Twilio Interview Experience 😊

Hello everyone 👋. Here I am going to discuss the interview process of Twilio and my experiences in each round.

I have applied for SWE intern at Twilio through on-campus placements. I have already used Twilio APIs before for my projects, so I am familiar with the company and its products. And in the pre-placement talk, they have given more information about the company, hiring process, etc...

Always do attend the pre-placement talk to have a good understanding about the company, their products, hiring process, etc...

There was a coding assessment, and the qualified candidates were needed to appear for 2 interviews - Technical (Coding) followed by Twilio Magic round(HR round).

⭐ Round 1 - Coding Assessment

First-round is coding assessment. We need to solve two coding questions in 90 minutes. Questions were based on arrays, list of lists.
Level of difficulty : Between Easy-Medium
Platform : HackerRank

Shortlisted candidates have to appear for technical and HR interviews.

⭐ Round 2 - Technical Interview (Coding)

It started with the interviewer's intro followed by my introduction. The interviewer gave me a coding question and I needed to solve it in an editor where both of us can parallelly work on it. I was asked to print the 3rd node from the end in a single linked list. So basically I have explained the brute force method, optimized method, and then I have started to code the brute force approach. After that, I have explained around 3-4 different approaches to solve this program. Later we have discussed the variation of this program - To find the nth node from the end in a single linked list.

At the end of the round, I was asked if I have any questions, I have taken the opportunity to ask the interviewer regarding their experiences, etc...

Few Tips
👉 Read the question properly, don't jump to the coding part without understanding the question.
👉 Be good at basics, Data structures.
👉 Don't be tense if you struck anywhere feel free to ask the interviewer.
👉 While writing the code, always keep an eye on corner test cases.
👉 Check out the constraints, analyze time complexity for your algorithm. Try to optimize the code as far as possible.

⭐Twilio Magic Round (HR round)

This round was also started with the interviewer's intro followed by my introduction. This round mostly depends on our projects, situational-based questions, our previous internship experience. After the introduction, we have discussed the projects that I have done, any existing applications similar to my project followed by situational-based questions.

Few questions :
◾ Tell me about a project that you are proud of and why?
◾ What are the steps that you have followed for the project?
◾ If you were stuck in between any project work or any other, what steps you have taken to tackle that?
◾ Tell me about a situation where you and your team member/ co-worker have a difference in opinions and what was the final decision made and did you convince for that decision?
◾ Tell me about a situation where your team member did something wrong or against the rules, and how you deal with that situation?
◾ Feedback given to you by your team members?

These were a few questions that were asked in the HR round. Time duration for both the interviews is 45min.

Few tips :
👉 Have a good idea about the company, what they do and their principles
👉 Show your excitement to join the company, tell them why do you want to join the company and why you are a good fit for the company
👉 Know about the interviewer before your interview
👉 Use STAR format (Situation, Task, Action, Result) to answer the questions.
👉 If you have used any of their products or APIs before, let them know about that, where you have used, etc...

Last, Be confident, don't get tensed.

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