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Walmart new grad entry level interview, how to prep (sharing everything I did)

jp_newgrad · 7 replies

Got an offer from Walmart Global Tech for a new grad SWE role starting this summer. Wanted to write up exactly how I prepped because I found almost nothing useful when I was searching.

First, the process. OA then two technical interviews, then a behavioral round. Simple enough but the OA is where a lot of people get cut.

OA (HackerRank, 90 min) Two coding problems. Both were medium difficulty in my experience. One was a string manipulation problem, one was something with binary trees. I had 45 minutes per question. The platform is standard, no gotchas. Just make sure your edge cases are handled, they have strict test cases.

Technical interview 1 (45 min) One leetcode-style question. Medium difficulty again. Arrays and hashmaps. They gave me a lot of time to talk through my approach before coding. I'd say they cared more about communication than perfect syntax. The interviewer was pretty helpful when I got stuck.

Technical interview 2 (45 min) Slightly harder. I got a graph problem, BFS. They also asked me one system design question at the end, very simple given I'm a new grad. "How would you design a simple e-commerce cart feature?" They weren't expecting a distributed systems answer, just basic component breakdown.

Behavioral (30 min) STAR questions. They asked about a time I had to learn something new quickly, a conflict with a teammate, and a project I was proud of. Pretty standard. I used my internship projects for most of these.

How I prepped: Grinded about 80 leetcode questions over 6 weeks, focused on arrays, trees, graphs, DP Did a few mock behavioral interviews with friends Read up on Walmart's tech blog to understand what they actually build

New grad TC in Sunnyvale is around $160-175k all in based on my offer and what I've seen others share. Bentonville entry-level is lower, closer to $120k from what a friend who accepted there told me.

The process felt fair. Not FAANG-hard but not trivial either. If you're aiming for Walmart as a new grad SWE in 2026, a solid leetcode medium grind plus knowing your STAR stories is genuinely enough.

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bootcamp_bri

this is super helpful, thank you. did you do data structures review separately or just rely on the leetcode problems to cover it? i feel like i know the concepts but freeze on actual questions.

pivot_pat

mostly leetcode but i did re-read a few sections on graphs and dynamic programming from a textbook. the key for me was actually writing code, not just reading. once i could solve mediums consistently without hints i felt ready.

qa_quinn

waiting on my OA results right now lol. i think the binary tree question went okay but i messed up the edge case on the first problem. crossing fingers they don't cut on that alone.

intl_isla

For international students on OPT/CPT, did they ask about work authorization during the process? Trying to figure out if Walmart sponsors H1B for new grads or just OPT.

visa_vik

Walmart Global Tech does sponsor H1B from what I saw when I interviewed there. They asked about auth status early in the recruiter call but it wasn't a dealbreaker for the new grad role I applied to. Worth confirming with the recruiter directly though, policies differ by team.

laidoff_lena

Is the $160-175k all in or just base? Walmart's RSU vesting schedule is a bit unusual compared to typical 4-year cliffs. I remember it being backend-loaded when I looked at an offer a couple years ago.

analyst_ana

Really appreciate you sharing this. most posts I find are for senior roles and us new grads kind of have to reverse engineer everything from those. knowing the OA is two mediums is genuinely useful.