RejectedOnsite

Nailed Every Round, Still Rejected

AttentiveSoftware Engineer · New Grad · Onsite · Apr 2026

This was the last round — three interviews back to back: coding + debug + HM. Coding: the interviewer had a straight face the whole time. Gave me LeetCode 1209, first simplified k down to k=3, and I solved it fast — covered edge cases and asked all the clarifying questions. The interviewer saw there was a lot of time left and started following up: first asked how to change it back from 3 to gener…

Shared by a candidate · reported Apr 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.