After a short recruiter screening, I entered a structured technical process. The first technical screen began with a quick behavioral check, with just enough time to walk through my background, and then moved straight into a LeetCode-style coding problem. I had about 45 minutes and had to write the code end to end, including handling input and output.
The rest of the process consisted of coding-heavy interviews focused on algorithms. I kept seeing difficult LeetCode-style prompts, sometimes framed as system-level or design-oriented tasks but still centered on algorithmic thinking. One interviewer split the time between coding and behavioral questions. There were resume questions as well, but technical execution under pressure was the main focus.
The timeline felt tight and exhausting. I had multiple interviews back to back across several days, with little sense of conversation or collaboration. Even when I completed many of the questions well, the feedback was mixed or I received a generic rejection. What surprised me most was how little it felt like they were engaging with me as a person and how much they focused on problem-solving performance. That made the process feel harsher than the questions themselves.
Location: Berkeley, CA. Overall feedback: Negative. Offer status: No offer.
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