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      Lead Java Engineer Interview

      Jul 25, 2020
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Backblaze in Jul 2020

      Interview

      They have a blog that says it all. There is a take home assignment to be codes in Java using their object store API, then a phone screen with one of their key engineers, then a personality check with the vo of engineering, then a full blown 5-6 interview session. People were very friendly. Everything seemed to have gone fine, but went awry towards the end when the feedback was ' they don't think you code enough'. That was like 2 days worth of time wasted on proving that I code which could have been ruled out right from the gitgo - (the judgment itself being questionable)

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Java coding in coderpad, involving basic algorithm, java. One coding question in concurrency which was quite interesting. One question in system design. One session for culture fit. For example: how would you make this code thread safe?
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