Expedia SDE-2 — quiet job hunt, then back-to-back CodePair rounds

## Background
My preparation was fairly structured — **DSA**, **Low-Level Design** and basic **High-Level Design**, while staying grounded in my primary stack, **Java Spring Boot**.

The job search itself was tougher than I expected. Despite sending out a good number of applications, the calls just weren't coming. Around the time this process picked up I was also juggling a separate offer I'd already received from another company, so I had to balance that alongside actively interviewing here.

## Round-by-round

### 1. Online assessment
Three **DSA** questions, all at medium difficulty — a mix of **graph** and **DP** problems.

### 2. Technical round 1
Over **Zoom** using **CodePair**, focused on live coding and DSA problem-solving.

### 3. Technical round 2
Followed immediately after in the same back-to-back format, again centred on coding and DSA.

## Verdict
**Selected** — SDE-2.