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Updated 14 Oct 2024

Top Citrix Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

  • Q1. Design a Peer-to Peer sharing network like torrent. What all parameters would you like to consider?
  • Q2. According to you, what is the definition of good job?
  • Q3. How many computer languages do you know ?

Citrix Software Engineer Interview Experiences

4 interviews found

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Oct 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Hiring assessment of total 75 minutes

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Some os related questions
  • Q2. Some basic networking questions

Software Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Pranav Bhat Thirthahalli

posted on 3 Dec 2015

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Round 1: Online coding and aptitude test Section
Total time : 60 minutes
Questions{Marks} = 50(+1,-0.5)
Comments : * A few questions on Permutations and Combination and general aptitude * A few questions on Computer Networks and Operating Systems * Many C++ output questions, mainly on OOP * Questions are quite stimulating and these need proper time management, the idea of the concepts need to be at the tip of the tongue ("literaly")
Section 2:
Total Marks : 150
Total questions : 2 ( 100 + 50 )
Programming Languages allowed : All common PLs
Platform : HackerEarth Questions are easy but may require long codes. The output should be properly formatted.Not much algorithms Some 30 people get shortlisted for the interviews, consisting of maximum 4 rounds ( 3 tech + 1 HR).All interviews are elimination rounds

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: ( Tech interview-1):
* Mainly questions on the knowledge of C
* Trust me, one must be really an expert in C syntax, and you must know in and out of C
* Questions on pointers and bit wise arithmetic asked
* Some questions on Operating systems also asked( and these were really thought worthy, like how are interrupt handlers stored )
* Some resume based questions
(Tech interview-2) : Some 15 were shortlisted
*Mainly questions on algorithms
*Really tough questions , on trees and arrays, almost in the Microsoft level
*Should be optimized as possible.
*They describe one of their product, and then ask questions on how to solve some problems.
(Tech interview-3) Some 6 were shortlisted
Selection Procedure
* Interview by the Citrix India R&D Vice-President of Tech division
* Involves mainly resume based questions
* Most questions on Networks and TCP/IP
* Puzzles are also asked.
* You may get chocolates also in this round

Round: HR Interview
Experience: If you get here, it means you are 90% selected(unless you screw it really bad, by saying things like you don't know the company,etc ) *Standard question - Why Citrix ? *They mainly discuss what profile will be offered, and about the compensation and so on.

General Tips: I don't think I have any. In fact I had no aspirations initially to get into this company.In fact I too came to know about the company on the day I got selected into it :p
The only thing I can say is practice. Strengthen your networking and OS concepts Even though you don't need to be in the leader board of CodeChef for this company, you may want to know decent coding, atleast to make it to the interviews.
It was challenging and equally rewarding. I felt that this was a really friendly interview series, and they are quite accommodating and flexible in their questions. Infact even if you miss a question or two, don't worry.
Skill Tips: Forouzan - Data Communication and Networking ,C++ by Djarne Stroustrup HackerEarth and HackerRank Coding Focus more on Networking and OS if you want to get into this company, they don't focus on much of algorithms, since they don't want coders since it is a R&D profile.
Skills:
College Name: NIT Surathkal

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Software Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Yashika Chawla

posted on 28 Mar 2015

Interview Questionnaire 

12 Questions

  • Q1. 3 - 4 data structures based coding questions
  • Q2. Questions on project like problems faced or errors encountered
  • Q3. Memory layout of C programs
  • Ans. 

    The memory layout of C programs refers to how variables and data structures are organized in memory.

    • C programs typically have four main sections in memory: code, data, heap, and stack.

    • The code section contains the compiled program instructions.

    • The data section stores global and static variables.

    • The heap is used for dynamic memory allocation.

    • The stack is used for function calls and local variables.

    • Pointers in C hold mem...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Storage of semaphores and many other questions based on semaphores
  • Q5. Questions based on operating system
  • Q6. The usual first question ..tell me about yourself
  • Q7. What irritates you ?
  • Ans. 

    Inefficiency and lack of organization irritate me.

    • Inefficient code or processes

    • Lack of documentation

    • Disorganized project management

    • Inconsistent coding standards

    • Poor communication within the team

  • Answered by AI
  • Q8. My CPI was 8.69, even then was asked why is it so low , why not 9 or above
  • Q9. Dream company and if you get selected, will you still aspire and study for your dream company
  • Q10. How many computer languages do you know ?
  • Ans. 

