MongoDB interview notes, page 1 of 2

“Spent the first couple minutes just reading through it quietly which felt awkward but I needed to actually understand the code before saying anything.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at MongoDB, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Went with Django, FastAPI, and Celery.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at MongoDB, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I'd prepped a version of this but still rambled a bit connecting my earlier work to the current role.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at MongoDB, 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 DP and I started going down that path before catching myself.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at MongoDB, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I blanked a little because my first instinct was to say something about liking databases, which, yeah, not exactly a differentiator.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at MongoDB, Recruiter / HR Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I always fumble the ending on these.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at MongoDB, Recruiter / HR Screen 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 dump everything into a set and sort it, which works but completely misses the point.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at MongoDB, 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 basically the whole interview compressed into one question.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at MongoDB, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Pretty expected question but I still fumbled it a bit.” The rest of the author's notes on Technical Program Manager interview at MongoDB, Recruiter / HR Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Blanked completely.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at MongoDB, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.