Verkada Software Engineer interview questions

The first interview was a phone call with HR. For the second interview, I had a 30 minute technical phone interview with the hiring manager. I had 5 minutes to go over my work experience, 20 minutes to solve a LeetCode Hard, and 5 minutes to ask the manager questions. The manager was not an engaged interviewer and did not seem interested. Makes me think they are doing these interviews to claim they can't find the talent required in the US to fulfill their needs since US administration has tightened the H1B visa program further, requiring American companies to provide proof that they were unable to find American employees before hiring foreign talent.

The interview was a 1hr video conference meeting with a coding exercise. Heads up to anyone who interviews here, take control of the situation as best you can. Interviewer came on and we engaged in some small talk. After about 10 minutes a coding sample was presented on one of the programming sites. There was no established duration for the exercise - if this happens simply ask them how long you have. It could be, as is often the case in programming, you kick it around for 5 or 10 minutes then some clarity kicks in for a best/better solution. Interviewer continued to talk to me which served no obvious purpose - this was not a design question but a coding exercise without a lot of grey area. If this happens to you maybe just politely tell them you have the gist of the problem and do your best without too much conversation. Lastly there was a lot of extraneous noise (rather not say exactly what) on the call with notifications going off the whole time and the interviewer seemed to be looking over his shoulder constantly. Not much you can do about this, maybe mute them to eliminate the noise. I don't think the interviewer was a bad guy, he might have even liked it if I'd made some assertive requests. Oh well live and learn, came up with a lukewarm solution that was functional but not the good solution.