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5 roundsJunior levelVisa sponsorship discussed

HR screen, pair programming, deep system design, cross-functional onsite, then final manager round. The process was more practical than LeetCode-heavy and pushed hard on judgment, communication, and trade-offs.

🔥 Hot Take

Pure technical skill alone will not carry candidates much further. Communication and judgment are becoming the real differentiators.

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System design prep, mock interviews, real-world backend trade-offs, and pressure-testing answers instead of just grinding algorithm questions...

Biggest lesson

The rounds that matter most increasingly test how you reason in messy realistic situations, not just how fast you code in isolation...

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