    I know multiple computer languages including Java, Python, and C++.

    • Java

    • Python

    • C++

  • Answered by AI
  • Q11. Some situation based questions
  • Q12. Why didn't you get selected in the last company that visited your college ?

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: The type of questions mainly comprised of aptitude, dbms, data structures, operating system, object oriented programming, networking and few basic questions on C programming language.
Tips: For Object Oriented programming  the book entitled as THINKING IN C++ volume 1 by BRUCE EKEL proved to be very useful.For C, read Dennis Ritchie thoroughly atleast twice.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 45 or 50

Round: Problem Statement
Experience: The questions didn't make use of any tough algorithms. The solution too was quite simple but on the contrary there were several test cases which we generally overlook.
Tips: Sometimes practicing tough questions, we stumble across easy ones, so always start learning things from the ground level. Stay calm.

Round: Other Interview
Experience: It was managerial interview and i expressed myself in the best way i could . The interviewer tried to trap me in my own answer but somehow i managed to satisfy him by my answers.
Tips: Stay confident and be yourself.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Initially, i gave naive approach to the solution but the interviewer gave me sometime to improvise the solution and i ended up with solution with log n complexity.
Tips: Practice coding questions based on Data Structures as much as possible but look at the solutions only after the exhaustive attempts of self trials.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: This round was bit tough . To answer the questions on semaphore, you need to have very basic knowledge of the topic.
Tips: System programming book by Richard Stevens provides deep insight of the concepts.Have strong grip on subject knowledge too.

General Tips: 1) Once you kick off a start to practicing coding questions and understanding the concepts, you actually enjoy things.2) Group Study plays a very crucial role. Discuss questions with your friends and your seniors.3) If initially you get bulk of errors in programming questions , don't get disheartened .Try to run the program by compiling each and every line thoroughly and eventually you will end up with successful compilation and that happiness is priceless.
Skill Tips: Have a command on your domain.
Skills: programming Skills, communication skills, Skills to handle the situation.
College Name: NIT ALLAHABAD
Motivation: A software company with software engineer profile  and a good package too and both of them defines my field of interest :P
Funny Moments: when the result was declared with me and my friend both got selected, we both started jumping and crying aloud infront of everyone out there.And at the end when we were given chocolates , there was another box containing t-shirts ..and i was constantly looking there in the hope that soon, we would be given t-shirts too but to the dismay the handed all of them over to the third party :(

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview Questionnaire 

7 Questions

  • Q1. Design a Peer-to Peer sharing network like torrent. What all parameters would you like to consider?
  • Ans. 

    Design a P2P sharing network like torrent

    • Consider the architecture and protocols for file sharing

    • Include mechanisms for file discovery and download

    • Implement a distributed system for efficient data transfer

    • Ensure data integrity and security

    • Handle scalability and load balancing

    • Consider user interface and ease of use

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. You want to retrieve data about cricket players. Search string will be name. Also, we want first players having first 10/10000 hits. What data structures will you use to store data?
  • Q3. Tell about the projects you have done?
  • Q4. According to you, what is the definition of good job?
  • Ans. 

    A good job is one that provides satisfaction, growth opportunities, work-life balance, and fair compensation.

    • Satisfaction: Feeling fulfilled and accomplished in the work being done.

    • Growth opportunities: Having chances to learn, develop new skills, and advance in the career.

    • Work-life balance: Striking a healthy equilibrium between work responsibilities and personal life.

    • Fair compensation: Being adequately rewarded for t...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. What are your future plans?
  • Q6. Where do you see yourselves after few years?
  • Q7. Are you planning for any higher studies?

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: It was an online test with Objective questions for 1 hour and Coding – one and half hour.The questions asked were mainly based on CS networking course.Other than networking, there were lot of DSA questions, few OS questions and puzzles were asked.
Tips: Coding requires good speed.
For coding, I chose C++, there were other languages too.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: It was of about 20 minutes.There were 2 technical interviews.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: minor was not at all related.
Tips: Oracle, easy dsa questions are asked. It’s easy to get into this. This is like a back-up one.

