Instacart Director rejection and tips for Stripe & Coinbase!

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JCya11

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JCya11
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I recently went through a virtual on-site at Instacart for D1 position. I think, I did really well with Leadership, Bar Raiser and System design rounds. Coding round was a bit rusty, my solution worked for 5 out of 7 test cases. I was told that they weren’t looking for “perfect coding” for leadership role. Bar raiser round was super awkward as the interviewer VP — seemed like a nice person— had to step out for a new car delivery two times during the interview.
Unfortunately, I don’t get to code on daily basis anymore as I have been in people management for almost a decade now. I have started Leetcoding now after Instacart :)

I have coinbase and stripe SDM interviews lined up. I have AWS L7 offer but planing to pass on it.

Is it normal to get hands on coding round at Stripe, Coinbase & Google for leadership roles?

YOE: 19 years ( 10 years IC, 5 yrs SDM, 4 yrs Managers’ manager)

TC: $687K

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  • Meta
    YKaY02

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    YKaY02
    Recently interviewed at Coinbase, they don't have coding rounds for manager. However the interview left a sour taste in my mouth. The system design interviewer didn't even know difference b/w latency and throughput and behavior interview asked open ended question such as "what is technical debt" or saying that they have a checklist of questions that they need to go through.
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  • Indeed / Eng
    u2brutus

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    u2brutus
    Can you let us know your aws L7 offer
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  • Google
    xdbfsxv

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    mostly harmless
    xdbfsxv
    What's your title at Intuit?
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    • Google
      xdbfsxv

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      mostly harmless
      xdbfsxv
      Is that higher than director? In Google I think there is a technical round for sure. They also ask behavioral questions and a lot of trek me about a time sort of thing
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    • Intuit
      JCya11

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      JCya11
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      It’s a level below Director at Intuit. I have yet to hear back from the Google recruiter on the next steps. Coinbase is moving forward with a hiring manager match round for M7.
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  • New
    vertical1

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    vertical1
    Just out of curiosity, with a ten year hiatus in hands on coding, what language are you choosing for a coding round?
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