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Updated 24 Nov 2015

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Application Developer Interview Questions

user image Padmaja Sridharan

posted on 6 Nov 2015

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

  • Q1. Design data structure for Excel sheet View Answers (1)
  • Q2. Implement monitors in OS View Answers (1)
  • Q3. Real time egs for oops concepts ( this is very frequent question that is asked) Add Answer
  • Q4. One query using self join ­ (ename,mid) display all employee names with their manager  names Add Answer
  • Q5. How to  delete nth node in linked list View Answers (1)
  • Q6. Suppose in an abstract class a function called x(), AND there is another function with the same name in its derived class.Now create pointer for the abstract cl...read more View Answers (1)
  • Q7. PUZZLE : one circle (radius r) is drawn.You are throwing a stone in it than what is the probability that stone lies near  the center? Add Answer

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience:  Apps were  quite tough while technical was easy.
In subjective section they asked the following questions:-
1. ER diagram for a given situation
2. Print Pascals triangle.
3. An Output for stack based question
4. A program using stacks and queues.
    A queue {1,2,3,4,5,6} and was asked to print every  third element  from the last including the first element.
( Condition was given to construct with a class called My Stack, queue called My queue and was allowed to just create stack ,queue , int type and not any other data type).
In subjective i just attended 3 questions and got selected type.

Round: Technical Interview
Tips:  Make sure u do your written well.And do not keep intention to get shortlisted alone,but to be one among the top three or four.

Skills:
College Name: Anna University Chennai

Skills evaluated in this interview

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4 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

General Tips: The questions asked by this company were tough. The interview experience was good and you get to learn. Don't panic and answer confidently. If you don't know the answer don't say some random answer, just say I don't know but I would like to learn.
Questions were challenging. They weren't picked directly from geeksforgeeks or some other website. The guys taking your interview know stuff so don't try to fool them. Its a great learning experience, enjoy it till you can
Skill Tips: C books, C++ books, www.geeksforgeeks.com
Revise concepts for OS, DBMS, Computer Networks
Focus on Puzzles more.
Questions won't be as direct as other companies.

Skills:
College Name: NIT Surathkal
Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 2-4 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Apr 2024.

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (5 Questions)

  • Q1. Focus on Basics of Digital electronics,verilog SV and UVM will be an advantage.Reasoning questions also plays a crucial role.Realizations of gates using and NAN...read more
  • Q2. Don't forget look your projects mentioned in your resume,They will directky ask you to write code,Ask lot of questions on projects,Communication skills willbe a...read more
  • Q3. Reasonig questions:-9 ball's weight checking,horses question,a pond of flowers on which day they full if half fill in 10 days,3L 5L required water 4L,4 pin OTP ...read more
  • Q4. Don't forget take a look on ypur projects whatever you mentioned in your resume everything matters,Basics of digital electronics,sv and UVM,More focus on practi...read more
  • Q5. One personal advantage for MNC's refferals matters alot,better to ask anyone in linkdin to reffer you.
Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. FPGA architecture
  • Q2. Static Timing Analysis
Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

2 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Flop design using gates
2

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. D flop using nand gates
Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Easy
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Dec 2023.

4 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Digital related to ff,mux,waveform,fsm
2

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Sta max frew ,setup and hold time , numerical questions
3

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Fpga architecture,flow ,related to tool ,ram ,fifo
4

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Hr question,do you work for longer in this organisation,future goals, willing to relocate
Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Jun 2023.

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (5 Questions)

  • Q1. PNR flow and questions related to each stage like floorplanning guidelines, how to do macro placement etc.
  • Q2. Challenges you faced in Placement stage, how did you resolve congestion in your design. How to improve timing.
  • Q3. CTS spec files, inverters or buffers which is preferable. Skew and latency related questions
  • Q4. Detailed discussion about crosstalk, antenna effects and Electromigration
  • Q5. Basic TCL scripts to write

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Please have a good knowledge of ASIC flow and TCL scripting. Also explain properly about your past projects.

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Dec 2021.

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - It was average kind of question

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Sep 2021.

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - It consists of 2 round
1. Online test
2. Technical - HR round.
Focus on basics .
Digital electronics, Verilog hdl,STA.

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

General Tips: The questions asked by this company were tough. The interview experience was good and you get to learn. Don't panic and answer confidently. If you don't know the answer don't say some random answer, just say I don't know but I would like to learn.
Questions were challenging. They weren't picked directly from geeksforgeeks or some other website. The guys taking your interview know stuff so don't try to fool them. Its a great learning experience, enjoy it till you can
Skill Tips: C books, C++ books, www.geeksforgeeks.com
Revise concepts for OS, DBMS, Computer Networks
Focus on Puzzles more.
Questions won't be as direct as other companies.

Skills:
College Name: NIT Surathkal

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  2. Suppose in an abstract class  a function called x(), AND there is an...read more
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