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craggy silo Apr 10, 2026, 2:00 AM

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for context acing is completing sub 15 min i would say

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and doing “alright” just means answering questions with star and demonstrating give lp’s, but delivery of story could have been better

grave pond Apr 10, 2026, 2:07 AM

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is completing sub 10 minutes even a good thing?

craggy silo Apr 10, 2026, 2:08 AM

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i would assume so? like coding up soln and dry run + coding follow ups and dry run

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wow i am hoping these reactions are just response bias

grave pond Apr 10, 2026, 2:10 AM

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including explaining ur thought process and how you want to approach the problem, and talking to the interviewer the whole time? 😭

craggy silo Apr 10, 2026, 2:10 AM

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okay sub10 is a stretch

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for an easy question maybe?

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or no

grave pond Apr 10, 2026, 2:11 AM

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pretty sure zon only gives lc hards, even though they might not all be hard to do

craggy silo Apr 10, 2026, 2:12 AM

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i got valid anagram

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lc easy

grave pond Apr 10, 2026, 2:12 AM

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tf

craggy silo Apr 10, 2026, 2:12 AM

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lc medium

grave pond Apr 10, 2026, 2:12 AM

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what was the medium?

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was there a follow up

craggy silo Apr 10, 2026, 2:12 AM

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lca variant + topo sort

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array v.s stream was the followup

grave pond Apr 10, 2026, 2:13 AM

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idk what that problem is but gj ig if u solved in under 10 minutes 😭 I think both of mine I took 25-30 minutes, actually coding time probably like 6 minutes

craggy silo Apr 10, 2026, 2:14 AM

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i honestly just was hoping to solve cleanly and quickly

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and it helped that i had done both questions during prep

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what questions did you get tho

grave pond Apr 10, 2026, 2:15 AM

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oh zamn

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uh

covert matrix Apr 10, 2026, 2:15 AM

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don't they want u to explain more than just code up quickly or nah

grave pond Apr 10, 2026, 2:15 AM

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serialize and deserialize tree and merge k list (arrays)

craggy silo Apr 10, 2026, 2:15 AM

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grave pond serialize and deserialize tree and merge k list (arrays)

that explains a lot

covert matrix Apr 10, 2026, 2:15 AM

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merge K leetcode hard 💀

grave pond Apr 10, 2026, 2:15 AM

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covert matrix merge K leetcode hard 💀

yeah but it should probably be an easy ngl

craggy silo Apr 10, 2026, 2:15 AM

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covert matrix don't they want u to explain more than just code up quickly or nah

yea but theres only so much explaining you can do for some problems i think

covert matrix Apr 10, 2026, 2:16 AM

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grave pond yeah but it should probably be an easy ngl

true i think it should be med

craggy silo Apr 10, 2026, 2:16 AM

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(i might be coping)

grave pond Apr 10, 2026, 2:16 AM

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AWS

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i think maybe quick?

alpine pulsar Apr 10, 2026, 2:16 AM

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Hopemaxx

covert matrix Apr 10, 2026, 2:16 AM

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craggy silo yea but theres only so much explaining you can do for some problems i think

thats true, maybe asking about like edge cases, constraints, what not

fallow carbon Apr 10, 2026, 2:17 AM

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craggy silo lca variant + topo sort

wait two separate questions right? also was the variant a twist on the problem or like they just model it after something

bleak shoal Apr 10, 2026, 2:17 AM

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@craggy silo when did u interview?

fallow carbon Apr 10, 2026, 2:17 AM

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also r u AWS?

craggy silo Apr 10, 2026, 2:18 AM

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covert matrix thats true, maybe asking about like edge cases, constraints, what not

true but again if u know the most optimal and brute force, asking abt edge cases constraints etc prob trivial in terms of time taken

craggy silo Apr 10, 2026, 2:18 AM

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fallow carbon wait two separate questions right? also was the variant a twist on the problem o...

no one question and it was a custom zon problem

craggy silo Apr 10, 2026, 2:18 AM

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bleak shoal <@270301762638970880> when did u interview?

monday

craggy silo Apr 10, 2026, 2:18 AM

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fallow carbon also r u AWS?

no devices

covert matrix Apr 10, 2026, 2:19 AM

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craggy silo monday

you prob hear back tdy or tmr then right?

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5 business days

craggy silo Apr 10, 2026, 2:19 AM

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its 10 pm for me idk what seattle time is

grave pond Apr 10, 2026, 2:19 AM

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i heard back in less than a day

craggy silo Apr 10, 2026, 2:19 AM

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but most likely tmr

craggy silo Apr 10, 2026, 2:19 AM

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grave pond i heard back in less than a day

damn

covert matrix Apr 10, 2026, 2:20 AM

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teams might be dif

fallow carbon Apr 10, 2026, 2:21 AM

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check interviewers linkedin

grave pond Apr 10, 2026, 2:21 AM

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I think the leetcodes I did pretty okayish, the serialize + deserialize tree i had a tiny bit of trouble bc the dude didn't want any global variables or using nonlocal

covert matrix Apr 10, 2026, 2:21 AM

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i asked on email and they called me

grave pond Apr 10, 2026, 2:21 AM

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wdym?

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of true ig

craggy silo Apr 10, 2026, 2:22 AM

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i believe thats the python2 approach

grave pond Apr 10, 2026, 2:22 AM

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ngl i just realize i also could haave changed the array to an iterator

covert matrix Apr 10, 2026, 2:22 AM

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wait i do this for my LC problems when i solve them 💀

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is this not method

craggy silo Apr 10, 2026, 2:23 AM

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you gotta ask which version

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python2 doesnt have nonloval

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p sure

grave pond Apr 10, 2026, 2:24 AM

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covert matrix wait i do this for my LC problems when i solve them 💀

just wanted to say I love scooby doo, my favorite characters is shaggy and scooby doo. Mathew Lillard for live action Shaggy was so goood

covert matrix Apr 10, 2026, 2:24 AM

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grave pond just wanted to say I love scooby doo, my favorite characters is shaggy and scoob...

LMAO appreciate it

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what about sceeby-dee

grave pond Apr 10, 2026, 2:24 AM

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covert matrix what about sceeby-dee

idk what that is

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do u rememeber scooby dumb

covert matrix Apr 10, 2026, 2:25 AM

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sceeby-dee => skibidi

grave pond Apr 10, 2026, 2:25 AM

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:(

covert matrix Apr 10, 2026, 2:25 AM

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🙂

smoky cosmos Apr 10, 2026, 2:25 AM

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i have interview in person 13th am i cooked

grave pond Apr 10, 2026, 2:26 AM

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smoky cosmos i have interview in person 13th am i cooked

just don't fart infront of them

smoky cosmos Apr 10, 2026, 2:26 AM

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typing this on the toilet rn

covert matrix Apr 10, 2026, 2:27 AM

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smoky cosmos i have interview in person 13th am i cooked

13 on monday? cooked

sinful trellis Apr 10, 2026, 3:46 AM

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craggy silo wow i am hoping these reactions are just response bias

u gonna be the first thanospog

craggy silo Apr 10, 2026, 4:05 AM

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thanks man

covert matrix Apr 10, 2026, 5:55 AM

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is the thumbs down the rej ? 😭

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