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This interview, while technical, was a lot more about how you learn and approach new problems. It wasn't your typical leetcode stuff. Instead, it was much more like what you might do in your first few days on the job. All companies should interview like this.
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Staff Software Engineer

Interviewed at PlexTrac

2.8★
Feb 8, 2023

This interview, while technical, was a lot more about how you learn and approach new problems. It wasn't your typical leetcode stuff. Instead, it was much more like what you might do in your first few days on the job. All companies should interview like this.

a. Pointers – how to allocate a integer pointer b. Synchronization using Mutex c. Mutex vs semaphores d. Smart pointers in C++ e. Lambda functions in C++ f. Merge Intervals -- LC g. Design a phonebook h. What is your experience with performance counters. i. What are the types of overloading. j. API vs ABI k. How do you typically handle a perf issue. l. What is template specialization ?
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Staff Software Engineer

Interviewed at AMD

4★
Nov 5, 2024

a. Pointers – how to allocate a integer pointer b. Synchronization using Mutex c. Mutex vs semaphores d. Smart pointers in C++ e. Lambda functions in C++ f. Merge Intervals -- LC g. Design a phonebook h. What is your experience with performance counters. i. What are the types of overloading. j. API vs ABI k. How do you typically handle a perf issue. l. What is template specialization ?

HM Call - 1. To understand past projects, scale, high level knowledge, etc. 2. Pretty straightforward. Machine Coding Round - 1. Did not involve any technical questions. 2. They seem to just ask simple questions around abstractions, code extendability, etc. 3. Few subjective questions on different scenarios such as using a cache, security tool, etc. HLD Round - 1. I was told this would be a HLD round but turned out to be a machine coding round. 2. Design a inmemory ledger kind of a system that can debit, credit amount. Add extensions with interface / abstraction for reserve balance, etc.

Senior / Staff Software Engineer

Interviewed at Vance (India)

3.4★
Dec 19, 2024

HM Call - 1. To understand past projects, scale, high level knowledge, etc. 2. Pretty straightforward. Machine Coding Round - 1. Did not involve any technical questions. 2. They seem to just ask simple questions around abstractions, code extendability, etc. 3. Few subjective questions on different scenarios such as using a cache, security tool, etc. HLD Round - 1. I was told this would be a HLD round but turned out to be a machine coding round. 2. Design a inmemory ledger kind of a system that can debit, credit amount. Add extensions with interface / abstraction for reserve balance, etc.

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