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I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Jan 2021. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

8 Questions

  • Q1. Difference Between Mysql's engines MyISAM / InnoDB
  • Ans. 

    MyISAM is faster but lacks transaction support, while InnoDB is slower but has transaction support.

    • MyISAM is the default engine for MySQL.

    • MyISAM is faster for read-heavy applications.

    • InnoDB is slower but provides transaction support.

    • InnoDB is better for write-heavy applications.

    • InnoDB supports foreign keys and row-level locking.

    • MyISAM does not support foreign keys or row-level locking.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Design patterns, Singleton, Factory - use cases.
  • Q3. What is Test Driven Development
  • Ans. 

    Test Driven Development is a software development approach where tests are written before the code.

    • Tests are written before the code

    • Code is written to pass the tests

    • Tests are run frequently to ensure code quality

    • Helps in catching bugs early in the development cycle

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. How do you implement Transactional statements using MyISAM Engine. Pros/Cons. Deep dive.
  • Ans. 

    Transactional statements cannot be implemented using MyISAM engine.

    • MyISAM engine does not support transactions.

    • It does not provide ACID compliance.

    • In case of a crash, data can be lost.

    • InnoDB engine should be used for transactional statements.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. How do you manage team member workload.
  • Q6. How do you prioritize tasks, Agile/Waterfall/SCRUM.
  • Ans. 

    Prioritization depends on project requirements and team dynamics, but Agile/Scrum is preferred.

    • Understand project goals and requirements

    • Collaborate with team to identify priorities

    • Use Agile/Scrum methodology for iterative development

    • Consider impact on stakeholders and deadlines

    • Regularly reassess priorities and adjust as needed

  • Answered by AI
  • Q7. How do you motivate individuals in your team?
  • Q8. How do you identify your risks.
  • Ans. 

    Identifying risks involves analyzing potential threats and vulnerabilities in the project or product.

    • Conducting a thorough risk assessment

    • Identifying potential risks and their impact on the project

    • Prioritizing risks based on their likelihood and impact

    • Developing a risk management plan to mitigate or avoid risks

    • Regularly reviewing and updating the risk management plan

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be your honest self and prepare what you did in the projects with all the details. Be prepared to dive in deep and technical.

Showcase your achievements.

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Software Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

Amazon user image Rajesh Paramanandam

posted on 24 Feb 2017

I was interviewed in Oct 2016.

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Aptitude was quite easy they just asked us basic questions from Math,logical reasoning and english
Tips: Just think well before u do..
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Questions: 40

Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: It was face to face .. the interviewee asked questions from our resume... Since I m from computer science background they asked some technical questions..

Tips: Beware filling ur resume.. they will ask every stuff that you have in resume

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Discussion about my project that i vr done in my final year.they asked me what was my role in my project

College Name: Sri ganesh college of engineering and technology

I applied via Campus Placement

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. Boundary traversal of a tree
  • Ans. 

    Boundary traversal of a tree is the process of visiting the nodes on the boundary of a tree in a specific order.

    • The boundary traversal can be done in three steps: left boundary, leaf nodes, and right boundary.

    • For the left boundary, start from the root and traverse down the left side of the tree until reaching a leaf node.

    • For the leaf nodes, perform an inorder traversal to visit all the leaf nodes of the tree.

    • For the ri...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Find the nearest greater value of a given value in a BST
  • Ans. 

    Find the nearest greater value of a given value in a Binary Search Tree (BST).

    • Start from the root node and compare the given value with the current node's value.

    • If the given value is less than the current node's value, move to the left subtree.

    • If the given value is greater than the current node's value, move to the right subtree.

    • Keep track of the closest greater value encountered while traversing the tree.

    • Return the cl

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. There is an infinite stair case and there are n rounds. in i'th round we can jump i steps at one or discard them. it is given that k'th step is broken , find the max height we can reach with out stepping o...
  • Ans. 

    Given an infinite staircase with a broken kth step, find the maximum height we can reach in n rounds of jumping i steps.

    • We can start by jumping the maximum number of steps in each round until we reach the broken step.

    • After reaching the broken step, we can discard the i steps that would land us on the broken step and jump the remaining steps.

