A System Design Round with Almost No Coding

This one was basically the same as another writeup I'd already seen about this company's process. Round 1 was a project deep dive. Round 2 was system design + coding, though the coding part was so small it felt kind of pointless. I originally thought the coding portion would take 45 minutes, but this second round actually leaned much more toward system design. They gave me a chat app setup, asked…

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