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“I tried to do a present-past-why structure and it mostly worked, but I spent too long on the 'past' part and ran out of time to connect it back to profiles specifically.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Tinder, Hiring Manager Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I went into this thinking I had a solid story but halfway through I realized I was describing a situation where I actually had more data than I was letting on.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Tinder, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Stumbled a bit here.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Tinder, 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 I spent most of my energy and also where I stumbled a bit.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Tinder, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I use Tinder, so I figured this would be easy.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Tinder, Hiring Manager Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The trick is knowing to reach for two heaps immediately.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Tinder, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I fumbled this a bit.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Tinder, Recruiter / HR Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This is the kind of question where you nod and think you know the answer and then halfway through your response you realize you're just describing the problem, not solving it.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Tinder, 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 listing the obvious stuff like February being shorter, but then realized there's actually a lot more going on.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Tinder, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Two heaps, max-heap for the lower half and min-heap for the upper half.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Tinder, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.