Mercor interview notes, page 1 of 2

“This question sounds broad until you're actually in it and realize they want every layer.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Mercor, 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 had opinions on Flink vs Spark but fumbled when they pushed on Beam's portability model.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Mercor, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“They did not stop at the definition.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Mercor, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I knew the gist but stumbled on the 'precise' part.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Mercor, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This is a meaty one.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at Mercor, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Felt okay about this one.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Mercor, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I knew this one but still fumbled explaining the why behind the auxiliary stack.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Mercor, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I've seen this question before so I wasn't panicking, but the scope they wanted was bigger than I expected.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Mercor, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This is one of those questions that sounds straightforward until you're mid-answer and realize you're conflating things.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Mercor, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Covered the basics fine: separate memory space for processes, shared memory within a thread group, context switching costs.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Mercor, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.