Rejected at Onsite Coding Over Missing Metrics

Interviewed for the content understanding team, mid-level, in June/July. Phone screen Structure: self-intro → why I'm leaving my current company → DB schema + SQL → a small system design question → observability → my questions for them. Schema / SQL: given a many-to-many relationship, design the tables (they wanted a join table with a composite primary key), then write the query. System design: u…

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