#process dropbox oa

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tough nymph
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Which role? When did you apply? When are you graduating?

limpid heron
tough nymph
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Woah..Thanks for the info...

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BTW 2025? How come they have sent you the OA if you are graduating in 2025?

limpid heron
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idk they dont specify a grad date afaik

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ive gotten dropbox, stripe, and some other small company so far

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not much luck

lucid thorn
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I applied Oct 7 or so, did oa1 oct 11, oa2 oct 12, recruiter call oct 13, finals oct 18, offer oct 25

limpid heron
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damn wtf

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fast process

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was your oa1 a gca btw?

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i keep seeing people who got gca but i got a custom codesignal

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congrats btw

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@lucid thorn ^

lucid thorn
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Thank you

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Oa1 was gca

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Oa2 custom

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Only place I’ve known for sure has partial or full custom is Dropbox gusto and schonfeld, maybe citadel

limpid heron
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dawg wtf

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so why didnt i get a gca 😭

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this is mine

vague arrow
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I got SDET and I have the same custom test

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It’s weird

limpid heron
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i thought mine might’ve been for SRE because of that but the email said software engineering

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so idk

lucid thorn
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maybe they changed it up idk

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i applied for swe intern

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at this point they might have made it one oa, or switched the order to filter out more earlier

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its a very interesting twist on a gca

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imagine instead of having separate solutions for 4 questions, you need all test cases correct on one "level" to move onto next
and each further level entails you having to add new code to your previous code and changing your old code to account for new requirements

limpid heron
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it’s kinda similar to what stripes interview was

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well it sounds similar

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probably gonna do it after my exam friday

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ty for the insight

lucid thorn
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i would try to do it when you are comfortable but asap
they only take about 50 people per year (us/international), so you are competing for a small pool
dont wanna let it get filled

limpid heron
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50 per year?? 😭😭😭

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this is my first tech job.

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whateva we still try

versed kestrel
lucid thorn
lucid thorn
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Dropbox was my first offer in hand

limpid heron
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i’m worried about technical interviews but that’s not even a concern rn

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have to do the oa first lmao

lucid thorn
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Do not be worried, I figured it would be very challenging

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I was severely mistaken

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It is very important to explain every facet of your thought process though clearly and easily

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That is huge. If you have any teaching assistant or public speaking experience, that should help a toooon

limpid heron
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hm okay, i feel like that couldve been part of my issue with when i interviewed with stripe

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i feel like i was talking but not as clearly as i wouldve liked

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i dont have any experience but i help friends with code often lmao

versed kestrel
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@solid dove

vague arrow
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wait no

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this is my first oa

lucid thorn
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But the difference is this and those are with people you don’t know like that

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You will be good if you have white boarding experience while helping friends often

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Not just like changing the code and done but explaining WHY x works and why something else didn’t

proud ruin
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@lucid thorn so you're saying the second OA was easy?

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Just got the email for second OA for dropbox, would appreciate some insight into how the second OA went...

lucid thorn
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Well

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Since my first was gca it was regular

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The second was custom
It went pretty well
29/40 cases, effectively 3/4 levels completed

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If you know how to code (not even lc), you will be fine

proud ruin
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This is the email I got for second

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Is this what you got as well?

proud ruin
lucid thorn
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I’m not saying it’s easy

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I thought it was easy just a little tricky at some parts

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But difficulty is relative

proud ruin
lucid thorn
proud ruin
lucid thorn
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I will say it was a lot more interesting than general gca

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and I’d prefer something like that over gca in the future

proud ruin
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Ok cool, yeah didn't enjoy the first OA (gca) lol

lucid thorn
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I actually didn’t read that email

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So I hopped in and was like the fuck 😂

proud ruin
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Last two questions were a bit hard for me for the first one

lucid thorn
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Ah

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I wish you good luck on it

proud ruin
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Would you say the second OA is easier than the first one? @lucid thorn

lucid thorn
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I actually killed the first one

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If I had 2 more mins would have got 4/4 800+ on first but ended with 763, missing like 7 tc on 4

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I just said fuck it and did the 3rd first instead of 4 and that shit took 29 min

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But I got it

proud ruin
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Wow I got a 2/4 on it 😭

lucid thorn
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You already got to second

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So dw

proud ruin
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So I guess second is harder then?

lucid thorn
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Not really

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As you can tell by the email description, you are going to be getting new requirements after fully answering a level correctly

proud ruin
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Ah yes you right, thanks for all your help

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mad appreciate it

lucid thorn
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So this is kind of a algo and system design style OA, as the system as per email changes over levels/time

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That means

proud ruin
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Gothca

lucid thorn
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Adding to your previous code to handle new functionality

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And changing or removing parts of your previous code to handle new, altered, or more intricate requirements

proud ruin
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I see

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Sounds good thanks again

lucid thorn
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Good luck

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If you get past this well you are nearly there

proud ruin
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oof man, i sure hope so

lucid thorn
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As long as you aren’t a robot or total cs nerd with no social or conversational skills

proud ruin
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LOL true that

solid dove
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@proud ruin what pos?

proud ruin
solid dove
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I think OA1 tells you which one

proud ruin
versed kestrel
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how much was your gca if you don’t mind me asking? @proud ruin

proud ruin
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I got a 2/4, but I added comments for the other questions

lucid thorn
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how many test acses

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oh wait never mind

versed kestrel
proud ruin
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I’m not sure I’ll check

versed kestrel
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thank you

proud ruin
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Why do you ask

versed kestrel
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i just wanted to compare it to myself

