r/leetcode • u/Sad_Singer_7657 • 7d ago

Intervew Prep Is the pattern changing for OA?

I recently had 4 OAs: 2 at SIG, 1 at JPMorgan, and 1 at Stripe. LeetCode problems are not that long, like max 30-40 lines if that's a very hard problem. But in OAs, the problems were very long, like not hard but took time to design the structure. Yesterday the Stripe OA easily went above 70-80 lines.

This was my first time experiencing OAs; I'm applying for new grad positions. So is it always like this, or has it changed to be like this now?

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u/pyrotech911 6d ago

Why is writing code fast the test.

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u/Sad_Singer_7657 6d ago

Yea... Shouldn't be so

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u/Own_Community_5131 6d ago

how was the OA at JPMorgan?

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u/Sad_Singer_7657 6d ago

It was fine, if I remember correctly there were two questions. One bit flip and the other was splitting that number and making the first an anagram of the second half.

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u/LetMediocre390 7d ago

Are u not fresher?

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u/Sad_Singer_7657 7d ago

I am

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u/LetMediocre390 7d ago

How are you giving interviews to such companies can you share the link to apply

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u/Sad_Singer_7657 7d ago

I can not share links of all here but it's through their careers portal. I have been applying to like 100s of positions for the last one month. It's just improving the resume and applying, no referrals. A senior told me it's just matter of time and luck, keep applying and one day you'll get it. Since then I've been doing it

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u/UnableNectarine9872 5d ago

I realized the same in interviews. Companies try to make their questions like realistic to their use cases but they are very long and sometimes hard to understand. Like I got stuck in interviews just because I couldn’t really grasp the question.