I applied online. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Sysdig in Oct 2018
Interview
After several no shows at scheduled times and going back and forth on interview times over 4 weeks interview process started with a 1 hour technical discussion after which I progressed to an online coding exercise that include 1 simple string manipulation and a moderately difficult string sorting which I finished after which I had another technical discussion on the big data experience that I felt very good answering most of the questions. Never in the process have I felt out of place or gave any answer that was not technically relevant. But I was totally surprised when the recruiter got back to me saying that I was not experienced enough for the role. Process was totally hap hazard and felt that they have already made up their mind even before knowing my background and experience. My suggestion would be to proceed with caution or not waste your time.
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Generic questions mostly based on situations except for the technical coding exercise.
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Sysdig (Rome)
Interview
Il processo prevede 3 colloqui tecnici e 2 più generici (il primo colloquio è una live coding).
Il tutto si è svolto molto velocemente (circa 2 settimane).
Il livello tecnico è abbastanza alto, ma i colloqui non sono stressanti.
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Progettare un meccanismo per inidicizzare degli indirizzi ip.
Five rounds of interviews involving 3 technical interviews, 1 manager conversation and one interview with VP of Engineering.
Technical rounds covered Data Structures and Algorithms, System Design and Architecture and Debugging.
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System Design of Uber: They asked me to go through my design using a online drawing tool
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Sysdig in Dec 2024
Interview
4 steps:
1. Live coding
2. System design and debugging
3. Architecture and distributed systems
4. VP screening
What was good:
1. The overall process was fast, interviews were scheduled one/two per week
2. For the first two steps, the interviewer was open to share feedback at the end. No HR sugarcoating results. Id rather listen to a technical person giving feedback rather than an HR being the middleman.
What didn't go well:
1. The first call with recruiter was unpleasant. The person seemed uninterested even though that person reached out to me via LinkedIn in the first place.
2. A different recruiter contacted me after the first call and asked the same questions again and again about visa status even though I said I needed no support from them.
3. Step 2 and 3 felt almost the same to me. They were two different systems design problem with a lot of overlapping concepts.
4. The interviewer at step 3 didn't provide any feedback like the one before. Even if the result was negative and they weren't moving ahead with me, might as well it to my face like the two interviews before.
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Question 1
Coding problem was a graph problem with domain specific context