Coursera Software Engineer interview experience

It began with a recruiter screening call where we talked about the company, my goals, and what expectations looked like. A short time later I worked through a HackerRank challenge, and my assignment leaned heavily into string manipulation. After that, everything shifted into a long virtual onsite because of COVID.

The onsite ended up taking close to a full half-day and included multiple distinct sections with different interviewers. I had another HackerRank coding round, a conversation with an engineering manager, a system design discussion, a code review, and a deep dive into my past