Academian Inc Software Engineer Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Q1. Explain request lifecycle in rails?
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Request lifecycle in Rails involves routing, controller actions, rendering views, and responding to the client.
• 1. Request comes in through the browser or API endpoint.

• 2. Rails router determines which controller and action to route the request to.

• 3. Controller action processes the request, interacts with the model, and prepares data for the view.

• 4. View template is rendered with the data from the controller.

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Q2. Code Merge Sort using Ruby
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Implement Merge Sort algorithm in Ruby
• Divide the array into two halves recursively

• Merge the sorted halves back together

• Use a helper method to merge the two halves
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Q1. Concepts of node and Js
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Q1. Tell me about yourself
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Q2. Coding Question
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Q1. Tell me about yourself
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Q2. Salary discussion
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Coding test around front end using react

Q1. Question on Binary trees: if symmetric, easy string question using hashmap
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Q2. If we are hosting a live test how to show real time ranking, HLD for this and what algorithms can we use
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Q1. Database schema design for a feature where user can be free, gold, platinum.
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Use a user table with a column for user type (free, gold, platinum)
• Create a user table with columns for user ID, name, email, user type

• Use a separate table for user types with columns for type ID and type name

• Establish a one-to-many relationship between user and user type tables

• Example: user table - user_id, name, email, type_id; user_type table - type_id, type_name
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Q1. HLD for live rank dashboard for a live test where millions of users are doing test
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High-level design for a live rank dashboard for a live test with millions of users.
• Use a scalable architecture to handle millions of users concurrently.

• Implement real-time data processing to update ranks dynamically.

• Utilize caching mechanisms to improve performance and reduce load on the database.

• Design a user-friendly interface with intuitive data visualization.

• Include features for filtering, sorting, and searching to
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Implement login with Google SSO, show emails in a single place

Q1. How to implement JWT
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JWT can be implemented by generating a token with user information and a secret key, then verifying the token using the same secret key.
• Generate a JWT token with user information and a secret key

• Include necessary claims like expiration time, issuer, etc.

• Verify the JWT token using the same secret key

• Handle token expiration and refresh if needed
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Q2. Please read about it on the internet, do take care of public and private key use
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Q3. Middleware in express, how to create one?
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Middleware in Express is a function that has access to the request and response objects.
• Create a middleware function using app.use() method in Express.

• Middleware functions have access to the request object (req), the response object (res), and the next middleware function in the application's request-response cycle.

• Example: app.use((req, res, next) => { console.log('This is a middleware function'); next(); });
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Q1. Discussed about guards in Angular
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Q3. How does lazy loading work in Angular
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Lazy loading in Angular delays loading of modules until they are needed
• Lazy loading helps improve performance by only loading modules when they are required

• It is achieved by using the loadChildren property in the route configuration

• Lazy loaded modules are loaded asynchronously when the user navigates to the corresponding route
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Q4. Read about lazy loading in Angular
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Q5. How to enable SSR in Angular
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Server-side rendering (SSR) in Angular can be enabled by using Angular Universal.
• Install Angular Universal using Angular CLI

• Create a new Angular Universal project

• Update app.module.ts to include server-side rendering

• Build and run the Angular Universal project
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Round duration - 70 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

We're provided with 60 minutes.
We're provided with desktop as it was online test.

Q1. 
Leap Year Checker
Determine if a given year, represented as an integer 'N', is a leap year.
A leap year is defined as a year with 366 days, unlike a normal year which has 365 days.
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The initial i...read more
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Round duration - 25 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

They basically ask questions related to operating system

Round duration - 15 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

There were 2 interviewers who talked to me and ask different questions regarding my company, my experience in college etc.
It was kind of chit chat but basically they were testing my conversation skills.

Round duration - 120 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

It was a mix of mathematical aptitude, logical ability, and puzzles along with 2 programming questions of easy and medium level. Time was enough and no sectional time was present. 1-2 MCQs on SQL were also present.

This round was immediately followed by an SHL aptitude test which was basically a quick limited time check of your verbal ability and math because many questions were to be done in 1 hour.

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Boolean Matrix Transformation Challenge
Given a 2-dimensional boolean matrix mat of size N x M, your task is to modify the matrix such that if any element is 1, set its entire row and column to 1. Specifi...read more
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You need to make the modifications in the input matrix.
You do not need to print anything, it has already been taken care of.
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Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

It was an online video interview round on HackerEarth with simultaneous code option. It was mostly justifying your resume in the first 15 minutes. After that OOPS was majorly asked. Basics of programming including questions on STL were asked. A class which required inheritance was asked by the interviewer to write. I was helped by the interviewer if i got stuck somewhere, Some questions on implementation of hashmaps and priority queues were also asked. A puzzle was asked which luckily struct to me at that moment.