    • We can continue this pattern until we reach the maximum height we can reach wit

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Height h was given and form a binary tree of height h and start combining bottom nodes to form a cone like structure

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: there were 20 MCQ which were on ds , networks and basic coding followed by 2 coding questions.
1) print all the distinct substrings of a given string in lexicographical order
2) find the max i-j value in the given array of 0's and 1's such that there are equal number of zeros and ones, where i is the starting index and j is the ending index of the array.
Tips: make sure that you pass atleast half the test cases for both the question.
Duration: 90 minutes
Total Questions: 22

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: 1) i printed left view then leaves and right view using three level order traversals . he asked me to use one traversal only, then i told him the approach and wrote the working code.
2) told him the approach and coded it.
Tips: look at corner cases properly. the interviewers were friendly, so i felt relaxed.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: 1) i told him a recursive O(2^n) solution, optimised it to O(n^2). he told me to optimise further. Then i finally came up with O(n) solution after 5 min and he was satisfied . i coded it. he was satisfied finally :D .
2) came up with the approach immediately and coded it. he was satisfied.
Tips: he was very particular about corner cases and he checked the code througly tested it on some cases to ensure it was working.

General Tips: be cool. interviewers were friendly. tell them what you are thinking and be clear with the question before answering to avoid wasteage of time.
Skill Tips: solve problems from codechef, spoj and codeforces. solve interview questions from geeksforgeeks and careercup.
Skills: the way you think, coding skills and knowledge on data structures.
Duration: 3
College Name: IIT Roorkee
Motivation: some good seniors got intern, so i was inspired.
Funny Moments: on the interview day a person came into the conference room to call me for interview, i didnt thought he was interviewer. he was very simple, but intelligent and at last i felt like asking him to ask me one more coding question as it was fun solving questions infront of him, but i didnt do that as i was frightened if i would not be able to answer it would be a negative remark :P .

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Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Data struct,algo,
  • Q2. High level data structs and algos

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Problem Statement
Experience: coding and submission before face to face interview shortlisting
Tips: practice coding ,coding is key to success for SE

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: based on marks ,I was called for F2F
Tips: the ppt was to be submitted explaining the approach

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: a lot of brain storming
Tips: understands the nitty gritty of the structs and algos

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: exact code was to be written instead of pseudo code
Tips: get hold of DS,Algos

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: The first test
contained 25 objective questions encompassing the basics of Computer Science ranging from
data structures, networks and operating systems to theory of computation
Duration: 45 minutes
Total Questions: 25

Round: Test
Experience: The second test contained 3 coding questions.
Duration: 45 minutes
Total Questions: 3

Round: HR Interview
Experience: After the written test, next day I appeared for 3 interviews.
They were checking if you can write code and also if you are aware of the practical issues faced while coding. In the final round they were testing if you could abstract out a real world
problem into code.
Tips: Overall I can say that you must hope for the best and prepare for the
worst. So make sure that you are prepared on all counts. You never know what might go wrong.

I was interviewed before May 2016.

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. Tell us about yourself
  • Ans. 

    I am a passionate software engineer with experience in developing web applications and a strong background in computer science.

    • Experienced in developing web applications using technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and React

    • Strong background in computer science with knowledge of data structures and algorithms

    • Proficient in programming languages such as Java, Python, and C++

    • Familiar with Agile development methodolog

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Why Flipkart
  • Ans. 

    Flipkart is a leading e-commerce platform in India with a strong focus on technology and innovation.

    • Flipkart offers a challenging and dynamic work environment for software engineers.

    • The company has a strong reputation for investing in technology and innovation.

    • Flipkart has a large user base and offers opportunities to work on a variety of projects.

    • The company has a strong focus on customer satisfaction and user experie...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Are you comfortable to reallocate
  • Ans. 

    Yes, I am comfortable with reallocating as needed.

    • I am flexible and adaptable to changing circumstances.

    • I have experience working in dynamic environments where priorities can shift.

    • I am willing to take on new challenges and responsibilities as required.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Why should we hire you
  • Ans. 

    I have a strong technical background, excellent problem-solving skills, and a proven track record of delivering high-quality software.

    • Extensive experience in software development, including proficiency in multiple programming languages such as Java, Python, and C++

    • Strong problem-solving skills demonstrated through successful completion of complex projects

    • Proven track record of delivering high-quality software on time a...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: 2 problem statements to be coded using any language
Tips: Focussed on string manipulations and enormous data size handling
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Questions: 2

Skills: C/C++
College Name: Guru Premsukh Memorial College of Engineering

Interview Questionnaire 

13 Questions

  • Q1. Given a string of parenthesis, write a function if it is balanced
  • Ans. 

