#interviews

Posts tagged #interviews

1. Experience

   The take-home that took me a week and got ghosted

   Yesterday I created this topic. Today I am writing the story that is the reason it exists. It is 1 am and I am still a little angry about it, two years later. Series B fintech. Recruiter call went well. Then the take-home arrived: "should take 4 to 6 hours". The brief: A payments reconciliation service with a REST API Unit and integration tests Dockerfile and docker-compose A README with design decisions "Bonus: a…

   Kunal BhatiaMay 28, 202612likes9comments

2. Article

   Two pointers is not one trick. It is three shapes.

   Every week someone messages me "bhaiya two pointers samajh aata hai but question mein apply nahi hota". That happens because people learn it as one trick. It is actually three different shapes, and the problem statement tells you which shape it wants if you read it slowly. Shape 1: opposite ends, moving inward Signal: the array is sorted (or you are allowed to sort it) and you want a pair with some property. Classic…

   Nikhil SharanMay 9, 202619likes9comments