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Software Developer

Waterloo, ON· Summer 2025

No Offer

University of Waterloo · Computer Science

3rd year · 2.9-3.2 GPA · 2 past internships

Average Interview

TechnicalMultiple roundsVirtual

30 min prescreen phone call with the manager then 45 min on Teams with the manager and a team member. STAR questions and they had me explain how digital forensics tools work and data recovery processes. Brush up on that. Friendly atmosphere but they expect solid interest in the cybersecurity space.

Questions Asked

  1. 1.“Design a data structure that supports insert, delete and get random element in O(1)”
  2. 2.“How would you design a global single sign-on (SSO) authentication service?”
  3. 3.“Decode a run-length encoded string: e.g. '3a2b1c' → 'aaabbc'”

Cloud FinOps

Summer 2026

Declined Offer

Wilfrid Laurier University · Data Science

3rd year · 3.7+ GPA · 2 past internships

TechnicalVirtualLive codingBehavioralConversationalUnexpected Questions

First half behavioral, interviewer didn't ask much just 3 questions but did ask me what kind of startup I would start if I were to build one. Second half technical with excel and coding on hackerrank

Software Developer

Waterloo, ON· Fall 2025

Accepted

University of Waterloo · Computer Science

3rd year · 3.7+ GPA · 2 past internships

Average Interview

TechnicalMultiple roundsLive coding

LeetCode round was the main filter here. Phone screen, networking questions, LeetCode, final panel. Got the offer

Questions Asked

  1. 1.“Describe a time you influenced a major technical decision without formal authority.”

Software Developer

Waterloo, ON· Winter 2026

Accepted

University of Waterloo · Computer Science

3rd year · 3.7+ GPA · 2 past internships

Easy Interview

TechnicalMultiple roundsVirtual

Phone screen then in person went into why Magnet Forensics some behavioral about deadlines

Questions Asked

  1. 1.“Given a list of words, find the length of the longest chain where each word is formed by inserting one letter”
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