Roblox | Software Engineer | Interview Experience
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Interview Process
I had a phone screen interview with Roblox for a software engineer position that lasted about 10 minutes. The interviewer asked me to solve a problem related to rate limiting in a system. The challenge involved creating a data structure that maintains the state of requests and efficiently manages the flow of them without exceeding the limit.
Technical Questions
- Rate Limiter (Algorithm, Design)
Tips & Insights
I explained my approach using a sliding window algorithm and discussed edge cases such as bursts of traffic and how to handle them. After solving the problem, the interviewer asked follow-up questions about the time complexity of my solution and possible optimizations.