Tackling the coding round was intense, kicking off with a question about counting distinct island shapes in a grid. The second challenge involved maximizing a sum without using adjacent elements, which really tested my problem-solving skills. About two minutes in, it hit me — this was a problem I had practiced on prachub.com just days before. The final question required implementing stacks and calculating the streaming median. After the technical rounds and a brief behavioral interview, I received an offer, which I happily accepted.

- recruiter asked me to speak in Chinese for latter half of screen - 1st round was algo interview - 2nd round was algo and system design - didn't move forward after second round

2 rounds coding a lot of background questions very strange behavior from interviewer camera was off and asked questions in mandarin, leetcode medium-hard and very very slow communication from recruiters based in asia for an english role