Expedia Software Engineer interview questions

“This one made me pause because my first instinct was to pick a story where I was clearly right and the other person was clearly wrong.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Expedia, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“My first instinct was to just try every possible peak index and greedily fill outward, capping each pillar by its neighbor's height and its capacity.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Expedia, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I had an example ready but it felt thin by the time I finished telling it.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Expedia, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The problem sounds straightforward until you actually try to code it.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Expedia, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Classic house robber problem.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Expedia, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Pretty mechanical once you see the pattern.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Expedia, Online Assessment (OA) round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I went with the prefix count plus hashmap approach, tracking how many times each odd-number count had appeared and checking the difference.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Expedia, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one made me pause longer than I expected.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Expedia, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I knew the pattern conceptually but fumbled the loop logic on the first pass.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Expedia, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I started writing a brute-force combination generator before I even clocked the 0-8 range thing.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Expedia, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.