Interview Experiences

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UpstartSoftware Engineer
Jul 2026

Recalling All 5 Online Assessment Questions

All 5 real questions, fully recalled. Question 1: Sum of multiples of 3, 5, 7 less than a given number For example, if the given number is 12, the multiples of 3 below it are 3, 6, and 9; the multiples of 5 are 5 and 10; and the multiple of 7 is 7 — so sum = 3 + 6 + 9 + 5 + 10 + 7 = 40 (12 itself, although a multiple of 3, is not included). Note: the original post's formatting here was garbled (s…

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UpstartSoftware Engineer
Jul 2026

Six OA Questions Buried in Walls of Text

Very easy, 6 questions. The biggest challenge was that most of the questions were way too long — it took more than 2 minutes just to read and understand each one, and if you didn't pass on the first try, debugging got really stressful. For example, the first question (8 minute time limit) opened with a long paragraph about someone in medieval times who wrote a manuscript... two minutes later... t…

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UpstartSoftware Engineer
May 2026

Byte Formatter and a Restaurant Capacity Simulation

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UpstartSoftware Engineer
Apr 2026

Three OA Questions, Stuck on a Grid-Search Timeout

There were three questions in total, and two of them hadn't shown up in any interview reports before. Given a list of coordinates (x, y), find the min x, min y, max_x - min_x, and max_y - min_y. The problem statement was basically: filter out (name, score) pairs where the score is above a threshold, keep everything below the threshold, then find the max score among what's left and return its name…

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UpstartSoftware Engineer
Mar 2026

Four OA Problems, Not Enough Time

Time was way too tight, the problems were super long and wrapped in scenarios, so I spent forever just reading through them. I didn't pass all the test cases on questions 3 and 4, so I definitely failed this one. Let me vent for a second too. I was job hunting around this same time last year, and it clearly feels way harder this year. Can people actually get all 4 of these problems bug-free withi…

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What are interview experiences?

An interview experience is a candidate's own account of a hiring loop — not a question bank entry. It tells you the shape of the process: how many rounds there were, what each round actually tested, how long the gaps between them ran, and what the recruiter said at the end. That context is the part a question list cannot give you.

How to read them

Weight recent write-ups more heavily — interview loops change, often within a year. Read several for the same company and role rather than one: a single account tells you what one interviewer asked, while five tell you what the bar is. Note the outcome badge too, since a rejection write-up usually explains the gap far more precisely than an offer one.

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Every published experience earns 50 XP, and each of the first 3 likes it receives in a day earns you 10 XP more. Likes must come from established accounts; like-for-like swaps and likes from your own second account are not paid. Write it while the details are fresh — the round order, the exact prompts, and how much time you were given are what the next reader needs.

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