Coding questions during phone screen
For Google, Facebook, LinkedIn and Netflix... 1. How many coding questions are we supposed to solve to pass the phone screen? 2. Does code need to be running and passing the tests or they don't really run the code? 3. Are there any questions other than coding?
Usually interviewers come with 2 questions ready. But it is common for people to only solve one problem and pass the phone screen. Some interviewers don’t even have a second question. Certain role at LinkedIn has up to three questions during first phone screen. Netflix I heard it’s different by team (look around on Blind). My own experience. Oh and point 2 - it depends. If you use codepad, some interviewers might place a couple tests or ask you to run a test or two. Rare though. You usually just walk the person through and maybe draw some “ascii” on the coding sheet.
This. For my phone screens I have 2 questions, but the second is really just a backup in case the candidate either has heard the first one or slays it no time at all (but then at that point you could argue the 2nd question isn't even necessary). For me, and also my experience in general at AMZN, the code written in the phonescreen isn't really expected to run. I don't expect people to remember every API / the syntax for everything. As long as the logic and the thought process is there, that's good enough for a phonescreen imo.
@cspr So internally we have a database of questions we can ask candidates and we can find a new question right away. Similar experience at Amazon? (People at Oscar are very careful at adding questions to the database.)
Thanks everyone. Looks like I need to speed up as I generally take around 40-50 mins to solve one Leetcode medium including everything like explaining logic, coding, running through example or answer any questions interviewer has.
1. Up to 2 within the hour of the interview. 2. Usually not unless they’ve stated otherwise, or depends on the interviewer. 3. Yes, behavioral question: Tell me about? Why X Company? And time for you to ask them question.