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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.

Initially they asked security related questions and all was good. Then they asked to write very basic data structure implementation on the white board. All 7 guys were watching on what I was writing. All were very quick to point mistakes, even before I finish writing it. It was so easy to implement but all those 7 guys watching over continuously and pointing mistakes made me nervous.
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Staff Software Engineer

Interviewed at ServiceNow

4.1
May 9, 2019

Initially they asked security related questions and all was good. Then they asked to write very basic data structure implementation on the white board. All 7 guys were watching on what I was writing. All were very quick to point mistakes, even before I finish writing it. It was so easy to implement but all those 7 guys watching over continuously and pointing mistakes made me nervous.

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