Made it to the Bug Squash round and got lost in a huge unfamiliar codebase
Software Engineer (New Grad)·Onsite·2026
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got rejected in interview because my projects
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Stripe / SWE
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Practicing on real open-source repos for the Bug Squash is the right call. That round is not about algorithm knowledge — it is about codebase navigation.
The Bug Squash round catches people who only prep on blank-file problems. Navigating unfamiliar code under pressure is a completely separate skill.