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Updated 21 Aug 2023

AKQA Senior Software Engineer Interview Experiences

1 interview found

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
-

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Feb 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(6 Questions)

  • Q1. Project Architecture
  • Q2. Questions on Kafka, AWS services used in the current project
  • Q3. Design Patterns
  • Q4. Coding question on collections
  • Q5. Multithreading - Executors and Completable future
  • Q6. Scenario based questions

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I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Sep 2021. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - Coding Test 

They asked me to write a program which includes skill Spring, Rest, Junit

Round 3 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Question on Hibernate cache
  • Q2. Questions on serialisation
  • Q3. Writing a recursion program
  • Ans. 

    Recursion program is a function that calls itself until a base condition is met.

    • Identify the base case and write the code to handle it

    • Write the code to call the function recursively

    • Ensure that the recursion terminates eventually

    • Examples: factorial, Fibonacci sequence, binary search

  • Answered by AI
Round 4 - Group Discussion 

Managerial Round in this round basic behavioural questions were asked

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Publicis Sapient Senior Software Engineer interview:
  • Java *
  • Hibernet
  • JUnit
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - They ask more from Core java, and just basic topics of Hibernate and Spring, make sure your core java is good, they may also ask you to write programs.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Learn about solid principle and caching technique
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before May 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Project on API based with Inmemory DB

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Tech DSA based including design
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Discussed the API proj created earlier

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - DSA + System Design is must
Must have strong command on Backend language and also some frontend
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Apr 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. Questions related to HTML and CSS ( majorly based on box-model, flex-box, positioning). One hands-on question based on CSS and follow-up questions
  • Q2. Create a Login form and validate email input using Vanilla JS.
  • Ans. 

    Create a Login form with email validation using Vanilla JS.

    • Create a form in HTML with input fields for email and password

    • Use JavaScript to validate the email input using regular expressions

    • Display error messages if the email input is not in the correct format

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. API fetching, CRUD operation and then DOM Manipulation using pure JS.
  • Q4. Questions related to Web Accessibility (won't ask separately if you answer smartly for SEMANTIC ELEMENT BENEFIT HTML question, which will be there for sure)
  • Q5. Questions related to Web Security.
Round 2 - Technical 

(6 Questions)

  • Q1. API fetching and state management using useReducer and useContext
  • Q2. Questions on React Hooks
  • Q3. Questions on Error Boundary
  • Q4. Questions on higher order components
  • Q5. Questions on children and render props
  • Q6. Some Basic questions on Jest/ React Testing Library
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Asked Typical HR questions like past projects, reason to switch, experience with cross-functional teams etc.

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Publicis Sapient Senior Software Engineer interview:
  • React Hooks
  • DOM Manipulation
  • Error Boundaries
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Just Prepare yourself, Publicis interview is considered in top-20 difficult interview on Glassdoor. But to be honest it isn't that difficult if you know how and what to prepare. Which you eventually know before interview thanks to their very good Talent Acquisition team who share the list of topics in advance.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. React basics and state management
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions about ReactJs and some practical
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions about Javascript and some practical as well
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Managerial round and questions
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary discussion
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Design a product catalogue to view and book order and update the stock
  • Ans. 

    A product catalogue system for viewing, booking orders, and updating stock

    • Create a database to store product information, stock levels, and orders

    • Design a user-friendly interface for browsing products and placing orders

    • Implement functionality for updating stock levels after orders are placed

    • Include features for tracking order status and managing inventory

    • Consider implementing search and filter options for easy navigati

  • Answered by AI
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jun 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

MCQ Questions from various topics in java, spring, unit testing, multithreading and other OOPS concepts

Round 2 - Case Study 

Need to develop microservices with multiple APIs.

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. They will ask questions from various topics. They expect you to answer 100/100. They will simply waste your time. 1 (MCQ) + 2 (CASE STUDY) + 2 (Technical Interview). Even though you answer 80 - 90 percent ...

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - One Advice..Dont apply..
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. More questions on system design

AKQA Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in AKQA Senior Software Engineer interview?
AKQA interview process usually has 2 rounds. The most common rounds in the AKQA interview process are Technical and Resume Shortlist.
How to prepare for AKQA Senior Software Engineer interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at AKQA. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at AKQA expect are OOAD, Maven, SQL, JSP and Spring Mvc.
What are the top questions asked in AKQA Senior Software Engineer interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the AKQA Senior Software Engineer interview -

  1. Questions on Kafka, AWS services used in the current proj...read more
  2. Multithreading - Executors and Completable fut...read more
  3. Coding question on collecti...read more

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