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Updated 28 Feb 2024

Altair Engineering Software Development Engineer II Interview Experiences

1 interview found

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Feb 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is Singleton and implement it.
  • Ans. 

    Singleton is a design pattern that restricts the instantiation of a class to one object.

    • Singleton pattern ensures that a class has only one instance and provides a global point of access to it.

    • Commonly used in scenarios where only a single instance of a class is needed, such as database connections or logging.

    • Implementation involves a private constructor, a static method to access the instance, and a static variable to...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Implement meshing on a box.
  • Ans. 

    Meshing on a box involves creating a network of interconnected vertices, edges, and faces on the surface of the box.

    • Identify the vertices, edges, and faces of the box

    • Create a mesh by connecting the vertices with edges and forming faces

    • Ensure the mesh is well-structured and follows the desired pattern

    • Consider using algorithms like Delaunay triangulation or marching cubes for mesh generation

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Basic is enough

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview questions from similar companies

I was interviewed in Nov 2016.

Interview Questionnaire 

8 Questions

  • Q1. A random number will be given as input to system,write a program to detect its data type(int or float ) without using size of function
  • Q2. General hr questions
  • Q3. Once again general hr interview questions
  • Q4. 1.given a large rectangle
  • Ans. 

    Need more context. What needs to be done with the large rectangle?

    • What are the dimensions of the rectangle?

    • Is it a 2D or 3D object?

    • What is the context of the problem?

    • Are there any constraints or limitations?

    • What tools or programming languages can be used?

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. You will be given dimensions of a bigger rectangle and smaller rectangle,derive a formula to get how many smaller rectangles fit into the bigger rectangle
  • Ans. 

    Derive a formula to determine how many smaller rectangles fit into a bigger rectangle given their dimensions.

    • Calculate the number of times the smaller rectangle can fit into the bigger rectangle horizontally and vertically

    • Divide the width of the bigger rectangle by the width of the smaller rectangle to get the horizontal count

    • Divide the height of the bigger rectangle by the height of the smaller rectangle to get the ve...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q6. How many points are required to draw a rectangle
  • Ans. 

    At least 4 points are required to draw a rectangle.

    • A rectangle has 4 sides and 4 corners, so at least 4 points are needed to define those corners.

    • The points must be arranged in a specific order to form a closed shape with 4 sides.

    • Additional points can be used to add details or modify the shape of the rectangle.

    • The number of points required may vary depending on the software or tool used to draw the rectangle.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q7. What will be the new coordinates of a rectangle points if rectangle length and breadth is scaled and write a program to calculate the coordinates of corner points of scaled rectangle
  • Ans. 

    Answering how to calculate new coordinates of a scaled rectangle and providing a program for it.

    • To calculate new coordinates, multiply the original coordinates by the scaling factor

    • Scaling factor can be calculated by dividing the new length/breadth by the original length/breadth

    • Program can take input of original coordinates, scaling factor, and output new coordinates

    • Example: Original coordinates: (0,0), (0,5), (5,5), (...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q8. Lastly a puzzle: i dont remember the question

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: The test had three sections:
1.aptitude:It was like any other aptitude test,all it takes is a bit of practice to crack all the questions
2.C programming:Basics of c were asked,outputs of some programs,u have to be thorough with concepts of c
3.Electronics:The company hired for both profiles: 1. PDK:software
and 2.Logic library:hardware,so this electronics section was also there,questions are mostly Network analysis,cmos logic,digital logic,vlsi etc
u should have good basics to get the electronics questions of course they are not very hard,but not too easy


Tips: practice aptitude,basics of c programming and also basics of electronics
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Questions: 60

Round: Test
Experience: after 1st round i was shortlisted to this technical round,i was asked this question, i suggested that i will convert that number into a string and check whether string has a dot or not to check if it is float or int,the interviewer was not very impressed but was ok and asked few small questions and promoted me to next round

Tips: If u crack test with top marks,the technical rounds will be very easy,because the interviewers do not ask tough questions for people who cracked written test with high marks

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: tell me about yourself,strengths,weakness,three principles u follow in life,etc
Tips: This round depends on you,dont try to bluff something,they will know if u are bluffing,take a breath and speak up ur mind,be confident u can do it

Round: HR Interview
Experience: same questions,but this time less duration,not involving lengthy discussions, i think this round was just for double check

Round: HR Interview
Experience: After the hr round,only seven were shortlist,this interview round was very much easy and they checked my approach to the given problem,they were checking how well i am thinking adding complexities to the given problem
Tips: they did not check my programming ability,but just problem solving skills,so be good at aptitude,by practicing as much as you can

