Passed the Coding Rounds, Then Rejected After a Mandarin-Only Screen for a US Role

I mass-applied online in March, and this is how the interview came about. The process was: Round one: coding — a log parser question, identical to one that's already been posted on the forum. I didn't actually get it running successfully during the interview, but the interviewer said at the end that I was on the right track. I ended up passing this round anyway. Round two: "cache design." This wa…

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