Applied on website.
HR contacted and scheduled a phone screen. Very quick.
Then scheduled a technical phone screen.
My brain was foggy from project I had been working on the day before. Different tech, different priority. Basically I went in misfiring.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Current architecture of current project. And quite a few follow-ups on tech used and why.
Most proud technical achievement.
List vs vector - theoretical performance and the real world. Current architecture of current project.
Most proud technical achievement.
List vs vector
Map vs unordered_map
L1, L2, L3 cache and how to utilize them better
Latest interesting technology thing you’ve learned.
Latest interesting thing you’ve learned about c++
Theoretical performance & actual world:
- linked list vs map
- map vs unordered_map
L1, L2, L3 cache and how to utilize them for performance
Latest interesting technology thing you’ve learned.
Latest interesting thing you’ve learned about c++
Their internal recruiter was adamant that they don’t do any object oriented programming, only C++. She was so confident that I didn’t think it would be worth correcting her. I don’t think there is anything else to say here.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Simplex Trading (Chicago, IL) in Mar 2023
Interview
Simple verbal interview about various C++ features, simple questions (leet code variety, easy/medium), then simple behavioral with HR; chat with the CTO. Not really much information gleamed about the company, other than everyone being nice.
