Interview Experiences

Real candidates, real loops: every round, what was asked, and how it ended.

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Capital OneData ScientistSenior+
May 2026

Rejected After the Hiring Manager Round

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GoogleResearch ScientistSenior+
May 2026

Three Research Chats and an Unexpected Rejection

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BytedanceSoftware Engineer
May 2026

One "Coding" Round That Was Mostly Resume Deep-Dive

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MercorMachine Learning Engineer
May 2026

A Gaslighting AI Interview and a Dead Reply Email

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DatabricksSoftware Engineer
May 2026

A Fibonacci Tree Screen Round That Ran Out of Time

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GoogleSoftware Engineer
May 2026

Three Coding Rounds and a BQ on AI Ethics

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SnowflakeSoftware Engineer
Reported May 2026

Self-Written Test Cases in the Screens, Then an IC1 Offer

Hi all! I got an offer from Snowflake for the IC1 level, and I'm posting my loop here in case it helps someone who's getting ready. It began with a recruiter contacting me, followed by a first conversation with the hiring manager. We went over the team, when the interviews would happen, and what they were looking for. Nothing surprising, but it gave me some context before the real interviews. Nex…

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BytedanceSoftware Engineer
May 2026

TikTok's Twist on the K-Group List Reversal Problem

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NetflixSoftware Engineer
May 2026

Rejected After a Technical Screen with an Unexpectedly High Bar

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eBayData AnalystIntern
May 2026

Three SQL-Heavy Phone and Video Rounds

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StripeSoftware Engineer
May 2026

Five Onsite Rounds Including a Superhero Dispatch System

The Stripe recruiter reached out saying I could interview for L3, so I figured I'd give it a shot. It wasn't like I absolutely had to go, though, because I'd heard it's really cutthroat. In the end I didn't pass, and it stings a bit — I still feel like I have something to prove. So I wanted to turn that frustration into an interview writeup to help everyone out. Two of the rounds were pretty new…

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Point72Data Engineer
May 2026

A HackerRank OA With a Nasty SQL Formatting Trap and a PySpark Task

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ByteDanceSite Reliability EngineerSenior+
May 2026

A Smooth Project Round Followed by a Rough Linux Screen

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AirbnbSoftware Engineer
May 2026

Solved the Coding Question, Still Rejected

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Lead BankSoftware Engineer
May 2026

SD, Two Coding Rounds, Three HM BQ Rounds

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RampSoftware Engineer
May 2026

A Binary Search Flight-Tracking Question and No Feedback

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BytedanceSoftware Engineer
May 2026

Real-Time Likes System Design, Rejected 3 Days Later

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NuroSoftware Engineer
May 2026

Recruiter Call, Two Phone Screens, Then an Extra Round and Silence

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DoorDashSoftware Engineer
May 2026

Onsite With Three Coding Rounds Dressed Up as Delivery Problems

Posting my DoorDash interview experience. My overall impression is that this company's questions are very tied to the business — almost every question comes wrapped in a food-delivery scenario, even when the core is just a template problem. The upside is it's not boring to talk through; the downside is you have to unwrap the packaging first and figure out what the core problem actually is — get t…

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OpenAISoftware Engineer
May 2026

An Extra System Design Round on a 'Build Cache' Question I Never Understood

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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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