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Software Engineer II Interview Questions & Answers

Anonymous

posted on 25 Oct 2022

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Oct 2021. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist

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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 - HR

(2 Questions)

Q1. Reason for a Job change

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Q2. Requested a Counter Offer

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Round 3 - Technical

(2 Questions)

Q1. Explain VoLTE call from Packet core point of view?

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VoLTE call from Packet core point of view

VoLTE call is initiated by the UE and goes through the RAN to the packet core
Packet core performs authentication, authorization, and routing of the call
Media is transported over the IP network using RTP/UDP protocol
Packet core also handles QoS and policy enforcement for the call

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Q2. Why was CUPS introduced as part of Release-14?

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CUPS was introduced in Release-14 to provide a common printing system for Unix-like operating systems.

CUPS stands for Common Unix Printing System.
It was introduced to replace the traditional Unix printing system LPD.
CUPS provides a modular and extensible printing system that can support a variety of printers and print job formats.
It also includes a web-based administration interface for managing printers and print jobs...

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Round 4 - Coding Test

Python script to perform ssh to vms and get some stats

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Honest answers help you to crack the interview. Be confident with what you say

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Software Engineer II - NSO Engineering

Bangalore / Bengaluru

2-7 Yrs

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Juniper Networks

Anonymous

posted on 20 Aug 2021

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Feb 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire

5 Questions

Q1. Programing in C on linked list

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Programming in C on linked list

Understand the concept of linked list and its implementation in C
Allocate memory dynamically using malloc()
Use pointers to traverse and manipulate the linked list
Handle edge cases such as empty list and deleting nodes
Avoid memory leaks by freeing allocated memory

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Q2. OS Concepts

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Q3. Memory layout in C

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Memory layout in C refers to how variables are stored in memory.

Variables are allocated memory based on their data type
Memory is divided into stack and heap
Pointers store memory addresses
Structs store data in contiguous memory locations

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Q4. ARP

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Q5. L2/L3 networking question

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - 2 technical rounds where you should be aware of networking and C programing concepts

Skills evaluated in this interview

Software Engineer II Interview Questions & Answers

Juniper Networks

Anonymous

posted on 30 Nov 2021

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in May 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire

1 Question

Q1. Technical Questions were mainly based on our domain. I am from forwarding domain.So most of the questions were related to packet forwarding in the pipeline.C Programming questions were on Arrays ,Data str...

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Continuous programming practice will help a lot

Software Engineer II Interview Questions & Answers

Dell

posted on 17 Feb 2022

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Feb 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical

(1 Question)

Q1. On basic PLSQL,ORACLE apps and BI publisher

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Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Dell Software Engineer II interview:

PLSQ.,ORACLE APPS,XML REPORTS ,S

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Hello Team, Just be confident and introduce yourself with your name, education details, job experience if you have. Please do look into your resume points before a day of interview as resume is the skeleton of your skill set. Be on time and explain about interviewers question in a simple manner so that he/she can understands the reply. If you are not confident and didn't get any exposure on the question they have asked we can say I haven't get a chance to work on it or I am in learning process. Keep a smile on your face and be thankful to them.

Note down the questions if possible after returning from interview and have a review on questions so that we can overcome the mistakes in future interviews.

Good Luck!

Software Engineer II Interview Questions & Answers

Oracle

Anonymous

posted on 18 Nov 2020

Interview Questionnaire

2 Questions

Q1. LinkedIn system design

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Q2. Questions about python dictionaries and lists

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Software Engineer II Interview Questions & Answers

Dell

Anonymous

posted on 13 Feb 2022

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Jan 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - HR

(3 Questions)

Q1. What are your salary expectations?

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Q2. Share details of your previous job.

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Q3. Tell me about yourself.

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Round 2 - Technical

(1 Question)

Q1. Java string, Resume questions, about projects, went deep into all concepts of java

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Learn java completely.
Asked about simple concepts in java but still tricky.

Software Engineer II Interview Questions & Answers

Dell

Anonymous

posted on 5 Jan 2022

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Jan 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire

2 Questions

Q1. Frontend basics - JS, React, HTML/CSS concepts

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Q2. Basic DSA questions - arrays, strings, etc

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Try to answer to the point and prepare well according to job profile

Software Engineer II Interview Questions & Answers

Oracle

Anonymous

posted on 19 Aug 2022

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Aug 2021. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical

(1 Question)

Q1. Basic Array String Stack based problem solving

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Round 2 - Technical

(1 Question)

Q1. Basic DS Algo questions on Array, Queues, Stacks, and Recusrion. Difficulty should be easy to medium. Basic OOPs language questions.

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Round 3 - Technical

(1 Question)

Q1. Basic OOPs question, SQL queries, and in depth microservices design architecture. Difficulty easy to medium.

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Round 4 - Behavioral

(1 Question)

Q1. Basic questions and project overview, and then salary discussion.

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Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Oracle Software Engineer II interview:

Data Structures
Algorithms
OOPS

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - The above interview process was for Non-OCI teams and that too for backend developer. This cannot be considered as preparation for OCI teams. Nothing was outside of resume.

Software Engineer II Interview Questions & Answers

Dell

Anonymous

posted on 7 Oct 2022

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Sep 2022. 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 - Technical

(1 Question)

Q1. Standard sql questions

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Round 3 - One-on-one

(1 Question)

Q1. General behavioural questions

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Practice sql and python as that was required for the role.

Software Engineer II Interview Questions & Answers

IBM

Anonymous

posted on 15 Oct 2024

Interview experience

Good

Difficulty level

Moderate

Process Duration

Less than 2 weeks

Result

No response

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Sep 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test

A HackerRank Test with 2 Coding question of easy and medium difficulty7

Round 2 - Technicl Interview

(2 Questions)

Q1. Questions on Java Core - streams api, features of java 8, multithreading, task scheduling, cron job, spring boot main annotations, global exception handling,

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Q2. MySQL Query, questions around basics of Angular

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - DSA is not asked for SDE or SDE2 roles in IBM, focus is primarily on development, kind of project one worked on, behavioural and situation based questions.

Cisco Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cisco Software Engineer II interview?

Cisco interview process usually has 4 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cisco interview process are Technical, Coding Test and Resume Shortlist.

How to prepare for Cisco Software Engineer II 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 Cisco. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Cisco expect are Data Structures and Algorithms, Python, UNIX, Automation Testing and Cisco.

What are the top questions asked in Cisco Software Engineer II interview?

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