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: after technical interview,4 were shortlisted,so they went for gd round,it was general topic,which checks your general knowledge
Tips: Dont be nervous,just speak what ever you know,never mind language issues
Duration: 20 minutes

Skills: for pdk profile :programming
College Name: NIT Warangal
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Aug 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Describe a time when y ou had to learn a new kill to complete a project
  • Q2. Tell me about your resume
Round 3 - Coding Test 

Reverse a given string using for loop

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Bentley Systems Software Engineer interview:
  • Data Structures
  • Algorithms
  • Coding
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Master Data Structures and Algorithms and be prepared to talk your experience written in your resume
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Mar 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
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Round 2 - Coding Test 

Basic Coding Problems, 3 questions

Round 3 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Explain B.E. project and tech stack used
  • Ans. 

    Developed a web-based project management system using PHP and MySQL

    • Designed and developed a database schema for the project

    • Implemented user authentication and authorization using PHP sessions

    • Used HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for the front-end

    • Used AJAX for dynamic content loading

    • Deployed the application on Apache web server

    • Used Git for version control

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Numeric System based questions
  • Q3. Puzzles solving approach
Round 4 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic OOPS concept and their real life examples
  • Q2. Puzzle solving approach

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Keep it simple. They are more interested to know your problem solving approach. Prepare some puzzles, those are mostly repeated. Make your foundations concrete and basic concepts clear.
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Cocubes and was interviewed before Mar 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

MCQ Questions on programming languages like C#, Java

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions asked on Java , OOPs concept and SQL database.
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary discussion and behavioural questions were asked.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well with use cases and examples and be confident.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Jan 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. What is polymorphism?
  • Ans. 

    Polymorphism is the ability of an object to take on many forms. It allows objects of different classes to be treated as the same type.

    • Polymorphism is a fundamental concept in object-oriented programming.

    • It enables code reusability and flexibility.

    • Polymorphism can be achieved through method overriding and method overloading.

    • Example: A parent class Animal can have multiple child classes like Dog, Cat, and Bird. They can ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What is static polymorphism?
  • Ans. 

    Static polymorphism refers to the ability of a programming language to select the appropriate function or method at compile-time.

    • Static polymorphism is achieved through function overloading or operator overloading.

    • It allows different functions with the same name but different parameters to be called based on the arguments provided.

    • The selection of the appropriate function is determined at compile-time, based on the sta...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. What is dynamic polymorphism?
  • Ans. 

    Dynamic polymorphism is the ability of an object to take on many forms based on the context it is used.

    • It allows objects of different classes to be treated as objects of a common superclass.

    • It is achieved through method overriding and virtual functions.

    • Example: A superclass 'Animal' with subclasses 'Dog' and 'Cat'. Both can be treated as 'Animal' objects.

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Write a program which will take string and number of occurrences as a input. Find a character with same occurrences count in single interation.(multiples cases around this, not able to recall)
  • Ans. 

    Program to find a character with same occurrences count in a string in a single iteration.

    • Iterate through the string and keep track of character occurrences in a hashmap.

    • Check for characters with the same occurrence count in the hashmap.

    • Return the first character found with the same occurrence count.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Graph traversal
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. System design components discussed in detail with different scenarios
Round 3 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Prepare standard conflict manager round questions like conflict resolution, team leading experience, best work delivered, standard practices etc

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - 1. Prepare Javascript, Typescript l, NodeJs
2. Medium level questions of problem solving
3. Overall understanding of system design components
4. Standard managerial round
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Behavioral 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What project worked on
  • Ans. 

    I worked on a project to develop a web-based inventory management system for a retail company.

    • Implemented user authentication and authorization features

    • Designed database schema for storing product information

    • Developed frontend using React and backend using Node.js

    • Integrated payment gateway for online transactions

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Explain a scenario
  • Ans. 

    Explaining a scenario in software development

    • Scenario: A team is working on developing a new feature for a mobile app

    • Discussing the requirements with the product owner and stakeholders

    • Breaking down the feature into smaller tasks for the development team

    • Assigning tasks to team members based on their expertise

    • Regularly reviewing progress and making adjustments as needed

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - First Round was with Team Manager if u fit for team

Mostly asked questions about project currently working on
Some behaviroal questions
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. AWS architecture in your current project
  • Ans. 

    Our project utilizes AWS architecture for scalability and reliability.

    • We use EC2 instances for hosting our application servers.

    • S3 buckets are used for storing and serving static assets.

    • We leverage RDS for managing our relational database.

    • Lambda functions are used for serverless computing tasks.

    • CloudFront is utilized for content delivery network (CDN) to improve performance.

    • We use CloudWatch for monitoring and logging.

    • A...

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
-

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Aug 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Memory management cpp
  • Q2. Solid principles
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