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Updated 3 Oct 2023

Cloudera Software Engineer Level 1 Interview Experiences

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Apr 2023. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Double-check your resume for any spelling mistakes. The recruiter may consider spelling mistakes as careless behavior or poor communication skills.
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Round 2 - Coding Test 

2 Coding question of Hard difficulty level and 1 SQL question of hard difficulty level

Students who solved 1 question correctly got shortlisted for interviews .
9 students were shortlisted out of 150+ students .(Only CSE was eligible to apply)

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. House Robber Binary Search Merge Sort
Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Intersection of two Linked List Scheduling Algorithms in OS Multithreading in OS OOPS 2nd highest salary of employee SQL
  • Ans. 

    Intersection of two linked lists is finding the common node(s) between them.

    • Traverse both lists simultaneously and compare each node to find the intersection point.

    • Use a hash set to store nodes of one list and check for intersection in the other list.

    • Optimize by finding the lengths of both lists and aligning the pointers before comparison.

  • Answered by AI
Round 5 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. About Projects What do you know about Cloudera Why do you want to join Any questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Cloudera Software Engineer Level 1 interview:
  • DSA
  • OS
  • DBMS
  • OOPS
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Final selects were based on CGPA , so keep your CGPA high .

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Jun 2022. There were 4 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 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Questions on Linux commands
  • Q2. 2 programming questions intermediate difficult level
Round 3 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. 3 programming experience with intermediate difficult level
  • Ans. 

    I have intermediate level experience in programming with Java, Python, and C++.

    • I have worked on projects involving data structures and algorithms.

    • I have experience with object-oriented programming and design patterns.

    • I have developed web applications using frameworks like Spring and Django.

    • I have also worked on projects involving machine learning and natural language processing.

    • I am comfortable working with databases a

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Questions on kubernetes
  • Q3. Grilled more on errors and exception handling
Round 4 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions on os, programming, and some behavioural questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Questions might be different based on the position they are hiring for. Prepare well in coding.

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Interview Questionnaire 

11 Questions

  • Q1. Asked about my project? Also asked me questions about ACID properties of database and indexing in a database
  • Q2. There were also questions related to OOPS concepts including polymorphism, composition, aggregation, inheritance, Abstract classes, interface; difference between usage of abstract class and interface, can ...
  • Q3. There was another question on run time and compile time binding and under which category do we classify method overloading
  • Q4. Code for deleting the duplicate nodes in a sorted link list?
  • Ans. 

    Code to delete duplicate nodes in a sorted linked list

    • Traverse the linked list and compare adjacent nodes

    • If nodes are equal, delete one of them

    • Repeat until all duplicates are removed

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. Printing root to leaf paths in a binary search tree
  • Ans. 

    Printing all root to leaf paths in a binary search tree

    • Traverse the tree recursively and keep track of the current path

    • When a leaf node is reached, add the current path to the list of paths

    • Print all the paths in the list

    • Use an array of strings to store the paths

  • Answered by AI
  • Q6. Given an Array of Integers, Find two elements in the array whose sum is closest to zero?
  • Ans. 

    Find two integers in an array whose sum is closest to zero.

    • Sort the array in ascending order.

    • Initialize two pointers at the beginning and end of the array.

    • Move the pointers towards each other until the sum is closest to zero.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q7. What are virtual functions, what is their role? Questions related to virtual functions?
  • Q8. You are given the details of each transaction of each item i.e. item_name, quantity, price. So at the end of the day, you want top 50 items that have been sold. There are two cases: - In the first case you...
  • Q9. How do you quickly count the number of set bits in a 32-bit integer in linear time (with respect to the number of set bits)?
  • Ans. 

    Count set bits in a 32-bit integer in linear time

    • Use bit manipulation to count set bits

    • Divide the integer into 16-bit chunks and count set bits in each chunk

    • Use lookup tables to count set bits in each 8-bit chunk

    • Use parallel processing to count set bits in multiple integers simultaneously

  • Answered by AI
  • Q10. Determining width of binary tree i.e. using breadth wise traversal
  • Ans. 

    To determine the width of a binary tree using breadth-wise traversal, we need to count the number of nodes at each level.

    • Perform a breadth-first traversal of the binary tree

    • Count the number of nodes at each level

    • Keep track of the maximum number of nodes seen at any level

    • Return the maximum number of nodes seen

  • Answered by AI
  • Q11. Why files are preferred over databases?
  • Ans. 

    Files are preferred over databases for certain types of data and applications.