    Function to check if a string of parenthesis is balanced

    • Use a stack to keep track of opening parenthesis

    • If a closing parenthesis is encountered, pop from stack and check if it matches

    • If stack is empty and a closing parenthesis is encountered, return False

    • If all parenthesis are matched and stack is empty, return True

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Given two linked lists each of which represent a number, write a function that returns a linked list that represents the sum
  • Q3. Find the number of occurrences of words in a paragraph
  • Ans. 

    Count the occurrences of words in a paragraph.

    • Split the paragraph into words using whitespace as a delimiter.

    • Create a dictionary to store the count of each word.

    • Iterate through the words and increment the count in the dictionary.

    • Return the dictionary with the word counts.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Find common elements out of two sorted array?
  • Ans. 

    Find common elements out of two sorted array

    • Use two pointers to traverse both arrays simultaneously

    • Compare elements at each pointer and move the pointer of the smaller element

    • If elements are equal, add to common elements list and move both pointers

    • Stop when either pointer reaches end of array

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. Convert BST to a Doubly linked list?
  • Ans. 

    Convert a Binary Search Tree to a Doubly Linked List.

    • Create a DLL node class with left, right, and data fields.

    • Traverse the BST in-order and add each node to the DLL.

    • Adjust the left and right pointers of each node to create the DLL.

    • Return the head of the DLL.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q6. Given a binary tree in which the node structure has an additional field called “next” which of pointer to tree node type, fill up this field of each node to point to the next node at the same level (NULL i...
  • Ans. 

    The task is to fill the 'next' field of each node in a binary tree to point to the next node at the same level.

    • Use a level order traversal to process the tree nodes.

    • Maintain a queue to store the nodes at each level.

    • For each node, set its 'next' field to the next node in the queue.

    • If a node is the last node at its level, set its 'next' field to NULL.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q7. Given a parentheses string, determine if it is a valid / legitimate parentheses string. For strings consisting of single parentheses type and those consisting of multiple types
  • Q8. You have a dictionary of words. Given a word, print all anagram are in dictionary . State the data structure to be used to solve this problem
  • Ans. 

    To find anagrams of a given word in a dictionary, use a hash table to store sorted versions of each word as keys and their corresponding original words as values.

    • Create a hash table to store the anagrams

    • Iterate through each word in the dictionary

    • Sort the characters of the word and use it as a key in the hash table

    • If the key already exists, add the word to the list of values for that key

    • Print the list of values for the

  • Answered by AI
  • Q9. You have given 10 files and you have given a string suggest data structure which ll facilitate efficient search of string in the file if string appears more than ones in that case u have to print line numb...
  • Ans. 

    Suggest a data structure for efficient search of a string in 10 files and print line number and file if string appears more than once.

    • Use a hash table to store the file name and line number of each occurrence of the string.

    • Iterate through each file and for each line, check if the string is present and update the hash table accordingly.

    • Print the hash table entries for the string.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q10. Write a program to print a tree in vertical order asked more than one approach to do this problem and modified problem many times
  • Q11. Discussion on my current work, difficulties and challenges faced at work, difficult people I have had to work with, instances when I went out of my way to propose creative solutions to existing problems a...
  • Q12. Why do you think amazon is the right place for you?
  • Ans. 

    Amazon is the right place for me because of its innovative culture, vast resources, and opportunities for growth.

    • Amazon's innovative culture aligns with my passion for pushing boundaries and finding creative solutions.

    • The company's vast resources provide the necessary tools and support to develop and deliver high-quality software.

    • Amazon offers numerous opportunities for growth and career advancement, allowing me to con...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q13. You have given an binary matrix which is sorted row wise and column wise write a program to search a row in the matrix having maximum number of zeroes

Interview Preparation Tips

General Tips: My process started off at one their hiring drives. It was ahiring drivein world trade center in Bangalore. It was a tiresome process that comprised a written round followed by 4rounds of interview.
Skills: Algorithm, data structure
College Name: NA

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed before Jul 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. DS Algo Questions on Trees. Leadership Principles

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Read up on DS Algo and white paper coding and Leadership Principles

Software Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

Snapdeal user image Sarvesh Maheshwari

posted on 10 Apr 2015

Interview Questionnaire 

9 Questions

  • Q1. Calculate the level sum of the binary tree
  • Ans. 

    Calculate the level sum of a binary tree.

