process typically involves a series of steps, including a resume screen, recruiter call, online assessments, phone screening, and a final interview loop.There was an online coding test consisting of 20 MCQ’s(with negative marking) and 2 Coding Questions(One was algorithmic and other was mathematical).
This was followed by 4 Technical Rounds(All rounds consisted solely of Data Structures And Algorithmic Questions). You have to precisely write the entire code and even modularize it well enough(with proper indentations and semicolons).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you had to make a difficult decision with incomplete information
Interviewed for silicon team. Have only been asked about the domain specific knowledge in 1st round and system design in 2nd round and C coding in 3rd round.
The interviews were 50 mins each.
First round with hr screening - 2 leetcode questions then hr manager screening then the loop which consists of 4 interviews each an hour long. The 4 interview questions they asked where three medium leetcode questions. And one system design interview question about how to shadow deploy a test software to millions of users.
The phone screen went longer than expected, focusing heavily on implementation details. The interviewer really grilled me on my approach to a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache, asking how I'd combine a hashmap with a doubly linked list. I felt well-prepared since I had gone through system design examples on PracHub, which made me comfortable discussing eviction policies. The later rounds included more technical questions and behavioral interviews, but in the end, I received an offer, though I ultimately decided to decline. Overall, I’d say the process was average, with solid questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design and implement a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache supporting get(key) and put(key, value) in O(1) average time. Walk through combining a hashmap with a doubly linked list, eviction policy when capacity is exceeded, and how you'd extend it to handle thread-safe concurrent access.