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Target | L5 | Bengaluru [Offer - Feb 13]

Round 1: Hiring Manager (HM) Screening

Questions: Had a discussion with the hiring manager. About 50% of the questions were behavioral, while the remaining focused on my current project.

Candidate's Approach

No approach provided.

Interviewer's Feedback

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Round 2: Pair Programming

Questions: The interview started with Java Spring Boot questions, followed by a coding task where they shared a repository. I had to:

Candidate's Approach

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Interviewer's Feedback

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Round 3: High-Level Design (HLD)

Questions: The interview began with an in-depth discussion about my current project (which is similar to the "Top K Heavy Hitters" problem). We had a detailed conversation about various aspects of it. The interviewer was interested in many areas and asked about every detail. Next, I was asked to explain the internal workings of Kafka and various Kafka-based scenarios. There was also some discussion about my hobby projects.

Candidate's Approach

No approach provided.

Interviewer's Feedback

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Round 4: Hiring Manager Round

Questions: This was supposed to be a behavioral round but turned out to be completely technical. The interviewer asked me to design a package delivery system with trucks, ensuring optimized load distribution. We then discussed my current project and various trade-offs involved.

Candidate's Approach

No approach provided.

Interviewer's Feedback

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Compensation details: Leetcode Compensation Discussion