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R1: There were 3 question, (2 Medium + 1 Hard) - Q1: Graph + BFS - Q2: https://leetcode.com/problems/mirror-reflection/description/ - Q3: DP R2: Design a resume parser and resume bank where user can search for keywords among the datastore of resumes. R3: Foundational CS concepts + Some discussion around Kafka & SQS + SAGA Patterns + previous projects
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Senior Backend Engineer

Interviewed at VMock

2.9
Jul 6, 2025

R1: There were 3 question, (2 Medium + 1 Hard) - Q1: Graph + BFS - Q2: https://leetcode.com/problems/mirror-reflection/description/ - Q3: DP R2: Design a resume parser and resume bank where user can search for keywords among the datastore of resumes. R3: Foundational CS concepts + Some discussion around Kafka & SQS + SAGA Patterns + previous projects

Lot about my experience and usual story of how you convince etc etc ., 2n round was design and one of the panelist is unprofessional and keeps interupting and never allowed me to explain solution. Not sure how Ikea still keeps him and allowing him to be as panelist.
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Senior Backend Engineer

Interviewed at IKEA

3.7
Aug 31, 2022

Lot about my experience and usual story of how you convince etc etc ., 2n round was design and one of the panelist is unprofessional and keeps interupting and never allowed me to explain solution. Not sure how Ikea still keeps him and allowing him to be as panelist.

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