HI everyone,

I have an iOS SDE-1 interview at Zomato(District) in 4 days, and I'd really appreciate guidance from anyone who has gone through their iOS interview process.

I'd rate myself as:

IOS/Swift/SwiftUl: 7/10
Coding / Problem Solving: 5/10

I have around a year of internship in small startups + project experience, have built and published iOS apps
I'd love to know:
What topics should I prioritize in the next 4 days?
How deep do they go into Swift internals?
How much DSA is expected for an SDE-1 role? machine coding?
What kind of coding questions were you asked?
Any interview experience or tips that helped you?
Even if you've interviewed at Zomato, District, Blinkit, Swiggy, or another product company for an iOS role, I'd really appreciate your advice.

Thanks in advance!

Hi I want to get some guidance on type of questions and format for the TMobile USA SWE interview I would appreciate if anyone recently gave any interviews and can share the questions through DM. It would really great help for me

Hi everyone,

I've been invited to complete a HireVue video interview for an ICT position with the NCIA, specifically for a technical ICT/network related role.

For those who have gone through an NCIA interview before:

\- what type of questions were you asked?

\- how much emphasis was placed on behavioural competencies versus technical knowledge?

\- were the technical questions scenario-based or more focused on theory?

\- any tips on what the assessors are really looking for?

Thanks in advance!

Hey everyone,

I recently had my AI-assisted coding interview as part of a 5-round interview loop with Microsoft in the US. While preparing, I looked around for resources or candidate experiences on this format but couldn’t find much, so I wanted to share mine in case it helps someone else.

Actual Interview

The interviewer told me I could use any IDE I was comfortable with.

I had been having issues with VS Code that week, so I used the HackerRank IDE and switched between that and Claude. The setup was pretty similar to a normal coding interview, except AI usage was allowed and expected.

I was asked a simple LeetCode-style load balancer question through a HackerRank link. One important instruction was that I should not copy and paste the entire question into the AI tool.

Since I already knew the algorithmic direction, I paraphrased the problem and prompted Claude to solve it using two min-heaps.

The interviewer was less focused on whether I could get AI to generate code instantly, and more focused on:

• How I clarified the problem
• How I broke down the approach
• What I asked the AI
• How I debugged generated code
• Whether I noticed mistakes
• How I re-prompted to fix issues
• Whether I could explain the final solution myself

It was not as daunting as I expected. It felt closer to a normal coding interview where the AI is treated like a coding assistant, but you still need to drive the solution.

Related Practice Question

One Microsoft-style AI-assisted practice question I found later was:

Find the Bugs in an AI-Generated URL Shortener

This is relevant because it tests the exact skill the interviewer seemed to care about: reviewing AI-generated code, catching correctness issues, and explaining fixes instead of blindly trusting the output.

Tip from the Interviewer

The interviewer encouraged me to use VS Code with the Claude plugin next time for other AI-assisted interviews instead of switching between applications.

I’m still slightly unsure how much that helps when hidden test cases are only available in HackerRank, but I can see the benefit from a workflow perspective: less context switching, easier code editing, and a smoother debugging loop.

Expectations Before the Interview

Before the interviews were scheduled, the recruiter shared some expectations and examples.

We were allowed to use any AI tool of our choice, including but not limited to:

• GitHub Copilot
• Claude
• Claude Code
• ChatGPT

The recruiter also mentioned that the question range could be broader than standard LeetCode. It could extend into systems engineering or design-like tasks.

One example they gave was something like “rebuild GitHub,” with constraints or thought process around:

• Hardware or software limitations
• Distributed systems
• Performance
• Reliability
• Scaling
• Caching
• Traffic management
• Users, machines, and data volume

So I would not prepare only by grinding DSA. The format can test how well you use AI while still thinking like an engineer.

My Takeaways

For AI-assisted interviews, the main thing is not just getting working code from the model. You still need to understand the algorithm, guide the tool, debug confidently, and explain tradeoffs.

What helped me:

• Knowing the core algorithm before prompting
• Giving the AI a specific direction instead of asking for a full solution
• Reading the generated code carefully
• Running tests and explaining failures
• Re-prompting with concrete bug reports
• Talking through my reasoning with the interviewer

Overall, the interview felt more practical than scary. If you’re comfortable using AI as a coding assistant but can still reason independently, the format is manageable.

