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Technical Interview - 3 phases: 1. Code review - refactoring a Java class and its methods 2. Algorithmic task - an easy one from Leetcode (it was in neetcode's roadmap) 3. System design - a basic system with DB and API endpoints
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Backend Developer

Interviewed at Trading 212

3
Feb 23, 2025

Technical Interview - 3 phases: 1. Code review - refactoring a Java class and its methods 2. Algorithmic task - an easy one from Leetcode (it was in neetcode's roadmap) 3. System design - a basic system with DB and API endpoints

Describe how to implement a viedo upload system (like youtube). We want to upload the video in 3 different qualities (360p, 720p,1080p) After the file is uploaded in 3 different qualities, we want to send an email with the metadata to the user (There is a lambda function we need to trigger) - How we trigger it? The system should be scalable.
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Backend Developer

Interviewed at Rapyd

3
Nov 27, 2024

Describe how to implement a viedo upload system (like youtube). We want to upload the video in 3 different qualities (360p, 720p,1080p) After the file is uploaded in 3 different qualities, we want to send an email with the metadata to the user (There is a lambda function we need to trigger) - How we trigger it? The system should be scalable.

Technical questions 45 mins, asking same question someone post above, the busiest ceo and the filtered list. Fundamental questions: difference between es6 import and require, what is the “new” keyword do in es6 class, what is the difference between var and const, let. Engineering process, tell her a project you did and what is the process in that project.
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Backend Developer

Interviewed at Rapyd

3
Jan 17, 2020

Technical questions 45 mins, asking same question someone post above, the busiest ceo and the filtered list. Fundamental questions: difference between es6 import and require, what is the “new” keyword do in es6 class, what is the difference between var and const, let. Engineering process, tell her a project you did and what is the process in that project.

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