I passed the 30-minute behavioral interview and was invited to an one hour coding interview. The behavioral interview was very engaging. The interviewer shows great interest in my perspective and enthusiastically share her experiences at Forward. The coding interview, on the other hand, was not as good. Even though I solved the problem, I don't think I passed the vibe check with the interviewer. The conversation was quite dead. I guess that's why I was rejected.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The coding question was about a keyboard and cursor. The task is to find the shortest way to move the cursor to type a given string. The follow-up question is what is some keys are duplicated.
Great! Focused system design + average leetcode questions. Behavioral interview was very nice and straightforward. Systems design interview include building a scribe tool for doctors to use. Was more a paired session with the interviewer.
It was pretty normal as far as interviews in tech go for entry level engineers. It felt like they were spending more time selling me on their product than on questioning me. Some standard Leetcode style question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Something about the minimum travel distance on a keyboard grid.
I applied online. I interviewed at Forward (California City, CA)
Interview
Asked a lot about why I was interested in Healthcare. Keyboard hashmap questions, follow up questions was what if we can pass through the keyboard. Find the shortest distance between keys in a keyboard.