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because i haven’t heard back since my gca yet

proud ruin
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Ah I see just curious

proud ruin
versed kestrel
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about a week ago

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i took it for sdet tho

proud ruin
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Hmm is this for internship

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Also how’d u do in the gca if you don’t mind me asking

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@versed kestrel

versed kestrel
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yes

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805

versed kestrel
vague arrow
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not a t10, i had two government contractor internships in HS

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im assuming they might just accelerating the timetable for people this week since they just want to wrap everything out

versed kestrel
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that would make sense yeah

vague arrow
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usually its GCA -> custom right?

versed kestrel
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kinda sucks i hadn't heard back for second oa yet :(

versed kestrel
vague arrow
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oh

versed kestrel
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perhaps i just got unlucky

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what's ur grad date?

vague arrow
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805 should be enough no? and i doubt its because resume screen because I thought dropbox does that pre-oa

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2026, listed as 2025 in my app

versed kestrel
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hmm i'm 2025 as well

vague arrow
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could very well be the recruiter taking a bit

versed kestrel
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ye i've heard people getting in with 700s so i'm imagining it's enough

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i'll email them tmr morning i think

vague arrow
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my pin recruiter took about a week to reach back to me after a GCA for example

versed kestrel
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i see

vague arrow
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and yeah emailing them is probably a good idea

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best of luck

versed kestrel
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thank u

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appreciate it

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we're all gonna make it

lucid thorn
versed kestrel
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yeah i've seen your messages on here before

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thank u tho

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i'll update u guys if anything lol

vague arrow
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anybody have any ideas on dropbox OA2 cutoffs?

lucid thorn
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I got 29/40

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I believe total 1475/2500

versed kestrel
lucid thorn
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I just pretty much only didn’t get to last level

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Yep

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250 500 750 1000

versed kestrel
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ah i see

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that's interesting

proud ruin
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lol this is such a long thread

limpid heron
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just finished

limpid heron
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just gotta hope they didn’t change their standards since you did it

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after this what were the rest of the rounds like?

lucid thorn
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Chill

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Recruiter call

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30 min

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Then finals
3 rounds back to back
3 hours
1 technical
1 code review
1 behavioral

solid dove
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was recruiter call something that you can fail?

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like really need to know dropbox culture and emphasize it

lucid thorn
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Bro

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You gotta be cs nerd basement dweller to fail that

solid dove
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i think that's clear enough, thanks haha

lucid thorn
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Honestly it was very chill

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I just try to keep all interviews light hearted

solid dove
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how long after oa2, did you hear back

lucid thorn
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Jokes here and there not serious interview at all

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They just wanna get to know and meet you

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I heard back

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5 minutes after

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To go schedule phone which I did the following day

solid dove
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there's 4 levels right

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how many did you pass

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if you don't mind

lucid thorn
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29/40 total

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So pretty much 3

solid dove
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gotcha

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that the minimum bar?

lucid thorn
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250 500 750 1000

solid dove
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ah

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alright thanks

limpid heron
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i won’t lie idk why my code didn’t work for the 30th case but whatever

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still did decent so we ball

limpid heron
limpid heron
lucid thorn
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I can try to get this and maybe not be able to fix it or go back fast enough and fuck my entire score
Or just not get this case and submit

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So i submitted

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Im sure you will hear back soon

limpid heron
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yeah it was the last 5 mins and i only had like 24/30 and was about to just give up

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then i noticed something in my code and got it to 29/30 with like a minute left lmao

lucid thorn
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That’s fire

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Sounds like you will get to finals as well

limpid heron
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i can only hope

solid dove
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Any idea if 28 moves you on?

lucid thorn
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no idea

solid dove
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Honestly, the last level felt easier than level 3

limpid heron
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how did you see the last level if you only got 28?

solid dove
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The initial requirements

versed kestrel
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were there any time limit test cases?

solid dove
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Everything is brute force

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There are no optimizations

versed kestrel
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that's wat i like to hear

limpid heron
limpid heron
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rip apparently they full

versed kestrel
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wait wat

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full for sdet? where did u hear this?

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oh seems like u were applying for swe right? @limpid heron

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ye i guess it's expected for swe to fill up at this point

limpid heron
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acc i’m not sure tbh

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i applied for SRE and SWE

versed kestrel
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ok i see

limpid heron
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they didn’t specify which this was for

versed kestrel
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sdet opened really recently so it'd be crazy if it closed

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they probably closed sre

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and swe?

limpid heron
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they just said it’s a software engineering position in the email and i think they considered SRE within that

versed kestrel
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or just swe most likely

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can u send the email u got?

limpid heron
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yea one sec

versed kestrel
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oh i thought u had an email saying it was full

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this doesn't look like the email that sdet people got in any case which means tango should still be in the process

solid dove
limpid heron
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just got recruiter call

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lmfao

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3 weeks later

solid dove
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Still nothing...

limpid heron
lucid thorn
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sorry to hear

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you are very close to finals though! should be easy

limpid heron
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better than getting ghosted shrug

lucid thorn
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mine was very chill

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exactly

limpid heron
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good to hear

lucid thorn
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hope it goes well, lmk!

limpid heron
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will do

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ty for the help too

lucid thorn
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np

solid dove
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@lucid thorn were you told during your recruiter call that you'd be moving on to finals

lucid thorn
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Might be diff for you

solid dove
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Oh

limpid heron
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now we pray.

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went well i think

limpid heron
lucid thorn
limpid heron