I applied through a recruiter. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at Pinterest (San Francisco, CA) in Nov 2019
Interview
I applied for the new grad software engineering position online. Overall really good experience. Recruiter a little slow in responding to emails but I figured she just didn't have feedbacks from the engineers/hiring manager. I did an initial coding challenge with Karat and right after I completed it, I received an invitation to do a video/phone interview. Video interview question has three parts and it was really long to read, but overall leetcode medium and all parts build on top of each other. Karat is really nice because if you don't think you did well then you can ask for a re-do. After Karat, you will have a 15 minutes interview with your recruiter. After the recruiter call, then it's the onsite interview where you will need to do 4 data structures/algorithms typed interviews. All my interviewers were really nice and helpful! The onsite did feel really rushed since I didn't have an allocated time to eat lunch and have to eat while I was doing the interview. I heard back in about 1 week after the onsite.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Some Leetcode style questions: lots of DFS/BFS related questions, no DP/complicated algorithms, overall I would say LC hard Medium or easy Hard; some questions are related to their products but not too difficult either if you've done enough practice.
Good experience not the best outcome. Was 1000% sure I completed all coding and sys design but was told didn't get enough signal for the competency round. Overall very organized but not very satisfied with the response.
Horrible, el entrevistador ni entendia el ejercicio y queria que lo hiciera a su manera. Tardamos 30 minutos en entender el ejercicio porque el ni lo entendia. Pude hacerlo a mi entendimiento, entonces cada cosa que hacia no me cuestionaba, literal me decia que estaba incorrecto
The interview process was well-structured and included an initial recruiter screen, followed by technical rounds focused on data structures, problem-solving, and system design fundamentals. Interviewers were professional and communicative throughout. Although I wasn’t selected for the role, the experience was positive and provided helpful insight into areas for further growth.
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