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Moderate
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2-4 weeks
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I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Jun 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Strategies leetcode,pandas,

Round 2 - Behavioral interview 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Premium calculation in options
  • Q2. Backtesting strategies

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Q1. Clarification about what CPI stands(Is it the same as Grade Point Average?)
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Very hard, 2 hard leetcode questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Citadel Software Developer interview:
  • dynamic programming

Software Developer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Maximum Subarray Sum Problem Statement Given an array of integers, determine the maximum possible sum of any contiguous subarray within the array. Example: Input: array = [34, -50, 42, 14, -5, 86] Output: 137 Explanation: The maximum sum is... read more
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I applied via Campus Placement

Round 1 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Why do you want to join Citadel?
  • Q2. What’s your career plan?

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Q1. How would you approach the implementation of a new financial product
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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Walk me through your PhD thesis
  • Q2. How did you hear us, why us?

Quantitative Researcher Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Clarification about what CPI stands(Is it the same as Grade Point Average?)
View answer (1)

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 Quantitative Analyst

 (1)

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

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Mar 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Solve 2 problems in codility test

Software Developer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Maximum Subarray Sum Problem Statement Given an array of integers, determine the maximum possible sum of any contiguous subarray within the array. Example: Input: array = [34, -50, 42, 14, -5, 86] Output: 137 Explanation: The maximum sum is... read more
View answer (42)

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I was interviewed before Sep 2016.

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Interview was scheduled in Grab Job consultancy. In that, a class room, where we all asked to sit and interviewer was sitting in front and asked to speak one by one on the topic traffic situation in Hyderabad.
Tips: Just speak once two to three lines. Don't rush to speak. Take ur time and don't try speak repeatedly.
Duration: 35 minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: System based test. Easy question from java , c, data structure.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Not held because already we got too late.

Skills: Proficiency In English, Basic Coding
College Name: Medak College of engineering

I was interviewed in Mar 2017.

Interview Questionnaire 

5 Questions

  • Q1. Oops concepts in Java?
  • Ans. 

    Oops concepts in Java

    • Encapsulation - hiding implementation details

    • Inheritance - reusing code and creating parent-child relationships

    • Polymorphism - multiple forms of a method or object

    • Abstraction - creating abstract classes and interfaces

    • Example: Encapsulation - using private variables and public methods

    • Example: Inheritance - creating a subclass that inherits from a superclass

    • Example: Polymorphism - using method overloa...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Altering columns in Databases?
  • Ans. 

    Altering columns in databases involves modifying the structure of a table by adding, deleting or modifying columns.

    • Use ALTER TABLE statement to modify columns

    • Add new columns using ADD COLUMN

    • Delete columns using DROP COLUMN

    • Modify columns using MODIFY COLUMN

    • Changing column data type may result in data loss

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Asked some queries in SQL
  • Q4. Reversing a number in java?
  • Ans. 

    Reversing a number in Java

    • Convert the number to a string

    • Use StringBuilder to reverse the string

    • Convert the reversed string back to a number

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. Extracting words from a line in java?
  • Ans. 

    To extract words from a line in Java, split the line using whitespace as delimiter.

    • Use the split() method of String class

    • Pass the whitespace regex as argument to split() method

    • Iterate over the resulting array to get individual words

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Started with the question "Tell me about yourself". Asked me about Core Java. Asked to solve some questions related to Java and SQL.
Tips: Be prepared with high knowledge in Java, Data Structures and SQL.

Skills: Java Programming, Data Strrutures, SQL
College Name: IIITDM Jabalpur

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Capgemini user image Dwarkesh Maheshwari

posted on 23 Sep 2017

I was interviewed in Sep 2017.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Basic c questions and sorting Then about projects

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Basic apti questions
But reasoning was tricky
Tips: Don't waste time
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 32

Round: Technical test
Experience: Basic c question
SQL questions
Tips: Must have deep knowledge in c

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Briefly explain my project and then successfully answerd questions asked
Tips: Complete knowledge of your project

College Name: KIET

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. What is the advantage of generic collection, when and why we should approach for that?
  • Ans. 

    Generic collections provide type safety and reusability in software development.

    • Generic collections allow us to store and manipulate objects of any type in a type-safe manner.

    • They provide compile-time type checking, reducing the chances of runtime errors.

    • They promote code reusability by allowing the same collection to be used with different types.

    • Generic collections improve performance by eliminating the need for boxin...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: It was and off campus drive, first round was written test on computer as MCQ.
Aptitude, reasoning, English and programming sudo codes.
60 questions 90 minutes.
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Total Questions: 60

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: It was a very interesting round, we were given sufficient time to think about topic.
First we were asked to speak individually on the topic ,later panel member asked is to make same topic as debate.
Tips: Don't sit silent, if you are not getting a chance to speak, you can interrupt to the people and seek a chance to put your point.
Duration: 30 minutes

Round: Technical + HR Interview
Tips: Be confident and tell the exact you know, don't try make customised concepts.
Try to drag interviewer towards the fields of your strength.

I was interviewed before Jun 2016.

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. Tell me something about yourself
  • Ans. 

    I am a passionate software developer with 5 years of experience in web development and a strong background in computer science.

    • 5 years of experience in web development

    • Strong background in computer science

    • Passionate about software development

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Questions related to project I have worked on during college days
  • Q3. Core Java concepts
  • Q4. Why do you use two mobile numbers
  • Ans. 

    To separate personal and professional calls, and to ensure availability and accessibility.

    • Separate personal and professional calls

    • Ensure availability and accessibility

    • Maintain work-life balance

    • Avoid mixing personal and work-related contacts

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Total Questions: 60

College Name: Watumull Institute Of Electronics Engineering And Computer Technology ( WIEECT )
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