Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT)

Vellore, Tamil Nadu

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Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) Placement Interview Questions

Updated 16 Dec 2024

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I was interviewed in Aug 2021.

4 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round (2 Questions)

Round duration - 100 minutes
Round difficulty - Hard

The test had 3 parts:
1. Aptitude - 20 questions to be done in 25 minutes. (Medium level)
2. Technical MCQs - 25 questions to be done in 35 minutes. (Medium-Hard level) (HTML, JS, CSS, SQL)
3. Coding - 2 out of 3 questions to be done in 40 minutes. 20 minutes were allotted for each question. No switching between the codes was allowed. (1-easy, 2-medium in total)

  • Q1. Count Set Bits You are given a positive integer ‘N’. Your task is to find the total number of ‘1’ in the binary representation of all the numbers from 1 to N. S...read more
  • Q2. Smallest number whose digits multiplication is ‘N’ You are given a positive integer ‘N’. The task is to find and return the smallest number, ‘M’, such that the ...read more
2

Video Call Round (1 Question)

Round duration - 45 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

It was the first face-to-face technical round. The medium was ModernHire. There was only 1 member in the interview panel. This round tested me on C fundaments, Operating System basics, and problem-solving skills.
Questions asked:
What are the TRUNCATE, DELETE and DROP statements?
What are void elements in HTML?
Define multipart form data?
1. How does the C compiler works?
2. What are deadlocks and why does it happen?
3. How to resolve deadlock?
4. What is a kernel?
5. How to dynamically allocate memory in C?
6. What is makefile?
7. What is multi-threading and why is it useful?
8. What is the need for synchronization in OS?
9. How do you run a program of 10 GB using 2 GB memory?
10. What are semaphores and mutex?
11. How is HashMap implemented?
12. Difference between linker and loader.
13. Importance of header files.
14. What is Dynamic binding?
15. What type of database should you use where transactions are involved?
16. Brief discussion on the Internship experience.

  • Q1. Merge Sort Given a sequence of numbers ‘ARR’. Your task is to return a sorted sequence of ‘ARR’ in non-descending order with help of the merge sort algorithm. E...read more
3

Video Call Round (1 Question)

Round duration - 50 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

This was a managerial cum technical round. I was asked to introduce myself (both technical details and hobbies). Then I was asked about my internship experiences and what I learnt from them. After that, he asked me questions about the projects mentioned in my resume. He tested my in-depth knowledge of the technologies that I used. He also asked me about the alternative solutions and the drawbacks of my solution.
After that, he asked me to speak about Operating Systems for 5 minutes without giving a pause. Then he asked me to speak about the OSI model and the TCP/IP model for the next 5-10 minutes again without giving a pause. He appreciated my perfomance and gave me a coding question.
What is User-defined function? What are its various types in SQL. What is an Alias in SQL?
Then he asked me whether I had any questions.

  • Q1. Find a Node in Linked List You have been given a singly linked list of integers. Write a function that returns the index/position of integer data denoted by ...read more
4

HR Round (1 Question)

Round duration - 15 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Typical HR questions were asked in this round.

  • Q1. Basic HR Questions

    Introduce yourself.
    Mention something that is not in your resume.
    Why are you fit for this role?
    Why HPE?
    Plans for higher studies.

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI completed Computer Science Engineering from Vellore Institute of Technology. I applied for the job as Fullstack Developer in BangaloreEligibility criteria7 CGPA and 70% in boardsHewlett Packard Enterprise interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Data Structures, Operating Systems, Computer Networks, SQL Queries, Dynamic ProgrammingTime required to prepare for the interview - 8 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Revise data structures and operating systems very well.
Tip 2 : Have a good resume with self-made projects and internship experiences as they add value to the candidature.
Tip 3 : Be confident and know the basics well.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Have some good projects and know the tech stack well enough.
Tip 2 : Never include anything which you are not confident about.

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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Jun 2021.

4 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

There were 2 coding questions that were to be done in 40 minutes. Toggling between the questions was NOT allowed and there was 20 minutes timer for each question. The codes were of easy-medium difficulty level. Also, 50 MCQs of core CSE topics were asked which were to be completed in 60 minutes. The difficulty level was high.
Sectional cutoffs was there to qualify for the next round. Time to completion was also taken into account.

2

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. This round consisted of an in-depth discussion on C/Java, OS, and cloud computing. The discussion was also done on personal projects. The difficulty was of medi...read more
  • Q2. A coding question on merge sort was asked which had to be done in notepad.
3

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. This round consisted of an in-depth discussion on OS and computer networking questions. The discussion was also done on previous internship experiences. Also, s...read more
  • Q2. A coding question on linked list was asked which had to be done in notepad.
4

HR Round (1 Question)

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Hewlett Packard Enterprise System Software Engineer interview:
  • OS
  • Computer Networking
  • DSA
  • Cloud Computing
  • Linux
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Knowledge of core CSE fundamentals are very important and its also very crucial to explain the code well.
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