I applied online. I interviewed at Hive (CA) (San Francisco, CA) in Dec 2024
Interview
I was asked to solve a data structure and algorithm question. It was a LeetCode medium-style question. The interviewer mentioned there is a lot of movement and turnover at the company.
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They asked a LeetCode-style question of medium difficulty.
Some Interviewers arrived late. Some did not even open the camera preview, I felt like they were not paying attention to what was happening, and then rushed to another meeting.
One time I solved the problem optimally because I did something similar 10 years ago, but the interviewer clearly did not understand my solution.
Definitely did not feel like a place to work for.
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Not interested in leaking problems. Classical coding questions, with elements of dynamic programming, but could be solved properly with greedy techniques as well. Might be harder to solve on time if you don't use Python.
Recruiter call, followed by 1 coding round and an onsite with 3 interviews. The interviewers were helpful and friendly. The questions were leetcode mediums and typical software style interview in bay area.
Starts with a Recruiter Phone Screen
4 Technical Rounds, LC style. Two rounds w junior swes, one w senior, one w CTO
Chat w CEO
Moved pretty fast which was very nice, recruiter was very responsive.
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LeetCode Medium Level Questions: BFS, TopSort, Stack, Cycle Detection
