Interview Experience Analysis for Zeta

I had two rounds for the SDE 2 role. The first was a DSA round, for which a link to another discussion post was provided (https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/7280587/zeta-sde-2-2025-by-anonymous_user-xc23/). The second round was a 90-minute Low-Level Design (LLD) interview. In the LLD round, the inter...

ROUND 1: DSA - interviewer asked me a bit about current project and then she asked me this question - You are given an array representing the arrangement of electrons (e) and protons (p) within an atom. Your task is to determine the number of ways to select three particles from this array to form a ...

Round 1 – DSA ------------- They threw Palindrome Partitioning II and Maximum Candies Allocated to K Children at me. Solved, moved on. Standard Leetcode. Round 2 – Technical ---------------------------------------------- - Redshift vs RDS vs Athena - Why partitioning is evil - Lambda concurrency...

# Round 1 1. What would be the output of below code snippet ``` console.log(1) const promise = new Promise((resolve) => { console.log(2) resolve() console.log(3) }) console.log(4) promise.then(() => { console.log(5) }).then(() => { console.log(6) }) console.log(7) setTimeout(() => ...

I recently appeared for Zeta's Algo+problem solving(round 2) interview for the Software Engineer role(new grad).During the interview, I was given a coding problem(dp) which I could only partially solve initially. I explained my recursive approach, but struggled with some edge cases. The interviewer ...

Round 1: Data Structures & Algorithms (1 hr) - The interviewer was extremely kind and focused more on how I approached the problems and what I could learn from them rather than just testing my raw skills. I was given two problems one was Sudoku solver and other was a graph problem. I was able to com...

### 📍 Interview Process Overview#### 🔹 Round 1 – Technical Round (DSA-Focused)* Solve one Data Structures & Algorithms (DSA) problem based on greedy approach and sorting: [Codeforces Problem 1475D – Cleaning the Phone](https://codeforces.com/problemset/problem/1475/d)#### 🔹 Round 2 – Machine Cod...

I had applied via a referral — reached out to a few people on LinkedIn in late February, and one of them was kind enough to refer me. I got a call from HR in May, and my interview process was scheduled. Note: *I don’t remember the exact questions, but I’ll share the overview and key takeaways from...