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Updated 9 Feb 2024

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Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Design a flash sale kind of a system
  • Ans. 

    A flash sale system is designed to offer limited-time discounts on products or services to create urgency and drive sales.

    • Create a platform where customers can browse and purchase discounted products or services within a specified time frame

    • Implement a countdown timer to create a sense of urgency

    • Ensure a limited quantity of items available to increase demand

    • Notify customers about upcoming flash sales through email or p...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Round on achieving concurrency control through various forms of database support for reserving some quantity of an item on an e-commerce site

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1 Question

  • Q1. About database locks and engines

I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed in Jun 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Sort an array
  • Ans. 

    Sorts an array of strings in ascending order.

    • Use a sorting algorithm like bubble sort, selection sort, or merge sort.

    • Compare adjacent elements and swap them if they are in the wrong order.

    • Repeat the process until the array is sorted.

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - good experience overall.

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Mar 2020. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Previous work profile details like TAT, Quality and production rate, initiative taken for process development, about the profile applied for and few general questions.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - 1) Be confident
2) Give details about your Previous job in a simple way so that they can understand
3) Don’t lie
4) Be optimistic

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Tell me about your self

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Aug 2021. There were 2 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 - Assignment 

E-commerce

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Work from home Jobs so I am software engineer Java

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
  • Ans. 

    I am a software engineer with experience in developing web applications and a passion for problem-solving.

    • Experienced in developing web applications using languages such as Java, Python, and JavaScript

    • Proficient in using frameworks such as Spring, Django, and React

    • Skilled in problem-solving and troubleshooting

    • Strong communication and collaboration skills

    • Passionate about learning new technologies and keeping up with ind

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  • Q2. Walk me through your resume
  • Ans. 

    I have experience in software development and have worked on various projects using different technologies.

    • Started my career as a software developer at XYZ company

    • Developed web applications using Java and Spring framework

    • Worked on a project for a client in the healthcare industry, developing a patient management system

    • Implemented RESTful APIs using Node.js and Express

    • Contributed to open source projects on GitHub

    • Current...

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  • Q3. Some logical puzzles
  • Q4. Some case studies

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: They look for entrepreneur enthusiasm in the candidate.

Round: Interview
Experience: There were three interview rounds.

General Tips: In the ascending order of importance, the role of following in getting shortlisted:
1 CGPA
2 Academic Achievements
3 Technical Skills example coding etc.
4 Internships
5 Projects
6 PoRs
7 Extra, co-curricular activities
Skill Tips: Prepare yourself by going through everything on LAN and on the placement website (study material). 
Also, attended the soft skills workshop.
College Name: IIT MADRAS

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Tips: Prepare well.

Round: Interview
Tips: The Basics should be good.

Round: Interview
Experience: The Advanced level.

General Tips: Just be yourself. Maintain a good CGPA. Focus as much as you can on internships. They Matter a big deal.
Skills: Adobe Photoshop, Quantitative Ability, Logical Reasoning, Data Interpretation
College Name: IIT KHARAGPUR
Motivation: One of the best companies to work for. Great growth.

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed before Jul 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. DS Algo Questions on Trees. Leadership Principles

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Read up on DS Algo and white paper coding and Leadership Principles

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. What is a Tree/binary search tree, How to perform add, delete operation in BST, whats the time complexity, asked to write complete code on paper
  • Ans. 

    BST is a binary tree where left child is smaller and right child is greater. Add/delete ops maintain this property.

    • BST is a data structure used for searching, sorting, and storing data

    • Add operation: Traverse the tree and find the appropriate position to insert the new node

    • Delete operation: Find the node to be deleted, replace it with its inorder successor or predecessor, and delete the successor/predecessor node

    • Time co...

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  • Q2. Make a copy of linked list with a random pointer pointing to random node in the linked list, asked to write pseudo code for it
  • Ans. 

    Copy a linked list with random pointers to random nodes in the list.

    • Create a new node for each node in the original list

    • Map the original nodes to their corresponding new nodes

    • Copy the value of the original node to the new node

    • Copy the random pointer of the original node to the new node using the mapping created earlier

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  • Q3. Some SQL basic sql queries

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: On the basis of CV they shortlisted approx 30 candidates for SDE position.
Tips: Must verify your CV from your seniors/batchmates.  
Include all the projects, intern work or hall activities or anything you have done on your own which is related to or interest of company. If you know any back-end/front-end (javascript, php, mysql etc) language do mention. I think the cv shortlist was completely based on previous work and technical skills related to Web Development/Design mentioned in the CV.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I had one interview for approx. an hour, it includes both Technical and HR round, well mostly technical. Interview starts with tell me something about yourself.  Asked in detailed about algorithms/web based projects mentioned in CV, make sure that whatever you have written you have complete knowledge about it. Asked to code few basic algorithms questions. Do mention about small project if you have done related to web development.
If interviewer says if you want to ask any question, its always better to ask one or two question.
Tips: Prepare tell me something about yourself way before your placement starts, a month or so. Write it down on a piece of paper, keep it to less than 120 sec, 90-100 sec is good. 
A basic format would be like, your introduction, schooling (doesn't matter but if you have something good to say about), give an overview of your project/work experience mentioned in your CV.  
You should cover all the necessary and important parts written in your cv in this question. If something interest the interviewer your interview can start from those topic you mentioned.
Just make sure whatever you have written in your CV, you have full knowledge of it. Interviewer is going to take you from summary of the project to how you have actually coded some particular function or stored data.
Interviewer will give you enough time to think and give answer, so don't just be in hurry and say anything randomly.
While writing code keep telling what you are doing, just don't sit and code silently, interviewer might say and give hints if you are doing it wrong.
Ask question if you have any doubt, or to frame the question properly. Cause most of the time questions are of one line and you're suppose to assume a lot of things so its better to ask questions and get it clarified, it may happens that interviewer wants to ask something else and you are solving something else.
If you don't know something its better to say no.

General Tips: Interviewer wanna see how you think and if you can code or not, so take your time, think properly, keep telling what you are thinking, interviewer will probably gives hints/help you to solve the problem.
Skills: SQL, Algorithms, Data Strucutre, C++, PHP
College Name: IIT Kharagpur
Motivation: Interested in coding, love web development stuffs.

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BigBasket Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in BigBasket Senior Principal Engineer interview?
BigBasket interview process usually has 1 rounds. The most common rounds in the BigBasket interview process are Technical.
How to prepare for BigBasket Senior Principal 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 BigBasket. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at BigBasket expect are Backend, Data Modeling, Linux Administration, Logistics and MySQL.
What are the top questions asked in BigBasket Senior Principal Engineer interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the BigBasket Senior Principal Engineer interview -

  1. Design a flash sale kind of a sys...read more
  2. Round on achieving concurrency control through various forms of database suppor...read more

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