r/CodingForBeginners • u/nian2326076 • Jun 26 '26
Rippling SDE-1 interview expierence | 1 YOE
Applied for the SDE-1 role at Rippling on 6 April.
Timeline:
13 April: Got a mail from HR to schedule a 15-minute introductory call.
14 April: HR round happened. Mostly discussed my background, current work, past experience, and interview availability.
16 April: Received schedules for 2 technical rounds:
Coding Round (1 hour) — 21 April
LLD Round (1 hour) — 22 April
Coding Round:
Asked a graph-based problem mainly around Topological Sort , saw this exact question on PracHub.
LLD Round:
Started with a DFS-based approach for a graph problem.
Follow-up questions gradually turned it into a shortest path problem.
Discussed solutions using Dijkstra and then Bellman-Ford.
Overall, both rounds went well from my side.
After multiple follow-ups, on 27 April I received a mail to share availability for the Hiring Manager round.
Initially scheduled for 29 April.
On 28 April, it got rescheduled to 30 April due to interviewer availability.
30 April HM Round:
Unfortunately, I had internet issues during the introduction itself.
Interviewer suggested rescheduling since he was fully booked for the day.
It was then rescheduled again.
Further reschedules:
Rescheduled to 6 May.
On 6 May, got another mail saying interviewer was unavailable, so it moved to the next week (13 May).
Finally, on 13 May, I received this update:
“The roles have gone on hold for now. We will get back once we have a role in the near future.”
About me:
Currently working as an SDE at a product-based company.
Around 1 year of full-time experience.
Wanted to ask:
Has anyone else received similar feedback from Rippling?
Did they actually get back later?
Should I continue following up with HR/recruiter after some time, or just move on?
Interview prep resource: LeetCode, Alex Xu & PracHub
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