# How Big Tech Interview Decisions and Rounds Work

DevFeed: [How Big Tech Interview Decisions and Rounds Work](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-big-tech-interviews-actually-work-39676.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.gauravsarma.com/random/2026-04-21_how-big-tech-interviews-work>)

Published: 2026-04-21T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Gaurav Sarma's Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/gaurav-sarma-s-blog.md>)

Topics: [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>), [test-coverage](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/test-coverage.md>), [Scalability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scalability.md>)

Tags: [api-integration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api-integration.md>), [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug.md>), [career](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career.md>), [clean-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/clean-code.md>), [dsa](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dsa.md>), [faang](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/faang.md>), [interview](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interview.md>), [interviews](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interviews.md>), [system-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/system-design.md>), [tech](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tech.md>), [test-coverage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/test-coverage.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how big tech interviews are evaluated. Interviewers assess specific signals independently across coding, system design, and project-focused rounds, then discuss the combined feedback in a panel. Communication, code quality, edge-case handling, problem-solving instincts, scalability, and trade-off analysis can affect the decision, not just whether a problem is solved.

## Source excerpt

Having worked at a few big tech companies and having interviewed candidates for them as well, here are some things I wish more candidates knew going in. How decisions are actually made Each interviewer is assigned a round and for every round, there are specific signals they need to collect...