I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at SmartNews in Aug 2024
Interview
1. Leetcode questions, one medium, one medium/hard 2. Programming online interview leetcode question easy 3. System design round.
After 3rd interview I got automatic rejection without explaining where I did bad, though I answered all the questions during the interviews. A bit disappointed they give 0 feedback and if you kindly ask HR, he will ignore you anyway.
Second round online programming question to create some data structure like LRU cache or simple class performing add, getting min amount (heap or array)
Had to do a hackerrank which i successfully passed before talking to anyone at the company. Then they ghosted me twice on scheduled technical interviews and then said they changed their process and would follow up with me for anther interview in a month or so. Finally got a reply saying i didn't get another interview? lol Seemed very disorganized and didn't value my time
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at SmartNews in Oct 2024
Interview
4 rounds of interview. Coding, system design, backend knowledge, frontend knowledge. I would describe the questions as standard interview questions of the industry. Interviews were organized and interviewers seemed prepared and professional.
I was rejected after 4 rounds, even though I thought my interviews went well. Clearly, other stuff also factored into the decision. This experience seems to be similar to what a couple of other people have also mentioned.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
All standard industry questions for each round. Focus on Java and vanilla javascript.
