Have a Karat interview soon. First 15 minutes gonna be general cs questions. Any tips what to expect?
Yeh .. the interviewer was nice and everything. But I didn't like the concept. It's basically speed coding.
The coding questions will be roughly leetcode mediums. I wouldn’t worry too much about the general swe questions as they carry far less weight than the coding questions and are a bit challenging to prepare for. The questions will vary a bit by category (you’ll probably get to choose from a selection of categories) but could be something along the lines of what tests would you write for this algorithm, what could cause a memory leak, what is a race condition, oo concepts, etc.
What's your opinion reg the coding questions? Do I absolutely need to have a working code for the 2nd question or if I completed coding out the logic but couldn't get it to compile in time that's ok too ?
It varies a bit by company but I would definitely shoot for having a fully working solution for two questions. I would suggest taking the redo if you don’t complete two questions. Also keep in mind with karat getting a working solution is most important so it’s ok if you don’t have an optimal algorithm (or even if it is a brute force algorithm)
I was 95% done with solving the 2nd question after solving the 1st one correctly and got rejected 🤷♂️ Edit: This was for Indeed
I have an Indeed karat coming up next. DM me for what were some questions in the karat interview. Any help is appreciated
Can you elaborate on 95% ? I'm trying to decide if I should retake my interview. Did your code compile/had compilation errors/was 5% away from completion of writing logic ?
UPD: had it recently, was out of time for the second one.
Also karat interview content is set by the company you’re interviewing for. Can you share which company? Ie for compass I got asked js questiojs follows by 2 algorithm questions
Btw today I found questions on leetcode - it turned out they were both hard. So they expect you to solve 2 hards in 45 mins not even for senior role.
Hey can you dm me the questions? Have an interview coming up too
You can dm me
I have similar experience. One hard, brainstorming for 35 mins and 10mins to code. Looks like the interview pattern is not really consistent.
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Be fast af. If you don't solve both the questions, it's game over.
I completed coding for the 2nd one. But couldn't fix some silly compilation error in time. Should I retake the test?
Yes, there gonna be coding but apart from it it also will be general cs questions for the first 15 mins. Wondering what they are about.