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Level: Mid-Level · E4
Round: Phone Screen · Type: Coding · Difficulty: 6/10 · Duration: 45 min · Interviewer: Unfriendly
Topics: Heap, Algorithms
Location: Menlo Park, CA
Interview date: 2026-01-01
45-minute phone screen via Zoom.
5 minutes: Introduction
5 minutes: Questions for the interviewer
35 minutes: Two coding questions.
The phone screen focused on algorithmic problem-solving. One question involved using a heap data structure. Practice implementing heaps from scratch and solving problems that commonly use heaps. Also, review common algorithm patterns and time complexity analysis.
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