Automattic Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. The usual talk about your experience and what to expect
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Take home timed coding assignment using GET and POST

Q1. 3 hour virtual onsite: easy/medium level LC, Vanilla JS, system design
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It was 3 hour test. Given sessions of users with timestamp and generate the group of session which falls in 10 minutes window.

Q1. There were 4 rounds. 2 System Design and 1 coding round followed by hiring manager round with behavioral questions
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Q2. Design weather Widget where you are calling an API to get hourly data
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Design a weather widget that calls an API to get hourly data.
• Use a front-end framework like React or Angular to create the widget.

• Make API calls to a weather service like OpenWeatherMap or WeatherAPI.

• Display hourly weather data such as temperature, humidity, and precipitation.

• Include icons or graphics to represent different weather conditions.

• Allow users to input their location or automatically detect it using geolocat...read more
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Q3. Design Netflix streaming system
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Design a scalable and efficient streaming system for Netflix.
• Use a content delivery network (CDN) to cache and deliver content closer to users.

• Implement a recommendation system to personalize content for users.

• Utilize a microservices architecture to handle different components like user authentication, video encoding, and streaming.

• Use load balancing and auto-scaling to handle varying traffic demands.

• Implement a fault-...read more
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Q4. Longest substring without repeating characters
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Find the longest substring without repeating characters in a given string.
• Use a sliding window approach to track the longest substring without repeating characters.

• Keep track of the characters seen so far in a set to check for duplicates.

• Update the start index of the window when a duplicate character is found.

• Return the length of the longest substring.
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Q5. Tell me about a time when you had a conflict
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Q1. Last organisation experiance
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Data Structures and Algorithms questions were asked

Q1. Java Questions were asked
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Q1. What lessons have you learned from your experiences in your previous company?
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I have learned the importance of effective communication, adaptability, and teamwork.
• Effective communication is key to successful projects and relationships.

• Adaptability is crucial in navigating changes and challenges in the workplace.

• Teamwork is essential for achieving common goals and fostering a positive work environment.
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Q1. What are the different types of financial derivatives?
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Financial derivatives are contracts whose value is derived from the performance of an underlying asset, index, or rate.
• Types include options, futures, forwards, and swaps

• Options give the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an asset at a specified price before a certain date

• Futures are agreements to buy or sell an asset at a future date for a price agreed upon today

• Forwards are similar to futures bu...read more
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Q2. What are corporate actions and what are their various types?
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Corporate actions are events initiated by a public company that impact its shareholders and securities.
• Types of corporate actions include dividends, stock splits, mergers and acquisitions, rights issues, and bonus issues.

• Dividends are payments made to shareholders from a company's profits.

• Stock splits involve dividing existing shares into multiple shares to lower the price per share.

• Mergers and acquisitions are when tw...read more
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Round duration - 75 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Test Comprises of 3 coding questions and some MCQs

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

2 coding questions of (1 easy and 1 medium level) on hackerrank code-pair with the Interviewer

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

This Round was based on CS fundamentals and One coding question was there as a Code-pair.

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Next Greater Element Problem Statement
Given a list of integers of size N, your task is to determine the Next Greater Element (NGE) for every element. The Next Greater Element for an element X is the firs...read more
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Find the Next Greater Element for each element in a list of integers.
• Iterate through the list of integers from right to left.

• Use a stack to keep track of elements whose NGE is yet to be found.

• Pop elements from the stack until a greater element is found or the stack is empty.

• Assign the NGE as the top element of the stack or -1 if the stack is empty.
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Q1. Why r u looking job
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Q2. What is sales and why you need this
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Sales is the process of selling products or services to customers in exchange for money or other forms of compensation.
• Sales involves identifying potential customers, understanding their needs, and persuading them to make a purchase.

• Building relationships with customers is crucial in sales to ensure repeat business and referrals.

• Sales executives need strong communication and negotiation skills to effectively close deal...read more
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Q3. And what is your last salary package
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Quantiative Aptitude

Q1. Questions related to basic DSA, Searching, sorting, SQL Queries based on aggregate functions, Basic puzzle (GFG)
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Q1. Resume based, Discussion about projects mentioned on the resume.
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Q1. Strength, Weakness,
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Q1. Introduction qualification hobbies
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Q1. Introduction , qualification,hobbies
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Q1. Past experiences, family background
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