I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Couchbase (Bengaluru) in Aug 2022
Interview
- multithreading
- dsa
- cuda
- c++ , python, java threads
- golang questions
- generics in c++
- need to be crystal clear on OS, DBMS(NoSQL) concepts
- emphasis on c++/multithreading projects on resume, no importance given to either ML or python projects done (good thing since its a systems based company and applicants dont have ML stuff in resume anyway)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Implement a spin-lock using c++ to demonstrate its usage
I had 5rounds of interview and then the HR ghosted me. When I tried to contact her she kept on saying she will get back but never did. Very unprofessional
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The interview was conducted with various product managers and it was a combination of PM and technical related questions
There were 3 rounds for some and 4 for some , i got eliminated in the 3rd round due to occupancy of AI role in the first round itself , after they switched me to cloud and sdk team they conducted 2 rounds more for me and then rejected me due to mismatch in requirements
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Longest palindromic substring
2. Find the index where sum of elements to the right is equal to the sum of elements to the left of the index
I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Couchbase (Bengaluru) in Aug 2025
Interview
First round was 1 easy DSA question and resume based, second and third round dwelled more into medium difficulty DSA and a little bit of cn os. Depending on your interviewer they can also ask to include concurrency in your solution and implement multi threading