AT&T interview notes, page 2 of 6

“My first instinct was just to loop through every sentence and split on whitespace, which works fine for one query.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at AT&T, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This came up almost immediately and I had no clean answer because I genuinely hadn't applied directly.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at AT&T, Onsite - Cross-functional / Panel round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Got the initial solution fast, maybe five minutes.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at AT&T, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This was the comfortable part.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at AT&T, Hiring Manager Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Pretty standard join question.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at AT&T, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This was the easy warmup and I actually nailed it.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at AT&T, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The tricky part isn't the LLM call itself, it's the schema variability.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at AT&T, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I gave my usual deflection, something like I'm open to whatever range you have in mind.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at AT&T, Hiring Manager Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This is where things fell apart.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at AT&T, Online Assessment (OA) round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Got the right approach and explained the complexity fine at the end, which felt good.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at AT&T, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.