Recruiter sent out numerous interview guides to review before the interview that repeatedly said 'talk out loud'. Interviewers asked questions that had pretty obvious answers so I explained all the more obvious but less optimal solutions before touching on the optimal one. The interviewers spent a lot of time asking about why those weren't optimal and apparently reported this as if I had to be guided to a solution. For what may be the first time ever, I got interview feedback saying I got to the optimal solution but it took some guiding. In summary, I did what the interview prep asked me to do, explain my thought process. This was perceived as if I kept taking the wrong path to the solution.
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Easy questions with obvious, cliche solutions like "use a binary tree" or "use a hash map"
Initial intro call, prep time , prep material provisions,
1 Phone Screening by HR, 3 DSA, 1 HLD and 1 Googliness, Team matching and offer negotiation and offer discussion , offer acceptance
After clearing all the interviews in 2 months, here comes the team match. Where no one ever knows when they gonna get a team match call. Even if you get the TM call next comes the HC again no one knows why they reject.
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Coding questions from Leetcode google tagged but deep dived into it based on the level.
The interview lasted about a day, with 5 different interviewers. For each section, the technical questions took most of the part. They also showed me their office in Toronto, which was nice
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What was the most difficult problem you solved during your last job?