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The candidate successfully cleared all elimination rounds, including a code challenge, multiple technical rounds, a design round, and an HR round, and was ultimately selected for the SDE 1 position at Qube Cinema Technologies.
The candidate's resume was shortlisted for the SDE 1 position at Qube Cinema Technologies.
The candidate completed a code challenge within a week. The task involved submitting a pull request within 24 hours, which was reviewed by the company after 3-5 days.
The first technical interview involved two Senior Engineers from Qube Development Team. The candidate was asked two Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA) questions focusing on Arrays and Stacks, similar to the 'Buy and Sell II Problem' on LeetCode. Solutions were implemented in Golang, and the candidate provided approaches and time complexities for both questions.
DSA question on Arrays and Stacks (similar to LeetCode's 'Buy and Sell II Problem')
The second technical interview covered a range of topics including Database Management System (DBMS) concepts like Normalization Forms (NF), caching, queries, and optimization techniques. Operating System topics included Deadlocks and Pagination. Core Golang topics such as Slices and Interfaces were also discussed.
DBMS: Normalization Forms (NF), caching, queries, optimization techniques
Operating System: Deadlocks, Pagination
Core Golang: Slices, Interfaces
The third interview focused on design-related topics, including Design Patterns, System Design Fundamentals, and specific design problems. The candidate explained Abstract Factory and Singleton Design patterns.
Design Patterns: Abstract Factory, Singleton
System Design Fundamentals
Specific Design Problems
The final round was an HR discussion covering basic management topics.
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