ADCI - Karnataka Software Engineer interview: waitlisted after DSA

After being shortlisted, I took an online assessment with coding and behavioral-style questions. The coding portion covered data structures and algorithms, including an explanation of brute force versus optimal approaches and time and space complexity.

I then had a coding-heavy online DSA round with two questions. I felt reasonably confident in my approach, but it moved quickly and did not turn into an offer. I was waitlisted, which was frustrating because the technical work did not feel unclear. It felt more like a selective, standard Amazon-style process that expected correctness plus crisp explanation of approach and complexity.

Location: Chennai. Overall feedback: positive. Offer status: no offer.