Bank of America Securities Interview Questions and Answers for Freshers

There was basic GD topic

Q1. Google form was shared in which 15 questions were there and 3 were apti questions (work ,time ,speed) and others were from java programming and the time given was 2 hours.
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Q1. In this only you will be asked theoretical questions like DBMS, JAVA, Programming, Your Project for programming he will ask only logic and will not ask you to code.
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Q1. Count the number of words and their frequency
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Count the number of words and their frequency
• Split the given text into words using whitespace as delimiter

• Create a dictionary to store the word frequency

• Iterate through each word and update the frequency in the dictionary

• Return the dictionary with word frequency
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Q2. Count frequency of characters.
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Count the frequency of characters in a given string.
• Iterate through the string and use a hash map to store the count of each character.

• Initialize the count of each character to 0 and increment it as you encounter the character.

• Finally, iterate through the hash map to get the frequency of each character.
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Q3. Reversing the array
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Reverses an array of strings
• Use a loop to iterate through half of the array

• Swap the elements at the current index with the corresponding element from the end of the array
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Q4. Implementing the comparator function for sorting
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Implementing the comparator function for sorting an array of strings.
• Use the built-in sort() function in most programming languages.

• Define a custom comparator function that compares two strings.

• Return a negative value if the first string should come before the second, a positive value if it should come after, and 0 if they are equal.

• Example: ['apple', 'banana', 'cherry'] can be sorted in alphabetical order using the co
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Topic: Online vs Offline Education.

They gave us 8 coding problems and instructed us to solve 5 within a time limit of 1 hour and 30 minutes; all problems were from the easy and medium on LeetCode.

Q1. Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA), time complexity, and the explanation of code written during the coding round.
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Q2. Question from the Core java.
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Q1. In-depth question from DSA like implement linked-list and stack, questions from Tree and linear and binary search.
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Q2. Explanation of college projects and questions from resume.
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Q1. Simple HR questions.
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Aptitude test was the mixture of common aptitude questions along with sql, basic javascript and java language basic questions and couple of simple coding questions like febinachi series, palindrom pattern etc .

Q1. They started from basic of java and some frameworks like springboot and then moved to advance of these topics.
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Q2. Springboot annotations Opps concept run-time and compile time polimorphisam SQL quesries for Select and Joins
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Q1. Level 2 interview from the same topics along with abstraction and interface Constructor overriding is possible or not? dependency injection
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Q2. Ways to create object in java.
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Objects in Java can be created using the 'new' keyword, constructors, and factory methods.
• Use the 'new' keyword followed by the class name to create an object

• Objects can also be created using constructors to initialize the object's state

• Factory methods can be used to create objects without exposing the instantiation logic
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Mostly Excel based, and they see if your answers are logical or not!

If you have visualization like PowerBi or Tableau Project then they will ask to explain and share details!

Q1. What you know about mensa and all!
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Mensa is an international high IQ society that provides a forum for intellectual exchange among its members.
• Mensa was founded in 1946 in the UK by Roland Berrill and Dr. Lance Ware.

• To join Mensa, individuals must score in the top 2% of the general population on a standardized intelligence test.

• Mensa has members in more than 100 countries around the world.

• The organization hosts various events, gatherings, and activities...read more
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Asked about the SQL and python.

Q1. Told about the Offered role responsibilities.
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Q2. Ask about the previous work experience.
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Q1. The interview emphasized team collaboration and work ethics, with a particular focus on my overall work experience at my previous company.
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Q2. What were your preferences regarding work locations, specifically your views on working from the office (WFO) compared to working from home (WFH)?
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I prefer a mix of both working from the office and working from home.
• I believe in the benefits of face-to-face collaboration and communication that come with working from the office.

• At the same time, I appreciate the flexibility and productivity that working from home offers.

• I think a hybrid approach, where employees have the option to choose between WFO and WFH based on their tasks and preferences, is ideal.

• I have exp...read more
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Q1. Focus was on DS algo and scenario based coding questions
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Q2. Design skills and OS knowledge
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First round was a coding test which has 2 problem solving questions and 3 subjective questions based on C++

Q1. This is also based on problem solving and DSA. A small part will be OS and network.
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More of a subjective round, highly focused on OS, networking and computer architecture.

Q1. This round is with the HM, totally subjective. Highly focused on past experience, current projects etc.
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Q1. HR discussion mostly questions are related to past and current experience.
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