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ABB Principal Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 21 Nov 2024

ABB Principal Software Engineer Interview Experiences

1 interview found

Interview experience
1
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Difficulty level
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Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
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I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed in Oct 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Interviewer's Attitude is too rude, and he makes predefined assumptions on the answers he is expecting!!!
  • Q2. If you are not interested in interview, better ask some one who is eligible to take that going forward

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Better to Avoid this company, as the Interviewer is so Rude, what can we expect from Company Work Culture

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Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. About Yourself

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Test level was medium, as i also sat for mahindra, i found L&T test was harder than mahindra!
Tips: Just study RS agarwal

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: It was easy for me, coz i was aware about tips of GD
Tips: Be the leader, if possibleTalk in between, even if u dont know topic much
Duration: 20 minutes

Round: Interview
Experience: This question was damn easy for me, coz i can talk more based on my activities & resume
Tips: Dont hesitate, stay calm & describe yourself, but not family background

General Tips: Be yourself, no technical knowledge is required(depends on panel u get)
Skill Tips: ""
College Name: IIT Roorkee
Motivation: To get placed!

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Aug 2020. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Nodejs basics,AWS S3,script file run command,how to catch db timeout
  • Q2. Connect db options,
  • Ans. 

    Connecting to a database has multiple options depending on the type of database and programming language used.

    • For SQL databases, options include using JDBC for Java, ODBC for C++, and ADO.NET for C#.

    • For NoSQL databases, options include using MongoDB's driver for Python or Node.js.

    • ORMs like Hibernate and Entity Framework can also be used to abstract away the database connection details.

    • Connection strings are used to spe...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Db connection attributes need to prepare well

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Mar 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Do you know anything about cloud computing?
  • Ans. 

    Yes, cloud computing refers to the delivery of computing services over the internet.

    • Cloud computing allows users to access data and applications from anywhere with an internet connection.

    • It offers scalability, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness compared to traditional on-premises computing.

    • Examples of cloud computing services include Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Very chill interview on the basis of profile.
Learn about new technology like cloud etc.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Basic OOPs concepts

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be strong in basics.

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed in Nov 2019. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. Basic C++, and Data structure focus on pointers and virtual function, vptr, vtable
  • Q2. Prepare about ur current project and process followed for entire development process thoroughly
  • Q3. Prepare common tools like. Linux, git, gdb
  • Q4. Prepare basics of data structures, OOPS, design patterns used

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Keep a steady approach, focus more and more on basics and working principle of concepts

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Jun 2019. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. Implement stack data structure
  • Ans. 

    Implement stack data structure

    • Use an array or linked list to store elements

    • Push operation adds element to top of stack

    • Pop operation removes element from top of stack

    • Peek operation returns top element without removing it

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  • Q2. How global variable work , how its shared by all function
  • Ans. 

    Global variables are accessible from any part of the program and can be modified by any function.

    • Global variables are declared outside of any function.

    • They can be accessed and modified by any function in the program.

    • If a function modifies the value of a global variable, the new value is visible to all other functions.

    • Global variables can be useful for sharing data between functions.

    • However, overuse of global variables

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Program to transpose the matrix
  • Ans. 

    Program to transpose a matrix

    • Iterate through rows and columns of the matrix

    • Swap the elements at (i,j) and (j,i) positions

    • Return the transposed matrix

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Internal implementation of pre and post fix operator
  • Ans. 

    Pre and post fix operators are used to increment or decrement a value before or after it is used in an expression.

    • Pre-fix operator (++x) increments the value of x and returns the new value.

    • Post-fix operator (x++) returns the value of x and then increments it.

    • Both operators can be used with variables of numeric data types.

    • They can also be used with pointers to increment or decrement the memory address they point to.

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare some standard problem from geekforgeeks.com

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Prepare python data structures and python basics

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before May 2020. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Scenario based to be solved with python

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare the core concepts very well.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. C++ Basic , malloc, calloc

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