The recruiter reached out to me over LinkedIn and set up a time to chat with me over Phone. After the Phone Screen with the recruiter, I had a Phone Screen scheduled with an engineer. The engineer asked me some C++, multi threading questions and then a coding question related to queues. I was then invited to the onsite. The onsite consisted of one coding question (90 mins), which you needed to implement on a laptop, either your own or a loaner. This was followed by two whiteboard architecture questions and then finally a video conference with one of their managers in SF.

Jumping into the technical phone screen, I was pleasantly surprised when the interviewer asked me to design a driver-rider matching service, something I had just practiced in-depth on PracHub. The prep I did really paid off, as I navigated the complexities of indexing live driver locations and addressing high write rates with confidence. The full virtual onsite included two coding rounds and a system design question, along with behavioral interviews. While I appreciated the opportunity, I ultimately declined the offer for different reasons unrelated to the team. The overall experience was intense but rewarding.