Is it true Square doesn't do LC style interviews, and they prioritize a working solution over an optimized one? If you have to put a difficulty level to the interviews, where would you put it? Does it vary from the phone screen and the onsite? #tech #square #softwareengineer
Yes, easy/medium
It is true. No leetcode interviews. Difficulty? Idk it depends. It’s domain specific. I’m a mobile developer. It’s about medium difficulty to me
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Are there any topics I should be really familiar with?
If you're good at software engineering, it's an easy interview. If you're just a Leetcoder, it's hard.
What's your definition of good at software engineering?
Can you write code and solve business problems well?
I just finished VO with square today and I’m pretty much like the way they doing the interview. I agree their questions are more like solving real problems instead of leetcoder.
It doesn't sound too bad but that is what makes me worry the most. Do you have any recommendations on how to best prepare for it?
Their coding questions will always start from some easy questions and they expect you to finish the basic function part first. If there are more time, they will extend the questions to more complex situations. Just don’t over think the question first. Start with finishing the happy path first. And do the communication too, so you can get feedback and adjust.
It’s LC broken down into multiple sub problems. If you come in not knowing basic data structures and algorithms and haven’t practiced LC, your basic engineering skills are not gonna save you.
I had 0 LC in my interview
Nice. I had 2/3
Medium difficulty, not leetcode, but like if your friend had a cool idea for an app for their hobby, and you were putting something together for them quickly to prove the concept.
Do interviewers run code after the interview ends on extra test cases? whats the bar to pass?
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