Skill Tips: Practice Coding through codechef etc.
College Name: IIT MADRAS

Skills evaluated in this interview

Citrix interview questions for designations

 Software Testing Engineer

 (2)

 Senior Software Engineer

 (1)

 Senior Software Engineer 2

 (1)

 Software Development Engineer 1

 (1)

 Staff Software Developer

 (1)

 Senior Software Engineer 1

 (1)

 Escalation Engineer

 (1)

 Senior QA Engineer

 (1)

Interview questions from similar companies

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jan 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Javascript fundamentals and output questions Angular - routing, component, directive etc Sass

Interview Preparation Tips

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Software Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

Adobe user image Devendra Bendkhale

posted on 4 Dec 2015

Interview Questionnaire 

8 Questions

  • Q1. WRITE A GENERIC SWAP FUNCTION
  • Ans. 

    A generic swap function swaps two values of any data type.

    • The function should take two parameters of any data type.

    • Use a temporary variable to store the value of one parameter.

    • Assign the value of the second parameter to the first parameter.

    • Assign the value of the temporary variable to the second parameter.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. SEARCH AN ELEMENT IN ROTATED SORTED LINKLIST .
  • Ans. 

    Search for an element in a rotated sorted linked list.

    • Find the pivot point where the list is rotated.

    • Divide the list into two sublists based on the pivot point.

    • Perform binary search on the appropriate sublist.

    • Handle edge cases such as empty list and list with only one element.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. SEARCH AN ELEMENT IN ROTATED SORTED ARRAY. WRITED A CODE FOR IT
  • Ans. 

    Search an element in a rotated sorted array

    • Find the pivot point where the array is rotated

    • Divide the array into two sub-arrays based on pivot point

    • Perform binary search on the appropriate sub-array

    • Repeat until element is found or sub-array size is 1

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. In an Array of size 95 contain numbers in range 1 to 100. each number is at max once in the array. find the 5 missing numbers in array between 1-100
  • Ans. 

    Find 5 missing numbers in an array of size 95 containing numbers in range 1 to 100.

    • Create a boolean array of size 100 and mark the present numbers

    • Iterate through the boolean array and find the missing numbers

    • Alternatively, use a HashSet to store the present numbers and find the missing ones

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  • Q5. Given sudoku as id array of size . in a given empty cell find the possible numbers that could be possible. Asked me to write code for it
  • Ans. 

    Given a Sudoku board, find possible numbers for an empty cell.

    • Iterate through empty cells and check possible numbers using row, column, and box constraints.

    • Use a set to keep track of possible numbers for each empty cell.

    • Return the set of possible numbers for the given empty cell.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q6. Given 4 unsigned integers find their integer average (eg. (2,2,2,3) => (2+2+2+3)/4 = 2) consider integer division ) without typecasting
  • Ans. 

    Find integer average of 4 unsigned integers without typecasting

    • Add all the integers and divide by 4

    • Use bit shifting to divide by 4

    • Handle overflow by using long long data type

    • Use unsigned int data type for input

  • Answered by AI
  • Q7. Write a code to identify wheter given processor is of 32 bit architecture or 64 bit architecture
  • Ans. 

    Code to identify 32 bit or 64 bit architecture of a processor

    • Check if the operating system is 32 bit or 64 bit

    • If OS is 32 bit, processor is 32 bit

    • If OS is 64 bit, check if processor supports 64 bit architecture

    • Use CPUID instruction to check if processor supports 64 bit architecture

  • Answered by AI
  • Q8. Convert a binary number into base 64 integer
  • Ans. 

    Convert binary number to base 64 integer

    • Divide the binary number into groups of 6 bits

    • Convert each group of 6 bits to decimal

    • Map the decimal value to the corresponding base 64 character

    • Concatenate the base 64 characters to form the final integer

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: SIMPLE CODING QUESTIONS SPEED MATTERS.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 3

Skills: Analytics And Coding
College Name: IIT Guwahati

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview Questionnaire 

6 Questions

  • Q1. Solving puzzles(25 horses,ant and sweets,height of a building..) try as many as possible before appearing for interview
  • Q2. If experienced , then project details of previous companies a must prepare question
  • Q3. Writing test cases for random scenarios
  • Q4. Programming in whatsoever language you r comfortable with, basic coding problems of DS,Algos. eg. Zigzag tree traversal algo,random linked list copy
  • Q5. Some people asked me questions related to the work i will do if hired in the project
  • Q6. Be genuine in ur CV, and be prepared with everything you write there.

