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Dallas-Fort WorthPosted Apr 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview process felt structured around core backend knowledge and then deeper systems work.

I started with an initial one-hour conversation covering core Java, SQL, and distributed/system concepts like messaging queues (Kafka-style) and microservices. That first stage also mixed in system design thinking with what felt like coding-style practice, but more conceptually.

After that, I moved into a longer second stage that leaned hard into microservices and cloud deployment using Kubernetes. The format was still interview-style rather than a big hands-on project, but it was a deeper dive. There was also a system design/distributed systems discussion where the conversation became more

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