systems design interview was exclusively a SQL modeling question around a ticketing system (but was hard to get details for context, was repeatedly admonished for "overthinking" the problem and given nothing in return)

The coding round of the onsite loop is similar to an algorithms question, but the focus is not necessarily on providing a solution with optimal runtime but more so on making sure you can clearly think through a solution, write understandable code.
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Software Engineer (Backend)

Interviewed at Databricks

4
Aug 5, 2025

The coding round of the onsite loop is similar to an algorithms question, but the focus is not necessarily on providing a solution with optimal runtime but more so on making sure you can clearly think through a solution, write understandable code.

I had four rounds of interviews. The first round was a coding round where I was asked a leetcode hard problem, the second round was a low-level system design round which was pretty easy. The third round was a high-level system design round and finally a behavioral round with the hiring manager.
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Backend Software Engineer

Interviewed at TikTok

3.2
Dec 30, 2023

I had four rounds of interviews. The first round was a coding round where I was asked a leetcode hard problem, the second round was a low-level system design round which was pretty easy. The third round was a high-level system design round and finally a behavioral round with the hiring manager.

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