Times Internet Interview Experience | Set 2 (Experienced)
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Round 1:Discussion about projects and workSearch in a rotated sorted arrayhttps://www.geeksforgeeks.org/dsa/find-minimum-element-in-a-sorted-and-rotated-array/Implement st...
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Round 1 Discussion about projects and work Search in a rotated sorted array https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/dsa/find-minimum-element-in-a-sorted-and-rotated-array/ Implement stack with find minimum in O(1) https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/dsa/design-and-implement-special-stack-data-structure/
Round 2 Spiral printing of a matrix https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/dsa/print-a-given-matrix-in-spiral-form/ LCA of Binary Tree https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/dsa/lowest-common-ancestor-binary-tree-set-1/ Boggle https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/dsa/boggle-find-possible-words-board-characters/ DFS implementation
Round 3 It was a machine coding round. I was asked to hit an API and get some information on the basis of results needed to do some manipulation in result to show result on some specified format like sorting on basis of some parameters
Round 4 It was a discussion round with Manager. discussion about why want to leave current company and other project related discussion.
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This question was reported by a candidate who interviewed at Times Internet. LeakCode aggregates interview reports from 10+ sources, including 1Point3Acres, Glassdoor, LeetCode Discuss, Blind, Reddit, Indeed, and Nowcoder. Each report is translated where necessary, deduplicated against existing entries, and tagged by company, role, round type, and reporting date.
Use this question as one calibration data point, not a memorization target. Companies typically rotate their question pools every 2-4 months; the exact wording of a 2024 question may differ from what you encounter today. The underlying pattern, difficulty level, and follow-up depth at Times Internet are the higher-signal extractions to take from this report.
For broader preparation context, the Times Internet interview process typically includes a recruiter screen, one or two technical phone screens, and a 4-5 round on-site loop covering coding, system design (at L4+ levels), and behavioral. Reports tagged on LeakCode show the round-by-round distribution and typical difficulty calibration. To browse questions filtered by round type and seniority, use the company hub linked above.
How To Practice This Type of Question
Solve similar problems on LeetCode under timed conditions (25-35 minutes per medium difficulty). The goal is pattern recognition: recognize the underlying technique (sliding window, two-pointer, BFS, memoized recursion, etc.) within 60-90 seconds of reading. Strong candidates verbalize their hypothesis out loud before coding, then iterate based on feedback. Weak candidates dive into implementation immediately, lose time on the wrong approach, and run out of time for follow-ups.
Companies update their question pools every 2-4 months. The exact wording of any given question may have been retired by the time you interview. Focus your prep on the pattern, not the specific problem. The patterns that appear in Times Internet reports consistently are the ones worth investing in; one-off niche problems are not.
During Your Times Internet Round
Apply the standard interview round template: clarify requirements (2-3 minutes), state your approach out loud and confirm direction with the interviewer (3-5 minutes), code with narration (15-25 minutes), test with concrete examples including edge cases (5 minutes), discuss optimization or trade-offs if time permits (5 minutes). This template is universally accepted across FAANG and adjacent companies; deviating from it produces weaker interviewer feedback signal.
The single most predictive failure mode in Times Internet reports tagged "no hire": not asking clarifying questions. Interviewers are explicitly trained to weight this. Strong candidates ask 3-5 clarifying questions even on problems that look obvious; weak candidates dive into code immediately. The clarifying-question check is often the first signal recorded in the interviewer's written notes.