Question 1

What happens in a DSA round?

Accepted Answer

Sara, Hiregram's AI interviewer, shows you one problem. You talk through a first approach, improve it, write the code in the live editor, then explain its time and space complexity and its edge cases. It is a voice interview of 20, 30 or 45 minutes, depending on the difficulty.

Question 2

How is it scored?

Accepted Answer

On six areas: understanding the problem, walking through an example, getting from a brute-force idea to an optimal one, complexity analysis, edge cases and checking your solution, and how clearly you think out loud. The code you write gets its own review too: correctness, edge cases, efficiency and readability. Your report scores each one and says what to improve.

Question 3

Can I choose the difficulty and topic?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Easy is 20 minutes, Medium 30 and Hard 45. Pick one of 17 topics, from Arrays & Hashing to Graphs and Dynamic Programming, or leave it on Random.

Question 4

Which languages can I code in?

Accepted Answer

Python, C++, Java and JavaScript. You can run your code against tests in the editor while you work.

Question 5

What do I get afterwards?

Accepted Answer

A report with your scores, strengths and areas to improve, the transcript and audio recording of the interview, and reference solutions to compare with your approach.

Question 6

Can I take it again?

Accepted Answer

Yes, as often as you like. Change the topic or difficulty each time to cover new ground.

Question 7

What does it cost?

Accepted Answer

Every new account gets free interviews to start. After that, a Day, Week or Month pass gives you unlimited interviews in every round until it ends.

Think it through. Code it clean.

How the DSA round works