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Updated 20 Jan 2025

Top Avalara Technologies Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

  • Q1. Merge K Sorted Arrays Problem Statement Given 'K' different arrays that are individually sorted in ascending order, merge all these arrays into a single array that is al ...read more
  • Q2. What is the low-level design for storing contacts in a phone book?
  • Q3. Find max square area in a binary matrix
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Avalara Technologies Software Engineer Interview Experiences

7 interviews found

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via campus placement at Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru and was interviewed in Aug 2024. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Basic questions about matching picture,etc.

Round 2 - Coding Test 

There were 3 coding questions in the test

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What are html tags
  • Ans. 

    HTML tags are used to define the structure and content of a web page.

    • HTML tags are enclosed in angle brackets, like .

    • They are used to format text, insert images, create links, etc.

    • Examples include

      for paragraphs, for images, for links.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Sql joins abd dbms queries
Round 4 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Where do u live
  • Ans. 

    I live in a cozy apartment in downtown Seattle.

    • I live in downtown Seattle

    • My apartment is cozy

    • I enjoy the urban lifestyle

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Why you want to join the company
  • Ans. 

    I am impressed by the company's innovative projects and collaborative work culture.

    • Impressed by innovative projects

    • Attracted to collaborative work culture

    • Excited about potential for growth and learning opportunities

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

I applied via Approached by Company

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Coding test was fine, 3 questions were there of DSA (basic to intermediate)

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

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Nov 2023. 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 - Coding Test 

Basic aptitude related test + 1 DSA question

Round 3 - Behavioral 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Given an infinite array stream having a unknown number being repeated after a certain index. Find the index after which that number repetition starts.
  • Ans. 

    Find the index after which a number repetition starts in an infinite array stream.

    • Iterate through the array stream and keep track of the numbers encountered.

    • Once a number is repeated, return the index of the first occurrence of the repeated number.

    • Use a hash set or a dictionary to efficiently check for duplicates.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Other basic questions like: how’s your normal day at work, rate yourself on Frontend and backend development, and the legendary question “Why should we hire you”

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Even though I initially could not understand the question properly, at last I solved it using binary search and the interviewer was convinced. Was not selected because I think the person did not like my answer to his legendary question: Why should i hire you?
So be ready for behavioural questions also.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
6-8 weeks
Result
No response

I was interviewed in Dec 2023.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Easy level standrad questions from leetcode or geeks

Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Experience at prev company
  • Ans. 

    I have 3 years of experience at my previous company working on developing web applications using Java and Spring framework.

    • Developed web applications using Java and Spring framework

    • Collaborated with team members to design and implement new features

    • Participated in code reviews and testing processes

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Tech discussion
Round 3 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Asked on Java Oops
  • Q2. Asked a DSA problem
  • Q3. Asked to write a SQL query

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I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Jul 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Online coding test in hackerrank. There were 2 coding questions and both were hard level.

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Find max square area in a binary matrix
  • Ans. 

    Find the maximum area of a square in a binary matrix.

    • Iterate through the matrix and for each cell, calculate the maximum square area that can be formed with that cell as the top-left corner.

    • Use dynamic programming to store the maximum square area at each cell.

    • Keep track of the maximum area encountered so far and return it as the result.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Find longest increasing sequence in a matrix
  • Ans. 

    Find longest increasing sequence in a matrix

    • Iterate through each element in the matrix

    • For each element, check its neighbors to find the longest increasing sequence

    • Keep track of the longest sequence found so far

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Questions of resume line by line.
  • Q2. Questions on docker, kubernetes, etc.

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Avalara Technologies Software Engineer interview:
  • Data Structures
  • Algorithms
  • Resume
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be too good at Data structures and algorithms, practice more and more leetcode hard problems.

Ready to give answers for every line of your resume.

Skills evaluated in this interview

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I was interviewed before May 2021.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 90 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

  • Q1. 

