Arjun Mehta
Senior Editor, Interview Processes
Arjun covers how big tech and high-growth companies run their engineering interview loops: round structures, leveling, hiring committees, and how the process is changing in the AI era.
- Company interview loops
- Leveling and compensation
- Hiring committees
Articles by Arjun Mehta
Perplexity AI Interview Process 2026: Software Engineer Guide
Perplexity hires like an AI-native startup: fast loops, multi-part practical coding, and system design rooted in search and LLM serving. Here is what each round tests and how to prepare.
Bloomberg Software Engineer Interview Process (2026 Guide)
Bloomberg's loop looks like a standard LeetCode process until you notice the details: paired interviewers, data-structure problems with a market-data flavor, and an HR round that really does ask why Bloomberg. Here is every round and how to prepare.
TCS vs Infosys vs Accenture Interview Process 2026 Compared
TCS, Infosys, and Accenture all hire through an online test, a technical round, and an HR round, but the tests, role tiers, and packages differ a lot. This guide compares all three in one place.
JPMorgan Software Engineer Interview Process (2026 Guide)
JPMorgan Chase hires engineers through four different doors: Code for Good, campus programs, lateral roles, and referrals. This guide maps every route into one flowchart and explains what each stage is actually testing.
xAI Interview Process 2026: Software Engineer Guide and Tips
xAI hires engineers through a short, fast loop that starts with a written statement of exceptional work and ends with you presenting that work to the team. Here is every stage, what each round tests, and how it compares to OpenAI and Anthropic.
TikTok Software Engineer Interview Process 2026 (ByteDance)
TikTok and ByteDance run one of the fastest, most coding-heavy loops in big tech. Here is how each round works, which LeetCode topics come up most, and how to prepare for them in order.
Datadog Software Engineer Interview Process (2026 Guide)
Datadog's coding rounds look less like LeetCode and more like a day on the job: parse logs, buffer writes, aggregate metrics. Here is the full loop, two worked problems, and how to prepare.
PayPal Software Engineer Interview Process (2026 Guide)
PayPal's loop looks like a standard big-tech process on paper, but the system design round is where payments thinking separates offers from rejections. Here is every stage and a worked money transfer design.
NVIDIA Interview Process 2026: CUDA, C++, Loops, and Pay
NVIDIA hires by team, so its interview loop is built around the actual work of the group you join. Expect deep C++, systems, and GPU questions rather than a standardized FAANG-style loop.
Microsoft Interview Process 2026: Rounds, Levels, AA Round
Microsoft hires through a team-specific loop of four to five interviews, often closed by an As Appropriate interview with a senior leader. Here is how each stage works in 2026, how levels 59 to 67 map to titles, and what the offer looks like.
Meta Interview Process 2026: Coding, AI Round, and Design
Meta runs one of the fastest, most predictable loops in big tech: two problems per coding round, a design round, and a behavioral interview called Jedi. In 2026 an AI-enabled coding round has joined the mix.
Netflix Interview Process 2026: Culture, Design, and Pay
Netflix hires mostly experienced engineers through a loop that weighs culture as heavily as code. Here is how the 2026 process works, what the system design and culture rounds test, and how Netflix's unusual all-cash-or-stock pay model shapes the offer.
Apple Software Engineer Interview Process (2026 Guide)
Apple does not run one interview process. Each team designs its own loop, led by the hiring manager and focused on deep domain expertise. Here is what that looks like in 2026, from the first call to the offer.
Google Interview Process 2026: Rounds, Levels, Committee
Google still runs a coding-heavy loop that ends with a hiring committee and team match, but 2026 brought back at least one in-person round. Here is every stage, what is scored, and how to prepare.
Amazon Interview Process 2026: OA, Loop, and Bar Raiser
Amazon's SDE loop is half coding and half Leadership Principles, with a Bar Raiser holding veto power. Here is every stage, how each round is scored, and how comp and RSU vesting actually work.
Hudson River Trading Interview Process (2026 SWE Guide)
HRT hires through three distinct engineering tracks, and each one tests something different. Here is how the OA, phone screens, and onsite work for each, and how HRT's difficulty compares to Jane Street and Citadel.
Goldman Sachs Software Engineer Interview Process 2026 Guide
Goldman Sachs hires engineers through a HackerRank assessment, a live CoderPad screen, and a multi-round Superday. Here is what each stage tests, how the bar changes by corporate title, and the bank-specific questions engineers forget to prepare.
Adobe Software Engineer Interview Process (2026): Full Guide
Adobe runs two noticeably different engineering loops: a US process built around a virtual onsite, and an India process (Noida and Bangalore) that leans on an online assessment and back-to-back DSA rounds. This guide compares them side by side and explains what the Computer Scientist title actually means.