RejectedTechnical Screen

A Hard Interval Problem I Blanked On in the Phone Screen

Walmart LabsSoftware Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026

The interview had two interviewers who came on together. They said they were hiring for different teams, so both of them figured they'd sit in and take a look. The original problem turned out to be an exact match for one I recognized by name, word for word — but I had actually never gone through and solved it myself before. My approach wasn't too far off: try to store the interval information, th…

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