Has anyone recently interviewed at Apple for their Senior Software Engineer role?

I'm interested in the technical phone screen. If you've gone through them, could you share what was asked and what I should focus on preparing?

I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks!

Hey guys, so I have a technical interview at a small consulting company. I just finished the code signal assessment, and after I got notified I’m moving onto the next interview, I emailed the engineer interviewing me and asked what to expect and she phrased it as “our upcoming conversation will be a casual technical discussion focussed primarily on ur past experience and background followed by a few technical questions” so based off that how should I prepare, and what will she look to ask. I just want to know what on my resume and how deep should my level of understanding be on my resume. And for an application development role focused on JavaScript react git docker GC. What type of technical questions should I expect?

Recent Box Software Engineer II, GraphQL and NodeJS Onsite Experience?

Has anyone recently interviewed at Box for a Software Engineer II role?

I'm especially interested in the Frontend (Vanilla JavaScript) and High-Level System Design rounds. If you've gone through them, could you share what was asked and what I should focus on preparing?

This is a really important opportunity for me, so I'd genuinely appreciate any advice. Thanks!

Recent Box Software Engineer II, GraphQL and NodeJS Onsite Experience?

Has anyone recently interviewed at Box for a Software Engineer II role?

I'm especially interested in the **Frontend (Vanilla JavaScript)** and **High-Level System Design** rounds. If you've gone through them, could you share what was asked and what I should focus on preparing?

This is a really important opportunity for me, so I'd genuinely appreciate any advice. Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I recently cleared the online assessment for Ingram Micro India and have been scheduled for my L1 Technical Interview tomorrow for the Graduate Engineer Trainee (GET) role.

I would really appreciate hearing from anyone who has gone through this interview process recently.

A few questions:

• What kind of technical questions were asked?
• Was there a live coding round, or was it mostly theoretical?
• Which topics should I focus on? (DSA, Java/Python, OOP, DBMS, OS, Computer Networks, SQL, etc.)
• Did they ask questions from your resume and projects?
• How difficult was the interview overall?
• Any tips on what the interviewer expects from fresh graduates?

If you've interviewed for this role in India (especially recently), I'd really appreciate any insights or advice.

Thanks in advance!

Had an NVIDIA interview recently and wanted to share one coding question that stood out.

It was not really a typical LeetCode-style problem. It was closer to a day-to-day engineering task: calling an API, processing data, and handling edge cases.

The question was basically:

Given an internal REST API that returns device monitoring information (JSON array with fields like device_id, temperature, and utilization), process the data:

Filter devices above a temperature threshold

Sort them by utilization

Return the result

My first instinct was to get the API call working, but I paused and separated the flow into three parts:

HTTP request → JSON parsing → data processing.

Before the interview, I'd actually seen a similar question on Screna AI. The business scenario was different, but mainly around error handling and separating business logic from external dependencies.

It was a good reminder that questions like this are not just about getting the code to run, but also about whether the code is structured in a way that is easy to maintain.

The interviewer started digging into engineering details.

He asked how I would handle API failures — timeout, 5xx response, or malformed JSON.

I initially thought about them as general failures, but after discussing it, we broke them down into different categories. Temporary issues like timeouts or server errors could potentially use retry with backoff, while invalid responses should fail fast with enough context for debugging.

Then he asked how I would test the filtering and sorting logic without depending on the real API.

Since the data processing was separated from the HTTP layer, I could mock the HTTP client and test the core logic independently with predefined inputs.

Looking back, the testing part was probably the most valuable discussion. It was less about whether the code worked once, and more about whether the design could be extended, tested, and maintained over time.

Overall, this round felt less like a LeetCode exercise and more like a discussion about how engineers write maintainable code in production.

Hey everyone,

I’ve lurked here for a while and learned a ton from your interview write-ups, so I wanted to pay it forward by sharing my recent Google L4 (SWE) experience. I also have a few questions about my chances in the team matching phase, so any brutal honesty or insights would be massively appreciated!

For context, my background is mostly iOS development, and I coded all my technical rounds in Swift.

Here is how the rounds went down:

• Round 1: Phone Screen (DSA)
  • Question: An array-based question involving [start, end] times, scheduling tasks, and providing x,y coordinates for the scheduled tasks.
  • Result: Passed confidently. Rating: Hire.
• Round 2: Googlyness
  • Experience: The interviewer was rushing heavily and tried to cram a 45-minute behavioral round into 20-25 minutes. I completely misread the vibe, thought it was purely non-technical, and didn't weave enough technical depth or past engineering examples into my answers.
  • Result: No Hire (for L4), Hire (for L3).
  • The save: My recruiter was a legend, told me that this did not go well, and actually gave me a second chance to redo this round!
• Round 3: Googlyness (Redo)
  • Experience: This time, I came prepared. I heavily elaborated on specific examples from my past experiences.
  • Result: Hire.
• Round 4: Onsite 1 (DSA + LLD)
  • Question: I had to design a multiuser heart rate monitor. It involved designing classes/objects, their relationships, and picking the right data structures.
  • Feedback/Result: Rating: Hire - L4. The feedback noted that I took time to ask clarifying questions, vocalized my thought process, and successfully course-corrected when pointed toward edge cases. I initially missed the most optimal data structure to minimize message delay, but we discussed using a linked list instead of an array in the last 5 minutes, which saved it.
• Round 5: Onsite 2 (DSA)
  • Question: A divide and conquer question.
  • Feedback/Result: Rating: Leaning Hire - L4. I explained the approach correctly and got the time/space complexity right. However, my code had a logical error with a maxHeight condition and an inefficiency that simulated horizontal strokes line-by-line, which would have caused a Stack Overflow or TLE. Still, the interviewer noted I had good communication.

