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Updated 12 Oct 2023

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Lead Software Engineer Interview Questions

user image Vidya Holla

posted on 12 Oct 2023

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Oct 2022.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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2

Coding Test Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Hacker rank test
  • Q2. General hacker rank test
3

Coding Test Round

General coding round. Face to Face

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via campus placement at BRACT's Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology, Pune and was interviewed in Oct 2024.

1 Interview Round

1

One-on-one Round (4 Questions)

  • Q1. What is polymorphism
  • Q2. Find missing number from nth number array.
  • Q3. Explain inheritance and it types
  • Q4. Find 2nd max elements from aaray

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Duration
-
Result
-

2 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Check if the linked list is palindrome or not
  • Q2. C string questions
2

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Operating systems questions
  • Q2. Linked list and system design question

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Duration
-
Result
-

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Data structure algorithm questions related to various scenarios
  • Q2. DS Algo related questions which revolved around different scenarios

Software Engineer Interview Questions

Sandvine user image Sourabh Kamate

posted on 29 Aug 2024

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via campus placement at RV College Of Engineering (RVCE) and was interviewed in Jul 2024.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

It includes two DSA questions and some aptitude questions

2

One-on-one Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. Introduce yourself
  • Q2. Give the maximum element at any point of time for after pop and push
  • Q3. Reverse a string
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Mar 2024.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. DSA based questions. Mostly on Trees, Linked List and sorting
  • Q2. Object Oriented programming
2

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. DSA based, medium level questions
  • Q2. Operating System
3

Behavioral Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic behavioural questions
  • Q2. Tell me one thing that you're proud of

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be good at programming and logics. Share your thought process with interviewer. Cover OOPs and OS to a good extent.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Duration
-
Result
-

3 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

Difficult online round

2

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Arrays from neetcode
  • Q2. Linked list from neetcode
3

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Trees in neet code
  • Q2. Trees in leet code

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Duration
-
Result
-

2 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Java basics , oops , spring
2

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Manger round basics behavior
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jan 2024.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (12 Questions)

  • Q1. Find the min and max from List of Integers using java 8 streams.
  • Q2. Find 2nd largest element using java 8 streams from list of integers.
  • Q3. Given a Product class and some ArrayList data Find which products has price greater than 200 using java 8 streams?. Find which products having maximum price?
  • Q4. Increase a value of List of Integers by *2 and written new list.
  • Q5. What are the java new features?
  • Q6. @Components vs @Repository
  • Q7. @SpringBootApplication
  • Q8. @Entity explain?
  • Q9. How the database is configure?
  • Q10. What is Dockerfile?
  • Q11. Explain CI CD and your project deployment.
  • Q12. What is mutable classes in java? How to create?
2

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Yet to sChedule

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Duration
-
Result
-

2 Interview Rounds

1

HR Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Salary expectation .
  • Q2. Why should I hire you?
2

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Mendix Advanced questions.
  • Q2. Everything which you mentioned in your resume.

Cisco Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cisco Lead Software Engineer interview?
Cisco interview process usually has 3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cisco interview process are Coding Test and Resume Shortlist.
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