Interview Preparation Tips

College Name: Na

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I had a standard resume for this company as per the norms of our institute’s placement cell. For Oracle I laid emphasis on my programming skills and projects related to it.

Round: Test
Experience: The first round was the written test that comprised of 5 sections – vocabulary, aptitude, pattern matching, logical reasoning and programming. The questions in the programming section were asked from data structures and C++. The questions in the programming section were mainly from trees (from data structures). Around 400 students appeared for their written test out of which around 100 were shortlisted.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: The next round was the interview round. They gave me some puzzles to solve and a program to write. One of the puzzles that I remember was that if I were to be given an egg then how would I determine its durability, i.e. how would I determine that from which floor do I need to throw the egg from so that the egg does not break if thrown from any floor below it.
For the coding question I was given a mathematical formula and I was asked to devise a code such that the program uses the formula and gives the output.
Tips: Prepare for Data Structures as well as the commonly asked puzzles for Oracle.

College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Motivation: Oracle is a reputed company in the space of software and ITeS. It had come to our campus with five profiles. The best means to know about all of them is to attend the pre-placement talk of the company.

I applied via Referral

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: I appeared for Amdocs through Campus Recruitment Process. Section 1,2,3 was not tough, if you have practiced RD Sharma then don't worry about these sections as it was the easiest part of the written test. After that there were two coding questions in which you can choose any language(C/C++/Java) to write your code. The code were easy, I mean it wasn't like Codechef problems. If you have ever made the programming assignments by yourself then you would definitely be able to crack this section. Even if you didn't make it then you can practice coding questions like finding H.C.F, L.C.M, Removing redundant number from array, finding whether the string is palindrome or not, finding whether the number is Armstrong number or not,etc,. Now comes the technical section that was little bit tough for those who haven't studied about UNIX ever. It was consisting of C, DBMS and Unix. C questions can easily be attempt by completing "Test your C Skills by Yashwant Kanedtkar", In DBMS most of the questions were query based, some PL/SQL questions were also there, in Unix most of the questions were from VI editor commands and some linux commands like sed, uniq, fdisk and very few questions were from shell scripting like, what will be the output of echo*. Overall the test was easy, since it is easy for everyone so you need to do lots of practice because out of more than 200 students only 39 cleared the written test in our campus.
Duration: 2:30 minutes
Total Questions: 82

Skills: Implementation Of Code Using OOPS, Coding Skills, Database Management, Ability To Think, Ability To Cope Up With Stress, Ability To Deal Diplomatically, 1)communication
College Name: NIT Sikkim

Interview Questionnaire 

5 Questions

  • Q1. Technical round was basically a White board interview .I have been asked to write few C# codes in order to explain OOPs concept .
  • Q2. What's MVC Life cycle . Explain how does AJAX call happen . How can you pass one data set or single data from one view to a partial view .
  • Ans. 

    MVC life cycle, AJAX call and passing data from view to partial view.

    • MVC life cycle includes request routing, controller instantiation, action execution, and rendering of the view.

    • AJAX call is initiated by sending an HTTP request to the server and receiving a response in the form of JSON or XML data.

    • To pass data from one view to a partial view, we can use ViewBag, ViewData, or TempData.

    • ViewBag is a dynamic object that ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. What's Abstract class , what's the use of it . What's interface , how it appears to a important part of Service layer.
  • Ans. 

    Abstract class is a class that cannot be instantiated, while interface is a contract that defines methods.

    • Abstract class can have both abstract and non-abstract methods, while interface can only have abstract methods.

    • Abstract class can have instance variables, while interface cannot.

    • Abstract class is used for code reusability and polymorphism, while interface is used for achieving abstraction and loose coupling.

    • In serv...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Usual HR didn't discussion.
  • Q5. It was not question answer round . A formal interaction with high level people of the organization , through which they can try to see you interpersonal skills.

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Asp.net MVC , C# , JavaScript, jQuery, Html

Skills evaluated in this interview

Citrix Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Citrix Software Engineer interview?
Citrix interview process usually has 2 rounds. The most common rounds in the Citrix interview process are Aptitude Test and Technical.
How to prepare for Citrix Software 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 Citrix. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Citrix expect are C++, Computer Science, Configuration Management, Customer Service Management and Data Structures.
What are the top questions asked in Citrix Software Engineer interview?

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