Pinterest interview notes, page 16 of 24

“Sounds like a five-minute warmup until you actually start coding it.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Pinterest, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This felt like a warmup but they pushed pretty hard on the nuances.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at Pinterest, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Took longer than it should have.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at Pinterest, Online Assessment (OA) round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The base implementation wasn't too bad once I landed on a min-heap ordered by run time.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at Pinterest, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This felt like a Pinterest-flavored question from the start, which I thought would help me but it kind of made me overthink it.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Pinterest, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy 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 Pinterest, Hiring Manager Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one is nastier than it looks.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Pinterest, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Knew right away I needed a rank or dense_rank over a count grouped by country and category.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at Pinterest, 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 lot to cover in one question and I didn't pace myself well.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at Pinterest, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The 'naive' part of the name is the whole ballgame here.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at Pinterest, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.