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NDA. In a generic way I can tell there were medium/slightly hard LeetCode level questions. Anyone who is familiar with medium level questions should be able to pull it off. Design questions are however very subjective. Study as hard as you can and try to understand the request before jumping on any design. Ask as many questions you need to have the best approach. Also time yourself so you don't lose your window.
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Principal Software Engineer

Interviewed at Walmart Global Tech

3.6
Mar 31, 2020

NDA. In a generic way I can tell there were medium/slightly hard LeetCode level questions. Anyone who is familiar with medium level questions should be able to pull it off. Design questions are however very subjective. Study as hard as you can and try to understand the request before jumping on any design. Ask as many questions you need to have the best approach. Also time yourself so you don't lose your window.

Stage1: 1. Why WeGift? 2. Different services in AWS that you have worked on? 3. Explain about current employer? 4. Explain about your contribution in current project architecture? 5. Tech stack used in current project? 6. Explain Event sourcing pattern Stage2: 1. Quick intro. 2. Technical questions on threading, concurrency and performance. 3. Why python? 4. Code loop on anagram and find the string exists in anagram.
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Principal Software Engineer

Interviewed at Runa

3.8
Jun 14, 2021

Stage1: 1. Why WeGift? 2. Different services in AWS that you have worked on? 3. Explain about current employer? 4. Explain about your contribution in current project architecture? 5. Tech stack used in current project? 6. Explain Event sourcing pattern Stage2: 1. Quick intro. 2. Technical questions on threading, concurrency and performance. 3. Why python? 4. Code loop on anagram and find the string exists in anagram.

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