Agoda Software Engineer interview experience

It started with a quick self-introduction from the interviewer, then they gave me a problem statement and we went through it in detail together. Instead of a generic systems design scenario, the challenge was tied directly to a product-like problem they were building, and I had to propose solutions that fit the way the system would work.

The interviewer was involved when it mattered, offering inputs during the conversation instead of leaving me fully on my own. The whole thing turned into a pretty intellectual back-and-forth about tradeoffs, how I’d structure the solution, and how to think