I have been using LinkedIn but looking for other websites specifically for startups as most of the jobs on LinkedIn are either reposts or already have thousands of applicants. And other than the industry, funding and product what are some of the other things you guys look for when considering a startup?

Would love to hear some positive and negative experiences too for those who want to share.

It’s honestly exhausting at this point. Multiple onsites, a couple of them going really well until the final round or one random coding or system design segment where I just falter. It’s so unfortunate how I don’t do well under pressure, i make these tiny stupid mistakes and it snowballs. My private practice feels solid, but the moment it’s real and observed, everything shifts. Yesterday i posted something similar on teamblind asking for advice and someone just hit me with “eff off, SWE is dead.” that one stung more than it should have. Now i’m sitting here frustrated and wondering if it’s even worth it anymore or if i’m just not built for this market.

I don’t believe coding is disappearing or that AI is taking over software development. Tools like “vibe coding” are useful, but they don’t replace real problem-solving skills. Many of these tools work best in the hands of experienced developers rather than complete beginners.

The hype around no-code or vibe-based development seems to be fading, especially when we look at actual revenue and long-term sustainability. At the same time, the industry is clearly shifting toward generative AI, which still requires strong technical understanding to use effectively.

In my opinion, the demand for skilled developers is likely to increase, not decrease. However, developers will need to adapt by learning new tools, including AI-assisted coding, and expanding their skill sets rather than relying only on traditional approaches

I kind of stopped caring about solving every LeetCode problem fully on my own.

I have been trying Claude with problems, and honestly it feels way more efficient. I would rather spend my time understanding the concept, the pattern, and how to use AI well instead of sitting there stuck for a long time just to say I did it alone.

At this point, learning how to think with AI feels more valuable to me.

Company: Tekion
Round: Technical (DSA)
Date: 4th April 2026
Type: Hiring Drive
Difficulty: Medium-Hard

Context

Attended a Tekion hiring drive on 4th April 2026. This was the DSA/Problem solving round. The interviewer gave a real-world design problem around a policy engine — something very relevant to Tekion's domain (automotive retail / DMS platform where configurable business rules are common).

The Question

Design a Policy Engine. We define a list of policies where each policy contains a condition expression (combination of AND/OR operators over field comparisons). Given a policy ID and a data object, return ALLOWED or DENY.

What was asked specifically:

1. Design the data model for:
   • Policy (id, condition tree)
   • EvaluationRequest (policyId, data)
   • EvaluationResponse (policyId, decision)
2. Write code for the policy engine that evaluates the conditions and returns ALLOWED/DENY.

Sample Policy given by interviewer

P1: {
  (creditScore >= 720 AND accountStatus == "Active") OR (receivableDays < 30)
}

Sample Data

{
  "creditScore": "750",
  "accountStatus": "Active",
  "receivableDays": "45",
  "annualRevenue": "600000",
  "yearsInBusiness": "5"
}

Based on policy ID and the data object, the engine should return ALLOWED or DENY.

Hope this helps anyone prepping for Tekion interviews or LLD rounds in general!

I’m already using LeetCode Premium and find the company-tagged questions very helpful. However, I don’t use it much right now since I’m not planning to change jobs, but I still want to have access in the future.

I have an education budget from my employer that expires each year, so I’d like to use it. I noticed that NeetCode Pro offers a lifetime access plan—how does it compare to LeetCode? It also seems to have company-tagged questions.

hello!

so today we(3 of us roommates)gave contest and for context I have 100 questions on leetcode the other guy has 200 and the third one has 60 and what to expect from dumb shit like me they both have done the 1st and almost 2nd question whereas I was having difficulty in 1st only and haven't done any of them now they are discussing the approaches and I am too stress tensed and recently we have started doing questions together and they both I don't knwo how they can do brute to hard questions and can perform medium for better approach and bro I am too much struggling I am currently in 4th sem btech and pleas folks tell me how to improve myself I can't even tell you this feeling is far greater than the breakup or smth else I feel like I am shit and can't do anything I am too stressed 😥

Just completed my Stripe hackerrank.. and.. damn. The question wasn’t even hard, and I had my code near-perfect. I eventually ran out of time fumbling around with stdin and stdout, and some very minor bugs (not even to do with the core logic).

What’s the likelihood of me getting through? :(

Currently 3rd year end mid sem over.

No intership experience.

Not really that good at Dsa

Done 2 good projects with vibe coding and deployed.

Good knowledge of dbms

I don’t if I can crack any good companies offcampus

Cgpa is 7.5.

Can someone help me or just guide me.

How I crack atleast min of 8lpa+ job. Need guidance

Not able to open any leetcode page successfully. stuck at loading.

Hi everyone,

I’m currently working at a startup and have around 7 months of experience. Before getting this job, I solved close to 1000 problems on LeetCode during my preparation phase.

Now I’m planning to switch and want to get back into DSA prep. However, I don’t want to redo everything from scratch again.

What would be the most effective DSA sheet or resource in 2026 for revision and interview-focused preparation? Looking for something concise but comprehensive enough to cover important patterns.

Would really appreciate your suggestions.

Google preliminary interview

https://preview.redd.it/s6a4dtxevatg1.png?width=1105&format=png&auto=webp&s=3cd5c85e39bbea506c9070d58a44be4de7290c24

https://preview.redd.it/prkz5t5wvatg1.png?width=595&format=png&auto=webp&s=4afa24ec57db5341682b71dcca540ff1f40c55ad

and the fact that it was 7200 exactly.

How much time do they usually take to deliver goodies?

found this gem of an article about monotonic stacks

https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/2347639/a-comprehensive-guide-and-template-for-m-irii/

curious if anyone has other gem articles they stumbled upon, and would be willing to share? thank you~

Hi, I’m a full stack developer working in a startup. The startup culture here feels very tough, so I’m trying to move to a product-based company.

For that, I started learning DSA in Aug 2025, but due to work pressure I had to stop in Dec 2025. Now my project is finished and I have some free time after work.

But I’m feeling very unmotivated and not really interested to start again.

One reason is all this AI hype it feels like it’s growing and I’m not sure how it will affect things. Another reason is earlier on Reddit I used to see a lot of posts where people shared their interview experiences, how they learned DSA and cracked interviews. That used to motivate me a lot.

But in the last 2 months, those kinds of posts feel very rare compared to before.

Is anyone else feeling like this?
Does anyone have any motivation or positive news to share?