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Updated 20 Jan 2025

Top Avalara Technologies Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

  • Q1. Merge K Sorted Arrays You have been given ‘K’ different arrays/lists, which are sorted individually (in ascending order). You need to merge all the given arrays/list such ...read more
  • Q2. System Design Question Low-level design of how to store contacts in the 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
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 
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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
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.

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Skills evaluated in this interview

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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

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

Avalara Technologies interview questions for designations

 Senior Software Engineer

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 Software Developer

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 Senior Software Developer

 (1)

 Softwaretest Engineer

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 Data Engineer

 (1)

 Manual Test Engineer

 (1)

 Senior Engineer

 (1)

I was interviewed before May 2021.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 90 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

  • Q1. Merge K Sorted Arrays

    You have been given ‘K’ different arrays/lists, which are sorted individually (in ascending order). You need to merge all the given arrays/list such that the output array/list should ...

  • 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. System Design Question

    Low-level design of how to store contacts in the 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

Get interview-ready with Top Avalara Technologies Interview Questions

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 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
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Sep 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. Explain OOPS concept and how you apply it in your implementation
  • Ans. 

    OOPS is a programming paradigm based on the concept of objects, which can contain data in the form of fields and code in the form of procedures.

    • OOPS focuses on the concept of classes and objects

    • Encapsulation: bundling data and methods that operate on the data within a single unit

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

    • Polymorphism: ability to present the same interface for diffe...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Difference between Comparable and Comparator. Difference between Abstract Class and Interface
  • Ans. 

    Comparable is an interface used for natural ordering, Comparator is an interface used for custom ordering. Abstract class can have method implementations, Interface cannot.

    • Comparable interface is used to define the natural ordering of objects. Example: String class implements Comparable interface for natural ordering based on alphabetical order.

    • Comparator interface is used to define custom ordering of objects. Example:...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Given a string. Find the number of occurrences of each character
  • Ans. 

    Count occurrences of each character in a given string

    • Create an array to store the count of each character

    • Iterate through the string and increment the count of each character in the array

    • Return the array with counts for each character

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Given an array. Remove the number of duplicates
  • Ans. 

    Remove duplicates from an array of strings

    • Iterate through the array and store each element in a set to keep track of unique values

    • Create a new array with the unique values from the set

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. Given a student object having name and grade data variables. Sort the object on the basis of highest grade.

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic java fundamentals
  • Q2. Spring boot,sql
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Some technical questions from manager
  • Q2. Some challenges or scenario based questions
Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Salary discussion mostly
  • Q2. Benifts that they offer with TR
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed in Oct 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Sliding window based question
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Java, JS, SQL based questions
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Reasons to switch , motivation , salary discussion

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?

Some of the top questions asked at the Avalara Technologies Software Engineer interview -

  1. Find max square area in a binary mat...read more
  2. Find longest increasing sequence in a mat...read more
  3. Given an infinite array stream having a unknown number being repeated after a c...read more

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