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emilywu96Jul 25, 2026

Snowflake, 3 rounds of coding then rejected

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liam.davisJul 25, 2026

recruiter asking for a 3rd round after mixed feedback seems to happen a lot here

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User-tpb6zJul 25, 2026

the cake problem is basically their intro screen at this point, seen it mentioned so many times

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User-9nbrpJul 25, 2026

yeah feels like a lot of people get some version of it first round

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User-4b26iJul 25, 2026

the walls and gates variant got me too, multi source bfs but the interviewer wanted a specific traversal order

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User-h0bhjJul 25, 2026

3 rounds of pure coding and still rejected is rough. did they say anything more specific on round 3?

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emilywu96Jul 25, 2026

nope just not strong enough, no counterexample either which is what got me annoyed

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oliviabrown20231Jul 25, 2026

sorry man, that's brutal. solving everything and still getting cut feels so arbitrary

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