How are Interviews with Square for Sr. SWE?
Oct 28, 2021
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Interviewing with Square soon for a Sr. SWE - recruiter specifically said “we don’t do leetcode style interviews” but in prep packet said to look at leetcode lmao. What should I expect? Been some time since I’ve interviewed so a bit rusty on LC but will do like 50-100 before the interview to get back in the mode.
YoE : 2
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E.g: starting from asking clarifying questions -> talking through different approaches -> pseudocode -> implementing clean code-> running through your code with a sample test case-> verifying edge cases and finally talking about trade-offs
(or some varying style)
However, I feel square emphasis on not asking questions that are tricky(or you need to know X famous algorithm)
I have seen engineers vetting questions where it required knowledge beyond what you use in you career.
At the end, it is leetcode but coated with a real world scenario which I thought helps you to think and approach problem in an interesting manner. I enjoyed their interview process
Personally mine was LC Medium and LC Easy tier.