I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at X (Tokyo) in Mar 2025
Interview
First round: Online coding interview
Second round: Online coding interview
Final round (onsite): System design interview, two additional coding interviews, technical presentation and a hiring manager chat
The process overall took more than a month. Several interviews were postponed last minute (twice), and two interviewers didn’t show up until I contacted HR to follow up.
I was able to solve all the technical questions, but was ultimately rejected with “communication issues” cited as the reason. This feedback felt vague, especially since the interviewers were mostly silent during the sessions and didn’t ask follow-up questions. Honestly, I left with the impression that the communication issues may have been on their side.
I hope they improve both the candidate experience and internal coordination moving forward.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Coding interview: Typical Leetcode medium questions.
Phone screen, followed by two coding rounds, one system design, and one HM/behavioral round. Prepare with LeetCode tagged questions related to data structures, algorithms, and system design topics. Prepare for Behavioural in STAR method.
Went through two screenings and virtual onsite. Technical team members were friendly and great to speak with. Recruiters were pretty awful - the one that set up the virtual onsite gave everybody different zoom links and trying to find the correct room to join really cut into my interview time and made me stressed out during the VO. Main recruiter scheduled a phone call to discuss results after the VO for when it was past midnight in my timezone but never called or responded to my followup.
To the recruiter: you don't need to try to keep me warm by scheduling a phone call and ghosting me when I only asked you whats the decision timeline. If its rejection just email to let me know instead of wasting more of my time especially when its late in my timezone.
In general this would've been a positive experience if the recruiters weren't so bad.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at X (London, England) in Apr 2025
Interview
Ho effettuato un colloquio conoscitivo con HR dopodiché una sessione di live coding e domande tecniche con il responsabile dell'area. Domande vertevano su vari algoritmi e complessità in termini di tempo e spazio
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Risoluzione di un problema algoritmico che richiedeva l'utilizzo della funzione xor
