University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Software Engineering
4th year · 3.3-3.6 GPA · 3 past internships
Hard Interview
TechnicalMultiple roundsVirtual
HackerRank had DSA and MCQs on OOPs OS networking, passed that then first technical was trees and BFS then second technical covered Java specifics like functional interfaces and exception handling and never got to HR
Questions Asked
1.“How does BGP work and when would you configure it?”
2.“Tell me about a time you had to explain a technical network problem to a non-technical audience.”
Software Engineer
San Jose, CA
Fall 2025No Offer
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Computer Science
3rd year · 2.9-3.2 GPA · 1 past internship
Average Interview
TechnicalMultiple roundsVirtualPoor Communication
Manager seemed distracted and the questions were very generic, not sure what they were looking for. OA was 40 questions, MCQs on CS fundamentals and two DSA problems. Passed. Coding round got a two pointer problem I solved. HR was fine. Got rejected a week later
Questions Asked
1.“Write a SQL query to find all employees in a department with more than 5 people”
2.“Tell me about a time you had to learn a new framework or language quickly”
Software Developer
San Jose, CA
Fall 2025No Offer
Virginia Tech · Computer Engineering
2nd year · 2.5-2.8 GPA · 0 past internships
Hard Interview
TechnicalVirtual
42 question OA with MCQs on networking OOPs OS DBMS plus 2 coding. Spent too long on MCQs and barely had time for coding
Questions Asked
1.“What is caching? Name three common cache invalidation strategies”