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Data Analyst Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 12 Aug 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jul 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Group Discussion 

Hybrid Work 90 sec to speak

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Related to resume and experience

Data Analyst Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Suppose there is a room in the office and X people enter room throughout the day, Y people leave throughout the day [continuously people are entering the room, some are staying there, and rest are going out] .. so tell me the code to calcul... read more
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Business Analyst Interview Questions & Answers

user image Jayanthi Ka

posted on 15 Apr 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
6-8 weeks
Result
Selected Selected
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Manager level Regarding your experience and overall work
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Stakeholder will ask about critical thinking and problem solving
Round 3 - Coding Test 

Case study done on your project

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Q1. You have 10 boxes of balls (each ball weighing exactly10 gm) with one box with defective balls (each one of the defective balls weigh 9 gm). You are given an electronic weighing machine and only one chance at it. How will you find out which... read more
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I applied via Campus Placement

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions on c/c++ concepts
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Question on doubly linked list
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Manegerial round - why cisco

Software Engineer Intern Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Check if Two Trees are Mirror Given two arbitrary binary trees, your task is to determine whether these two trees are mirrors of each other. Explanation: Two trees are considered mirror of each other if: The roots of both the trees are the... read more
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Standard Easy/Medium Leetcode was asked.

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. A basic system design question was asked.
Round 3 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions about my current company and project.

Top Cisco Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Row Of A Matrix With Maximum OnesYou are given a 2D matrix (containing either ‘0’ or ‘1’) of size N x M, where each row is in sorted order. Find the 0-based index of the first row that has the maximum number of 1's. For example : For given ... read more
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Q1. Bridge and torch problem : Four people come to a river in the night. There is a narrow bridge, but it can only hold two people at a time. They have one torch and, because it's night, the torch has to be used when crossing the bridge. Person... read more
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Python, alogrithms, data science
Round 2 - Coding Test 

Python 45 mins, OOPS Concepts, SQL

Data Scientist Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Special Sum of ArrayYou have been given an array/list ‘arr’ of length ‘N’, which contains single digit elements at every index. Your task is to return the sum of all elements of the array. But the final sum should also be a single digit. To... read more
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Apr 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

50 marks in 60 minutes

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Introduce Your self
  • Q2. Why you want to join our company

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - It was overall hard for me

Graduate Apprentice Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. What are the different types of inheritance in Java, and can you explain the concept of interfaces? Additionally, code editor link was paste where I had to code and execute the code for interfaces .
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Easy to medium level questions were asked to write

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What are oops, explain
  • Ans. 

    Object-oriented programming concepts that focus on objects and classes for code organization and reusability.

    • Encapsulation: bundling data and methods that operate on the data into a single unit (class)

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

    • Polymorphism: ability to present the same interface for different data types

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  • Q2. Call be value, call by reference

Top Cisco Software Developer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Apple PickupAlice always loves to visit her garden and collect apples. The garden can be represented in the form of ‘N’ * ’N’ grid say ‘MATRIX’, where each cell of the grid can have one of the possible values: 1 -> The cell contains an a... read more
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Q1. Maximum Subarray SumGiven an array of numbers, find the maximum sum of any contiguous subarray of the array. For example, given the array [34, -50, 42, 14, -5, 86], the maximum sum would be 137, since we would take elements 42, 14, -5, and ... read more
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. About basic coding questions
Round 2 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Ask About projects
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic hr questions

Graduate Apprentice Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. What are the different types of inheritance in Java, and can you explain the concept of interfaces? Additionally, code editor link was paste where I had to code and execute the code for interfaces .
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Code DB Transactions like rollback

Information Security Analyst Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. What is vulnerability management? How do Vulnerability scanners work? What is OWASP top 10? What is SQL injection? How to mitigate SQLi attacks? What is XSS? How to mitigate XSS attacks? What is MITRE framework? What is Cyber-kill chain? Wh... read more
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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via campus placement at CMR College of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad and was interviewed in Mar 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Computer network, os, database 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Routers relies in which layer?
  • Ans. 

    Routers operate at the network layer (Layer 3) of the OSI model.

    • Routers forward data packets between networks based on IP addresses

    • They make decisions based on routing tables

    • Routers are essential for connecting different networks together

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  • Q2. Dns types used in routing?
  • Ans. 

    DNS types used in routing include A, AAAA, CNAME, and MX records.

    • A record: Maps a domain name to an IPv4 address

    • AAAA record: Maps a domain name to an IPv6 address

    • CNAME record: Maps an alias domain name to the canonical domain name

    • MX record: Specifies the mail servers responsible for receiving email for a domain

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Mostly questions on Computer networks likw layers.
  • Q2. Diff between udp and tcp
  • Ans. 

    UDP is connectionless and unreliable, while TCP is connection-oriented and reliable.

    • UDP stands for User Datagram Protocol

    • TCP stands for Transmission Control Protocol

    • UDP is faster but less reliable

    • TCP is slower but more reliable, as it ensures delivery of data packets

    • UDP is used for streaming media, online gaming, and VoIP

    • TCP is used for web browsing, email, file transfer

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be good in computer network and projects

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Top Cisco Technical Consulting Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Problem SolvingThere were 2 Problems from which we were asked to go with one.The one I had selected was:Given the challenges that exist in our country, using possible sensor data from future cars, derive solutions that can help reduce the c... read more
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Technical Consulting Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Problem SolvingThere were 2 Problems from which we were asked to go with one.The one I had selected was:Given the challenges that exist in our country, using possible sensor data from future cars, derive solutions that can help reduce the c... read more
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Cisco Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cisco interview?
Cisco interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cisco interview process are Technical, Coding Test and One-on-one Round.
How to prepare for Cisco 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 Python, cisco, Cisco, Linux Administration and Computer Networking.
What are the top questions asked in Cisco interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Cisco interview -

  1. 1.Two routers are connected,Ospf is enabled but link is down, what are the spec...read more
  2. In a tournament with N teams, where in one team can play only one match per day...read more
  3. What are the new flags which RSTP BPDU's introduc...read more
How long is the Cisco interview process?

The duration of Cisco interview process can vary, but typically it takes about less than 2 weeks to complete.

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