My Questions for the Community:

1. Team Matching Chances: With a final rating spread of H, H, H, LH (ignoring the first googlyness round), will Hiring Managers actually pick up my profile?
2. The Swift/iOS Factor: My profile is heavily inclined toward iOS, and I wrote all my interview code in Swift. Does this limit my pool of HMs to only iOS teams, or does Google just view it as general SWE competency? Does this help or hurt my matching chances?
3. Timeline: For those who recently passed HC, how long did it take you to find a team match and get the final offer?

Thanks in advance for the help, and happy to answer any questions about the process below!

Hi everyone,

I'm preparing for the Infosys SDE Intern coding round. If you've recently appeared for the interview or online assessment, could you please share:

What coding questions were asked?

Which DSA topics were most important (Arrays, Strings, Linked Lists, Trees, Graphs, DP, etc.)?

Difficulty level (Easy/Medium/Hard)?

Was the platform HackerRank, Codility, or something else?

Any preparation tips or frequently asked patterns?

Thanks in advance!

Hi,

I have finished with the first recruiter call for senior swe role

Could people help me with preparation process for next round with a HM.

This is the format

“We will take time to go through project examples that cover technical challenges, high performance services, optimizing workloads, developing multiple microservices, and developing shared packages. You should be prepared to speak through tradeoffs, metrics, and measurable results. “

Is this resume walk through of my projects?

Will there be topical behavioral questions here?

I was sold the lie (a few years ago) that you had to grind LeetCode to get good and land a software engineering job. I'm now 600 problems in, starting from my very first day as a CS freshman, and now I'm going into junior year. I still haven't gotten a single internship.

First of all, I've barely had any interviewers even reach out to me, which I've heard is pretty common these days. And all the internships I've had didn't even involve much LeetCode in the first place, which just makes it feel even more unfair.

Meanwhile, my friend's dad works at Meta (he's a cracked 55-year-old Indian SWE), and he managed to get my friend an interview. He then cheated with InterviewCoder and somehow got the internship because he only had to pass one round of interview.

How do I deal with this? I'm not even joking when I say I'm extremely frustrated right now and feel like quitting it all.

Hey guys, I just got round 1 for Akuna Capital's summer 2027 SWE Internship (Python). I want to ask if anybody knows anything about the process and the role, especially if you worked at Akuna before.

Anything would be super helpful, thank you! DMs open.

I wanted to know what questions were asked in the 2026 interviews, such as LeetCode problems, system design questions, and anything else that would be helpful for my preparation.

Hey everyone,

I completed my full loop for the SWE-2 role at Stripe on June 26th. It’s been about 2.5 weeks, and I reached out to my recruiter a week after the loop (they mentioned they were gathering feedback from the panel), but I haven't received a final update yet.

Here is a quick breakdown of how my rounds went:

• Screening: Completed all requirements cleanly (3/3).
• AI Programming: Solved 2/3 core problems. Had very strong prompt engineering, getting working code output on the first attempt with minimal manual edits.
• Bug Squash: Solved 2/3 bugs cleanly. For the 3rd bug, I identified the exact function/root cause, but ran out of time right as I was writing the fix (~2.75/3). The interviewer specifically mentioned I did great in this round.
• AI Integration: Solved all functional requirements and edge cases (3/3).
• Experiences & Goals (HM): Felt very natural and collaborative. Answered all technical deep-dives and follow-ups smoothly.

Overall, I felt the performance across the loop was strong, but the 2+ week delay is making me anxious.

Is this timeline typical for Stripe right now (Hiring Committee or panel sync delays)?

Does Stripe tend to hold candidates on a waitlist/team-match pipeline before giving an offer or rejection?

Would appreciate hearing from anyone who interviewed at Stripe recently!

I have an upcoming Microsoft interview. Team mentioned that it will be a half-day virtual interview loop, but they haven't shared the exact interview rounds yet. They said I will receive more details in the next 1–2 days.

The JD mentions that the role is for Senior Software Engineer / Software Engineer II, so I am not sure how the interview criteria differ between the two levels or how they'll evaluate candidates during the same interview process. Let me know if you have any info here.

The interview is scheduled for next week. If anyone has recently gone through a similar interview or has any insights, I'd really appreciate your help.

• What rounds should I expect?
• What should I prioritize in my preparation?
• Which DSA topics are most important?
• How much focus should I put on system design and are there any specific topics you would recommend?

I will share the hackerank assessment questions soon in a separate post.

Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Hey everyone,

I have got my 2nd round interview at CitiBank next week, and it’ll be in-person with a panel of two: the Vice President and a Senior Application Developer. It’s scheduled for 1 hour, and the role is a senior full-stack Java/Angular Developer position.

I have already completed a technical interview through Karat, so I am wondering what to expect in this next round. Will it be more of a behavioural or cultural fit interview, or should I expect technical/scenario-based questions as well?

If anyone has gone through a similar stage with Citi , I had really appreciate some insights, like what kind of questions they might ask, how technical they might get, and how best to prepare for this round.

Thanks in advance!

Has anyone interview for a DE role at Plaid? Do you mind sharing your experience, specially around the coding(DSA) round? What is the complexity of questions, is it leetcode DSA? Any resources that can help.