    • Traverse the tree level by level using BFS

    • Add the values of nodes at each level

    • Store the level sum in an array

    • Return the array of level sums

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Defective ball puzzle problem
  • Q3. Some basic problems (OOP concept,basic datastructures)
  • Q4. Vertical sum of binary tree
  • Ans. 

    Vertical sum of binary tree is the sum of all nodes in each vertical line of the tree.

    • Traverse the tree in-order and keep track of the horizontal distance of each node from the root.

    • Use a hash table to store the sum of nodes at each horizontal distance.

    • Recursively traverse the left and right subtrees and update the hash table accordingly.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. Questions on TCP/IP, Database, OS, Data-structures, (and on many more which you studied in your whole college life)
  • Q6. Calculate the top 10 words , which comes frequently in 1 hour time span , on facebook, (dynamically)
  • Ans. 

    Calculate top 10 frequently used words on Facebook in 1 hour dynamically.

    • Use Facebook API to fetch data

    • Implement a script to count word frequency

    • Sort the words based on frequency and return top 10

  • Answered by AI
  • Q7. Tell About Yourself
  • Ans. 

    I am a software engineer with experience in developing web applications and a passion for problem-solving.

    • Proficient in programming languages such as Java, Python, and JavaScript

    • Experience with front-end frameworks like React and Angular

    • Familiarity with back-end technologies such as Node.js and Spring Boot

    • Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms

    • Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment

  • Answered by AI
  • Q8. Family Background
  • Q9. Number of rectangles/squares in chess board
  • Ans. 

    There are 204 squares and 1296 rectangles on a standard 8x8 chess board.

    • The number of squares can be calculated using the formula n(n+1)(2n+1)/6, where n is the number of rows/columns.

    • The number of rectangles can be calculated using the formula n(n+1)m(m+1)/4, where n and m are the number of rows and columns respectively.

    • For an 8x8 chess board, there are 64 squares of size 1x1, 49 squares of size 2x2, 36 squares of siz...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: There were 22 MCQ questions  on the technical .while 3 questions were of coding type .1.check for balanced parentheses in an expression2. Find out next higher number with same set of digits3. Doesn't Remember.
Tips: MCQ questions were not time consuming , so try to do that questions in less time , so you will get enough time for coding questions.
Duration: 90 minutes
Total Questions: 25

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: My experience was very awesome , i answered all the questions , although in starting i was very nervous , so at starting interviewer help me get my confidence, interviewer was very helpful.
Tips: Don't get panic. Just listen the questions carefully and then answer it.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I was not confident while answering Q3, and my answer was not appropriate, though after with little help of interviewer i got the answer properly.

Round: HR Interview
Tips: Keep confidence and show them good communication skills.Previous round's performance also matters in this rounds

College Name: NIT JALANDHAR
Funny Moments: In H.R. RoundOne of my friend was interviewed before me, so he told me the questions,H.R. asked him, and one of them was, number of squares in chess board, and then there was my turn for H.R. interview, i went, and he asked me , In chess board , there are how many , before completing his question i answered,204,  while his question was , how many rectangles,  "ye question pakka tune apne friend se pucha hoga :p " then we passed smiles, but i gave him proper solution of calculation of 204, and then answered my question too.

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Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: GD was conducted for shortlisted candidates and candidates were divided into groups of 6 people.There were 3 topics and each topic was discussed for 2 minutes.No specific rules,like each person needs to speak,are to be followed during the GD.Anyone can initiate,intervene,etc. Finally we were asked to link all three topics and this discussion went on for another 2 minutes.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Only a single round lasting about 40-45 minutes.There were only 4 people in the panel and technical as well as HR questions were asked. First I was asked to go through my own resume, “Introduce/Tell us about yourself?".  E.g.:“Where have you shown leadership qualities?Have you led a
team?Size of team? What new initiatives did you take?”.Core questions starting form basics like “How does an airplane fly?” to specific questions about the different types of engines used in airplanes,their specifications, etc. were asked. HR questions were put up like"What was the most difficult decision in your life?" and grilled on my internship for 15-20 minutes which I did in Transocean. (Another oil field services company).

General Tips: You need to be very good in the basics of your
core courses and if you have done an internship in the oil industry,
you will definitely be grilled on that.Questions will be asked in quick succession.
Skill Tips: Highlight any intern in Oil industry or anything related to that in your resume.Any POR or any sport activity which shows your leadership qualities should me mentioned in your resume.
Skills: Leadership qualities, Athletic, Quick thinking, presence of mind
College Name: IIT MADRAS

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