Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (TIET)

Patiala, Punjab | Gurgaon, Haryana | Salem, Tamil Nadu

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Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (TIET) Placement Interview Questions

Updated 7 Jan 2025

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posted on 6 Dec 2021

I was interviewed in Oct 2021.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Video Call Round (2 Questions)

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Started with basic introduction about myself and then 2 DSA problems to be solved on CodeChef or any IDE of your preference. Interviewer was helpful throughout the interview and helped with syntaxes at one point as well.
Parameters tested - 
1. Ability to think of edge test cases.
2. Coding Practices like naming variables and functions properly and using the most suitable access modifiers.
3. Ability to think of time and space complexity and optimise it.
Reaching the correct output was not mandatory but was preferred. Priority to coding practices was given.

  • Q1. Next Greater Element Problem Statement You are given an array arr of length N . For each element in the array, find the next greater element (NGE) that appears...read more
  • Q2. Zigzag Binary Tree Traversal Problem Statement Determine the zigzag level order traversal of a given binary tree's nodes. Zigzag traversal alternates the direc...read more
2

Video Call Round (2 Questions)

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Started with basic introduction about myself and then 2 DSA problems to be solved on google doc. Interviewer was helpful throughout the interview.
Parameters tested - 
1. Ability to think of edge test cases.
2. Coding Practices like naming variables and functions properly and using the most suitable access modifiers.
3. Ability to think of time and space complexity and optimise it.
4. Making it to the correct output.

Reaching the correct output was mandatory in best possible time comlexity.

  • Q1. Problem: Search In Rotated Sorted Array Given a sorted array that has been rotated clockwise by an unknown amount, you need to answer Q queries. Each query is ...read more
  • Q2. K-th Element of Two Sorted Arrays You are provided with two sorted arrays, arr1 and arr2 , along with an integer k . By merging all elements from arr1 and arr2...read more
3

HR Round

Round duration - 40 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

I was asked to introduce myself and general family background check and then discussion around salary negotiation.

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI completed Computer Science Engineering from TIET - Thapar Institute of Engineering And Technology. I applied for the job as Data Engineer in BangaloreEligibility criteriaDecent work experience (for SDE-1 1-2 years experience was expected), self projects in any domain,Sigmoid interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Data Structures, Algorithms, OOPS, Dynamic ProgrammingTime required to prepare for the interview - 2 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Practice popular questions from Arrays, Binary Trees, LinkedLists from CodeStudio's Interview Problems
Tip 2 : Make sure you are aware of calculating the time and space complexity for every problem you're coding.
Tip 3 : Prepare through Mock Interviews to practice explaining your approach while solving in an actual interview.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Describe best of your projects in minimum words. Don't forget to add buzz words like REST APIs/ DB Indexing/ Benchmarking etc if you worked on backend.
Tip 2 : Don't add school achievements like Olympiads or Class Topper in your resume.
Tip 3 : If you've some work experience, put it in a way ,you're marketing yourself. Add terms like 'Created/Owned the Project through entire SDLC' 
Tip 4 : Make sure you mention how your work experience actually impacted the company. Or how your self project can be actually useful to end user.

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