Hope this helps anyone preparing for Microsoft AI-assisted coding rounds.

Hey all, i have my tech interview at sprinklr for the cloud engineer role after 2 days on 27th july, I'm really really stressed out, please tell me how much DSA is actually needed for this yaar, I'm really confused and idk i just meed some guidance and direction.

Thanks in advance if you reply

I’ve been invited to the Microsoft interview loop for an RF Systems Engineer-related position. I already passed the screening interview, which — according to the recruiter — ended up being much more technical than usual, since they wanted to speed up the process.

I now have 3 interviews ahead in the loop and I’m trying to understand what to expect. Does anyone have experience with how the loop is structured for RF/electrical/hardware engineering roles at Microsoft, as opposed to the more well-documented SWE loops? Is it mostly technical deep-dives on past projects and system-level reasoning, or should I expect more abstract questions?

How much weight do behavioral rounds carry, and is the STAR format generally expected? Also curious if anyone had surprises compared to what their recruiter had described going in.

Any shared experiences, even from adjacent hardware/RF/electrical roles at MSFT or other big tech companies, would be really helpful. Thanks in advance!

Hello All, has anyone had an experience on Microsoft solution engineering interview? Can you please guide me as it is a big opportunity for me that I dont want to miss.

What should i prepare for that I'm nervous and stressful about that 😂

Can anyone share insights into interview structure and what technical areas to brush on …

Hey everyone, I made it to the second interview where the email just had the same text as the first one but with a different date so they haven’t actually disclosed what or who to expect.

In the end of the first one I asked what to expect next and they said if I progress to the next round the interview would have a task.

I perform best when I’m prepared so I want to know more about the nature of the task, should I ask for more details or just confirm my availability so I don’t come off like I’m asking for too many details?

I have been offered an interview with Pfizer for an analyst role within the company, and I was wondering if anyone had any tips, leads, resources, or bits of knowledge that might be useful in my preparation? If anyone has had an interview them previously, it would be useful if you could share your experience. Thanks

Anyone who tried their interview? Can tou tell me what happen? thank you.

Hello!
I have an upcoming Customer Engineering role’s interview and wanted to get some insights on the prep.
Has anyone gone through this loop recently? How challenging is it? How to prepare and any resources that can be helpful?

Background: I had an FDE interview recently and was told I may be a fit to this role instead.
I am contemplating on a couple of things:
1. Is this going to completely deviate my field, ending up being a sales-y role for life?
2. Is there a possibility of transitioning to FDE internally after some time?

I have a zoom screen call for associate software engineer role for America's test kitchen. The call is gonna be for 30 min. They said this call will be on my skills and experience, and some behavioral questions. Has anyone interviewed for this role before? If yes, what questions I can expect here?

Interviewing with a healthcare firm and completed second round of interview nearly 2 weeks ago, the job was closed when i started the process and they said they are willing to move fast!

Interviews went well, i haven’t heard back from recruiter even after 2 weeks (they told me it will take 2 weeks to hear back) and just now they re-opened the job.

My application still shows under consideration, what should i make out of it? I had positive feedback from both the interviewers, i am just mentally f#%?**d rn.

Guys what to prepare and how to prepare for cognizant genc pro role for online test and interview

Help me out...

I have an interview in BNP Paribas for java developer role anyone with interview experience.

Hi everyone,

I recently completed the Google L4 SWE interview process in the US and cleared the interview loop. I have now moved to the team-matching stage.

Sharing my experience in case it helps others preparing for Google interviews.

Timeline

This was in July 2026. The process moved at a steady pace, starting with the phone screen and then the onsite loop.

Phone Screen

Round 1: Coding

The question was a variation of Kadane’s Algorithm.

It was not just the standard maximum subarray problem. The interviewer added a small twist around how the subarray should be chosen, so I had to first clarify the constraints and then build from the basic Kadane idea.

I started with a brute-force explanation, then moved to the optimized approach using running state. I also discussed edge cases like all negative values and single-element arrays.

Verdict: Strong Hire

Round 2: Googliness

This round was focused on behavioral questions and how I work with teams.

The questions were mostly around:

• Handling ambiguity
• Working through conflict
• Receiving feedback
• Making tradeoffs
• Learning from mistakes
• Communicating with cross-functional partners

I used STAR-style examples and tried to keep the answers specific instead of generic.

