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Cant discuss to many details, but the first onsite interview was a pretty typical algorithm based question with whiteboarding coding. It involved discussing time complexities as well as estimations around space and CPU cycles. The second question was more hands-on with actual coding using a provided laptop alongside two different engineers. You get heaps of info about what to expect before heading onsite.
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Backend Software Engineer

Interviewed at Canva

3.9
Jul 8, 2019

Cant discuss to many details, but the first onsite interview was a pretty typical algorithm based question with whiteboarding coding. It involved discussing time complexities as well as estimations around space and CPU cycles. The second question was more hands-on with actual coding using a provided laptop alongside two different engineers. You get heaps of info about what to expect before heading onsite.

Apart from the project demo, they asked a number of very specific questions of how I would deal with very particular scenarios when developing and deploying a new API. It seems like they were just looking for ideas on how to solve existing problems, without paying someone to do it.
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Senior Backend Developer

Interviewed at Radius

3.1
Jun 27, 2023

Apart from the project demo, they asked a number of very specific questions of how I would deal with very particular scenarios when developing and deploying a new API. It seems like they were just looking for ideas on how to solve existing problems, without paying someone to do it.

Q: Given two strings, you have to write a function that returns a boolean value that returns true if two strings are Anagrams and return false if they are not Anagrams. Two parameters have been passed to the function i.e String 1 and String 2. He told me to write down the function in the Notepad and present my screen while writing the code. (He mentioned that Brute Force Approach is also allowed).
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Backend Developer

Interviewed at Rebel Foods (Formerly Faasos)

3.8
Jan 19, 2022

Q: Given two strings, you have to write a function that returns a boolean value that returns true if two strings are Anagrams and return false if they are not Anagrams. Two parameters have been passed to the function i.e String 1 and String 2. He told me to write down the function in the Notepad and present my screen while writing the code. (He mentioned that Brute Force Approach is also allowed).

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