I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Pinterest (Boston, MA) in Oct 2022
Interview
The interview process was alright. I talked with a recruiter, and moved on to the technical interview. The interviewer never turned their camera on and the structure of the prompt and lack of written question made it pretty difficult for me to understand the goal. It probably took me 15 minutes of prodding to get to the goal of the question. It seemed like he came up with the question right before the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given an array, split it into 2 separate arrays based on height or something
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Surprisingly easy compared to what I expected from a company like Pinterest. The technical interview consisted of two coding questions, one about reconstructing routes from unordered travel tickets and another on implementing a Sparse Matrix class. Honestly, I felt a bit underwhelmed. What helped me most in prep was studying the case studies on PracHub, which gave me good frameworks to think through problems. I did get an offer, but I ultimately declined because I was looking for a more challenging environment.
Recruiter call, tech round, onsite and rejection call. They sent me an email about a week after the last onsite and asked me to schedule a call on the same day. I scheduled a call to listen 30 second long rejection notice. A half of interview rounds were horrible. Interviewers were not prepared and arrogant.
1st round technical phone screening with in 1 hour.
One follow up question was asked.
The problem was not too hard, but it requires you finish really fast without bugs.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leetcode 1564. Put Boxes Into the Warehouse I.
Follow up: what is maximum total box sizes.
