Avalara interview experience Real time questions & tips from candidates to crack your interview
Technical Lead
Avalara
2 rounds | 3 Coding
problems
Selected Interview preparation journey
Preparation
Duration: 6 Months
Topics: DSA, Algorithm, System Designs, Current Project Architecture
Tip 1 : Medium Level DSA - Trees, Arrays, Strings
Tip 2 : High Level Design - Start with basic system then P1 Requirements
Tip 3 : Practice writing code. Online Coding round will be there
Application process
Where: Linkedin
Eligibility: No criteria
Tip 1 : Keep it small. Only projects, Tech stacks, achievements
Tip 2 : Write those Tech stacks and projects in which you are expert
Interview rounds
01
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date18 Jul 2019
Coding problem2
Two DSA Problems and a design pattern was asked.
1. Square Root (Integral)
Easy
0/40
Asked in companies
Given a number N, find its square root. You need to find and print only the integral part of square root of N.
For eg. if number given is 18, answer is 4.
Problem approach
First explained O(N) solution.
interviewer asked to optimise this approach. Gave Log(N) approach.
2. Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters
Moderate
20m average time
80% success
0/80
Asked in companies
Given a string 'S' of length 'L', return the length of the longest substring without repeating characters.
Example:
Suppose given input is "abacb", then the length of the longest substring without repeating characters will be 3 ("acb").
02
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date26 Jul 2019
Coding problem1
It was a high level round. Checking what are different components and how they interact
1. System Design Question
Design online conference booking platform
User can see different conferences on online portal
User can see active conferences on online portal
User can go and register itself in one or multiple conference
Problem approach
Tip 1 : Take requirements. Clear doubts
Tip 2 : Design minimum viable system
Tip 3 : Take P1 requirements
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