jp_newgrad · 4 replies
i have a phone screen with a Twilio recruiter next week for a new grad SWE role. everything i'm reading is about mid/senior experience. do they do LeetCode for new grads or is it the same API/project-based thing? and how long does it usually take to hear back after the screen?
also slightly nervous because i don't have a ton of distributed systems experience, i'm mostly a web dev. wondering if that's disqualifying or if they care more about fundamentals.
went through a Twilio interview process for a junior role about eight months ago. the coding round was definitely more algorithmic than the mid-level stuff people describe, they did give me a medium LeetCode-style problem. but they also asked about how i'd handle an API error in a real integration, which felt more like the kind of coding you'd do day to day. don't skip the data structures stuff just because of all the 'we don't do LeetCode' posts.
super helpful. so like, don't abandon the algo prep but also have some REST API fluency ready. makes sense. did you make it to the offer stage?
i did! took about 3 weeks total. recruiter was good about keeping me updated after each round which was not my experience everywhere.
the web dev background is more relevant than you think. twilio's products are all about developers building on top of APIs. if you can talk about building a webhook integration, debugging a 400, rate limiting, that's basically what they're building. lean into it.