I applied at their careers page, then talked to a recruiter, then had a zoom call with an engineer where I did a live coding problem. The process went fairly quickly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
First question
Does the mapping of the array to string pass? Ie return True if the mapping does not change
array=[1,2,1] string=“dog cat dog” -> true
array=[1,2,2] string=“horse dog cat” -> false (mapping of 2-> dog changes)
Second question
Now 2d array and you pick 1 choice each time. If any combination of choices can make the string true, return True
array=[ [1,2] , [1,4,5] , [6] string = “hello hello person” -> true
array=[ [1.3] , [1] , [3] string = “hello bye person” -> false #fails since person must be 3 and bye must be 1.
Interviewer strongly pushed me to use a recursive solution over the stack based solution that I had visualized. I was not able to determine the recursive solution but think I could have made the stack work
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Vanta
Interview
it was pretty standard interview process that included phone interview and then an onsite with multiple rounds. the onsite included coding, behavioral, and system design. the recruiter was very helpful throughout the process, giving me insights into what the team was looking for at all times and how to successfully negotiate the offer.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Vanta
Interview
Cold reach out from recruiter, screen with them, then screen with hiring manager. They use AI to transcribe the conversation so it's clear they are interviewing solely to collect proprietary information.
I applied online.
After a few weeks, a recruiter reached out to schedule a call.
After the recruiter call, I had a technical interview via Zoom.
Got the rejection email a few days after the technical interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The coding question is Word Pattern II on leetcode.