There was no online assessment (OA). Shortlisting was based on resumes. Around 20 students were shortlisted for the interview process. Ultimately, 2 students received offers.

My observation: Both selected candidates were female, so I felt there might have been a preference for female candidates. However, I cannot confirm whether gender played a role in the final selection.

Interview Experience

The interview process was pretty straightforward and focused more on concepts than heavy coding.

1. Introduction and Small Talk

The interview started with a brief introduction and some casual conversation.

2. DSA

• BFS: Similar to LeetCode 637 (Average of Levels in Binary Tree).
• Sliding Window: Similar to LeetCode 239 (Sliding Window Maximum). Compared to some of my friends' interviews, I was asked to write less code. The interviewer mainly focused on my approach, concepts, and time complexity.

3. OOPs and Pointers

• How to implement a copy constructor.
• How pointers work in C++.

4. Linked List

I was asked to implement a linked list from scratch and explain how to:

• Insert a node.
• Delete a node.
• Reverse a linked list.

5. Queue and HashMap