HubSpot Software Engineer interview experience

Even though the prompt was framed as doable with a couple of hashmaps, I still got stuck briefly and only recovered once I re-read the task details and the emphasized instructions. Live coding followed with a LeetCode-easy style problem where the interviewer was willing to give hints if I started drifting.

Then came system design. I remember them leaning on the kind of diagram-heavy, review-the-materials style prompts. I didn’t feel very experienced with system design beforehand, so I relied on roleplay-style practice and making quick diagrams while speaking through tradeoffs.

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