I applied online. I interviewed at Expedia Group in Oct 2016
Interview
Received coding challenge on the popular coding challenge website that is used by many companies. The coding challenge was actually very hard. I was surprised by it. However, I was pleased by the fact that I did not have to handle input and output like I had to do for other coding challenges. The second question was Leetcode hard, based on recursion, backtracking, or DP. Recursion doesn't work as the inputs are too large, which I only figured after testing it with 5 minutes left.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Bit manipulation question
2. Recursion/DP problem.
I completed the OA and was selected for the full interview loop. The loop consists of one hiring manager round, two medium-level coding rounds, and a system design round focused on designing a URL shortener like Bitly.com.
I completed one online assessment followed by two LeetCode interview rounds, focusing on problem-solving, data structures, algorithms, coding efficiency, and optimizing solutions under time constraints during the technical evaluation process.