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AppFolio Software Engineer II Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 8 Apr 2024

AppFolio Software Engineer II Interview Experiences

1 interview found

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Mar 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What are the two best skills you have as an Engineer What was the time when you disagreed with your manager
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Different levels of coding questions starting from basic to medium.
  • Q2. Resume based questions expected to answer relevant to the tech stack

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for AppFolio Software Engineer II interview:
  • DSA

Interview questions from similar companies

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

It was easy

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Nice question based on core java
  • Q2. Opps, new keyword, immutable class, exception
Round 3 - HR 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. What is your family background?
  • Q2. Share details of your previous job.
  • Q3. Why should we hire you?
Round 4 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What are your strengths and weaknesses?
  • Q2. Strengths and weaknesses

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Nice work, nice one to one, nice to know about company is good

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Aug 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. System Design of Car Parking.
  • Ans. 

    Design a system for managing car parking.

    • Determine the size and layout of the parking lot.

    • Decide on the type of parking system (e.g. self-parking, valet).

    • Implement a ticketing system for tracking cars and payments.

    • Use sensors or cameras to monitor parking spaces.

    • Integrate with a payment gateway for online payments.

    • Provide real-time information on available parking spaces.

    • Consider implementing a loyalty program for freq

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. System Design of Elevator
  • Ans. 

    Designing a system for an elevator

    • Identify the requirements and constraints

    • Determine the number of floors and elevators needed

    • Choose the elevator algorithm (e.g. FCFS, SCAN, LOOK)

    • Design the elevator controller

    • Consider safety features (e.g. emergency stop, overload protection)

    • Include user interface (e.g. buttons, displays)

    • Consider maintenance and repair

    • Test and optimize the system

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. System Design of Photo-sharing App.
  • Ans. 

    A photo-sharing app system design

    • Use a scalable architecture to handle large amounts of data

    • Implement a secure authentication and authorization system

    • Utilize a content delivery network (CDN) for fast image loading

    • Allow users to tag and categorize photos for easy search and discovery

    • Implement a notification system for likes, comments, and new followers

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - For SDE2 only first interview round was coding round, other three interview rounds were of system design.
Be confident about your design.

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Aug 2021. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic Array String Stack based problem solving
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic DS Algo questions on Array, Queues, Stacks, and Recusrion. Difficulty should be easy to medium. Basic OOPs language questions.
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic OOPs question, SQL queries, and in depth microservices design architecture. Difficulty easy to medium.
Round 4 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic questions and project overview, and then salary discussion.

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Oracle Software Engineer II interview:
  • Data Structures
  • Algorithms
  • OOPS
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - The above interview process was for Non-OCI teams and that too for backend developer. This cannot be considered as preparation for OCI teams. Nothing was outside of resume.

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed before May 2020. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

7 Questions

  • Q1. Basic data structures.
  • Q2. Array , Linked list, Java
  • Q3. MCQ
  • Q4. Java
  • Q5. Analytical
  • Q6. Data Structure and Problem solving
  • Q7. Managerial

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be true with you resume.
Don't add any skill which you are not aware of.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via campus placement at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Patna and was interviewed in Dec 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

The coding questions were at Leetcode difficulty level and were derived from the Striver sheet.

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. BFS graph level
  • Q2. Minimum flight distance . I was not shortlisted for interview.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare DSA well and computer fundamentals.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Dec 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Explain microservices.
  • Q2. OOPS

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - This was a contract-based position, so just 1 round of interviews was conducted.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

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

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Angular structure
  • Q2. Dependency injection
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Manageral questions
  • Q2. Scenario based questions
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Package discussion
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Opps, overloading and overriding, factory n singleton patteren
  • Q2. Collections HashMap internal working
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Aug 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

45 minutes
arrays, strings,
SHL

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Find number of nodes in a tree and it's time complexity
  • Ans. 

    To find number of nodes in a tree, perform a depth-first or breadth-first traversal and count the nodes. Time complexity is O(n).

    • Perform a depth-first or breadth-first traversal of the tree

    • Count the nodes as you traverse the tree

    • Time complexity is O(n) where n is the number of nodes in the tree

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What is abstraction and how do you implement it ??
  • Ans. 

    Abstraction is the concept of hiding complex implementation details and showing only the necessary information.

    • Abstraction allows developers to focus on the essential features of an object or system.

    • It helps in reducing complexity and improving efficiency in software development.

    • Implement abstraction in programming by using abstract classes and interfaces.

    • Example: In a car, we don't need to know the internal workings o...

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is the minimum number of coins to reach the target with the coins 1,2,5
  • Ans. 

    The minimum number of coins to reach a target amount can be calculated using dynamic programming.

    • Use dynamic programming to calculate the minimum number of coins needed to reach the target amount.

    • Start by initializing an array to store the minimum number of coins needed for each amount from 0 to the target amount.

    • Iterate through the coin denominations and update the minimum number of coins needed for each amount based

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Byte stream to human readable format without using library
  • Ans. 

    Convert byte stream to human readable format without using library

    • Iterate through the byte stream and convert each byte to its ASCII character representation

    • Concatenate the ASCII characters to form the human readable format

    • Handle special characters and edge cases appropriately

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

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