Software Engineer · Phone Screen · Coding

Intuit — Software Engineer ✅ Passed

Level: Mid-Level

Round: Phone Screen · Type: Coding · Difficulty: 3/10 · Duration: 60 min · Interviewer: Neutral

Topics: Object-Oriented Design, Data Structures, Algorithms, AI

Location: San Francisco Bay Area

Interview date: 2025-08-15

Summary

I had a phone screen interview that focused on implementing two classes and discussing AI applications. The coding part was straightforward, and the AI discussion was more conceptual.

Details

The interviewer emphasized the importance of AI-related questions beforehand, even though my resume lacked AI experience.

The interview involved implementing two classes, Customer and Schedule, to manage customer service order. Customer has two tiers: VIP and regular.

1. The first question was about the high-level design of these two classes.
2. The second question involved implementing the checkIn and getNextCustomer APIs in the Schedule class, ensuring VIP customers are served before regular customers.
3. The third question asked how to modify the Schedule implementation to serve VIP and regular customers at a 2:1 ratio.

The AI portion involved a discussion of when AI should and should not be used. I mostly provided general responses.