    Merge K Sorted Arrays Problem Statement

    Given 'K' different arrays that are individually sorted in ascending order, merge all these arrays into a single array that is also sorted in ascending order.

    Inpu...

  • Ans. Sorting

     

    1. Create an output array ‘RESULT’.
    2. Traverse all the given arrays from start to end and insert all the elements in the output array ‘RESULT’.
    3. Sort the ‘RESULT’ and return it.
    Space Complexity: O(2^n)Explanation:

    O(N * K), Where ‘K’ is the number of arrays and ‘N’ is the average number of elements in every array.

     

    We are using an array/list of size O(N * K) to store all the elements of the ‘K’ arrays/lists. T...

  • Answered Anonymously
Round 2 - Video Call 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

  • Q1. What is the low-level design for storing contacts in a phone book?
  • Ans. 

    used trie data structure to save contact data.

  • Answered Anonymously

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI applied for the job as Software Engineer in PuneEligibility criteriaNo criteriaAvalara interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Data Structures, Algorithms, OOPs, Computer Networks,Operating SystemTime required to prepare for the interview - 6 MonthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Stay Focused 
Tip 2 : practice as much as you can.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : keep it a single page
Tip 2 : add about the project which you know about and have actually worked on

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

Software Engineer Jobs at Avalara Technologies

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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jan 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. 2 rounds + 1 HR. 1st round was fairly easy with questions ranging from writing a program to convert INT number to STRING words.. and to the use of Encapsulation in OOPS etc. Resume based questions were als...
  • Q2. 2nd Round was bar raiser round where every detail of Computer Science as a subject was tested. Questions on probabilistic Data Structures were asked. Java iterators and streaming APIs were asked and I was ...

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be thorough with your resume and have some good projects in place. The interviewers didn't expect a perfect solution in the second round (bar raiser) but focused more upon the approach to solve the problem. THINK OUT LOUD. Even if you don't know the solution, try out the problem by asking for more details and starting with a rough idea. Explain the solution before starting to code.

Interview questions from similar companies

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Jul 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

A dsa question is asked in exam

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What are pillars of Oops?
  • Ans. 

    The pillars of Oops are Inheritance, Encapsulation, Polymorphism, and Abstraction.

    • Inheritance allows a class to inherit properties and behavior from another class.

    • Encapsulation restricts access to certain components within a class, protecting the data from outside interference.

    • Polymorphism allows objects to be treated as instances of their parent class, enabling flexibility in code.

    • Abstraction hides the complex impleme...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Given an array, print k number of most repeating integers
  • Ans. 

    Print k most repeating integers from an array

    • Create a hashmap to store the frequency of each integer in the array

    • Sort the hashmap based on frequency in descending order

    • Print the first k keys from the sorted hashmap

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for UKG Software Engineer interview:
  • OOPS
  • SQL
  • DSA

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Container with most water
  • Ans. 

    The container with most water problem involves finding the maximum area that can be formed between two vertical lines by selecting two points on a line.

    • Start with two pointers at the beginning and end of the array.

    • Calculate the area between the two pointers using the formula min(height[left], height[right]) * (right - left).

    • Move the pointer with the smaller height towards the center to potentially increase the area.

    • Rep

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Maximum subarray with 0 sum
  • Ans. 

    Find the maximum subarray with a sum of 0 in an array.

    • Iterate through the array and keep track of the running sum.

    • Store the running sum in a hashmap along with the index.

    • If the running sum is seen again, the subarray between the two occurrences has a sum of 0.

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

4 questions been asked in coding test

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. DSA been asked in the interview
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. How do u deal with the members who are having conflict of interest
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Avalara Technologies Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Avalara Technologies Software Engineer interview?
Avalara Technologies interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Avalara Technologies interview process are Coding Test, Technical and HR.
How to prepare for Avalara Technologies 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 Avalara Technologies. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Avalara Technologies expect are SQL, C#, Python, Javascript and Computer science.
What are the top questions asked in Avalara Technologies Software Engineer interview?

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