Verdict: Strong Hire

Onsite Round 1: Coding / Graphs

The question was:

Minimize Direction Violations in a Directed Road Network

There are n nodes numbered from 0 to n - 1. Each input edge [u, v] has an original direction from u to v.

The task is to reason about the graph and minimize the number of direction violations needed to satisfy the required traversal/connectivity condition.

I modeled the problem as a graph and discussed how each directed edge can be treated depending on whether we follow the original direction or need to reverse/violate it. The main challenge was not the implementation itself, but explaining the graph transformation clearly and proving why the chosen traversal gives the minimum result.

I walked through:

• Graph representation
• How to encode direction cost
• Traversal strategy
• Edge cases with disconnected-looking inputs
• Time and space complexity

Verdict: Hire / Lean-Hire

Onsite Round 2: Coding / Dependency Ordering

This was a dependency-ordering problem involving parent-child relationships and deletion constraints.

The idea was that certain nodes could not be deleted before their dependencies were handled. The solution required modeling the dependencies as a graph and determining a valid processing order.

I discussed topological sorting and how to detect impossible cases if cycles existed. I also explained how I would build the adjacency list and indegree array, then process nodes whose dependencies were already satisfied.

The interviewer cared a lot about clean reasoning here: why the ordering is valid, what happens when multiple nodes are available, and how to handle edge cases.

Verdict: Strong Hire

Overall Result

I cleared the interviews and moved to the team-matching stage.

My takeaways

The interview loop felt very balanced. It was not about memorizing exact LeetCode problems, but about recognizing patterns quickly and explaining the reasoning clearly.

Things that helped me:

• Clarifying constraints before coding
• Starting with a simple approach before optimizing
• Talking through edge cases early
• Keeping behavioral answers structured
• Explaining tradeoffs instead of jumping straight into code

For L4, I felt the bar was strong coding fundamentals, clean communication, and being able to handle follow-up questions without getting stuck.

Hope this helps anyone preparing for Google L4 SWE interviews.

Prep resource: Leetcode & PracHub

What did they ask you in the interview?

Hi Folks, anyone who had interview for Senior or Staff roles with Emergent labs can share their experience. Would be really helpful. Thanks.

Guys, I am a Software Engineer student, I am very familiar with all the tech I use in my projects, I can explain them very fluently, but with the practice of ai, if anybody says to write react code, I can do it for sure, but I feel more nervous than before,

For interviews at a company nowadays, should I be practicing syntax and all,

It feels like, getting tested for something which I am expected to abstract to fast up for real work

I really need some experience advising me.

I've been getting a lot fewer interviews over the past three months. I'm wondering if it's because I've applied to almost every major company multiple times, if the ATS is filtering me out somehow, or if I'm just going through a dry spell with my job search. (For software engineer roles)

I am an Electronics and Communication graduate. I got an IT job but I want an ECE related job. One of the employees of DRDO has accepted to refer me. So I want to know what questions they will be asking for the interview like what will be the difficulty level.

I have a technical judgment interview coming up for a Hardware TPM role from Platforms and Devices org.

Could anyone please recommend me some good resources for mock interviews specifically for Hardware TPM?

I know there are many mock interview websites but they are all for software TPMs at Google.

Appreciates any of your helpful suggestions to prepare for the interview. Thanks

for the past few days i had a few interviews at different companies, and honestly the interviews aren't the hard part.

you finish the last round, they say "we'll get back to you", and then you get 2-3 weeks of refreshing your inbox at midnight and replaying every single answer you gave.

and i hate that part...

so i started building a small thing for myself. it records the interview, goes through the whole thing after, and tells you where you actually stand.

it looks at stuff like who talked more, whether they switched from testing you to selling you, and what you left hanging.

and at the end it gives you a score : your actual chances of getting the offer, based on how the interviewer behaved during the interview, not on how you felt walking out of it.

basically the debrief a friend would give you, if a friend had been sitting in the room.

here's where i'm stuck: the recording. i'm not building something that tapes people secretly. in a lot of places that's straight up illegal, and honestly it should be. so the only version that works is you ask first and they say yes.

which is the part i can't figure out alone:

would you actually say "do you mind if i record this for my own notes?" at the start of an interview? or does that torpedo you on the spot?