    • Files are faster for small amounts of data.

    • Files are easier to manage and backup.

    • Files are more flexible for certain types of data, such as images or videos.

    • Databases are better for complex data relationships and queries.

    • Databases are more secure and scalable for large amounts of data.

    • The choice between files and databases depends on the spec

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: There were questions from Operating Systems, C, Algorithms, Data Structures

Round: Test
Experience: This round had 15 questions.Data structures, C++ questions, algorithms (DFS/BFS)

Skills: java, OOP, Algorithm
College Name: IIT KANPUR

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Oracle had an online test which includes 3
Sections:
1. Programming: basic C++/java programming + data structure. One need to have good hand over oops
to score well in this section.

2. Aptitude: General Aptitude Questions

3. General Maths: Very simple maths problem (+2 level) but needs very very good speed.
Tips: Individual cutoff was not declared, but different cutoff for different profile is expected.
Oracle has no GD round.

Round: Interview
Experience: In 2nd round of interview, there was more programming, less resume based question and more emphasis on will I be comfortable in an IT sector. Some apti questions were also asked.

Round: Interview
Experience: 1st round was completely on resume based. Each and every project and intern is discussed in detail. Most of the extracurricular activities were also discussed. In the 1st interview, some basic program like fibonacci series by recursion, star pattern by loop etc were asked.

Round: Interview
Experience: Next round was HR. I was asked about the earlier 2 interviews and some basic HR questions.

College Name: IIT Roorkee

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Tips: If you think it is worth it, write it in the resume.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I discussed a political party in one such interview in another company. He was impressed rather inspired.
Tips: All they are looking for in this interview is that you have a basic aptitude

Round: HR Interview
Tips: Try to be as real as possible. They know people and have great deal of experience. You cannot fake it.

General Tips: Peace yoo
College Name: IIT BOMBAY

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Ques on SQL,puzzles, C
  • Q2. Basic family background, hobbies, academics, why interest in software field, questions from the ppt they presentec earlier

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: apti and logical reasoning ques  were not tough and with basic knowledge on C and SQL I could easily solve the questions
Tips: Just try to  maintain a good speed while solving

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: mostly they focus their questions based on the form that we had to fill. it had details about our extracurricular activities, main courses of interest, training and project work, software languages known, academics.
Tips: the form was to be filled with accuracy and only those points about which one is confident enough should be added

Round: HR Interview
Experience: it was just a normal interaction. they wanted to know the kind of person i am, my strengths and weakness. any impressive qualities unique of me. my favourite author. it lasted no longer than 10 minutes . and try to acquire as much background information as you about the company.
Tips: try to be honest with your answers. do not fake since they can easily catch you. do not give any such answers about which you are not confident or any view where you cannot defend yourself.

Skill Tips: I learned sql from w3school.com.
Skills: confidence, amicable nature, leadership qualities, participation in extracurricular activities, puzzle solving, Aptitude
College Name: NIT ROURKELA
Motivation: Its quite simple, I wanted to land with good job before i leave  nit.
Funny Moments: Since it was the first time i was facing an interview, so i asked my interviewer how were my answers.

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: The sections were Quantitative, Logical, Verbal and Computer Science.The three sections contained very basic questions of general aptitude while the Computer Science section contained questions on Database Management, OS, SQL and Programming Aptitude.

Round: Test
Experience: The question was to program a logic to test the correctness of a solved sudoku. We were allowed to code in C++, Java, C or pseudo code.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Were asked simple questions and program them like reversing string without temporary variables, finding the earlier date when entered as string and finding the difference in number of days between them.
I was asked to explain him my internship project in great detail and above all one should be prepared to answer the question 'Why IT?' if from a non IT background. Then I was asked to program a logic for 'Search and replace" tool of MS Word.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Was asked about my background in detail and stressed again and again on 'Why IT?'. Then he asked me to prepare a summary on the merits and demerits of various Employee Data Management techniques for an organisation. For the end of the interview you should have a question which you would ask to the interviewer.

General Tips: Don't try to over emphasize the correctness of your logic if the interviewer finds a glitch. It irritates him. Be interactive in your HR round. In our case it was the VP of Oracle India who took the final round. So I asked him about his experience in the company. He was very happy to share it with me. But asses your interviewer before you put forth these queries cause your interviewer might not be as jolly as mine was.
Skills:
College Name: NIT Surathkal

I was interviewed in Feb 2017.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Interviewer asked about the projects and Fundamentals of JAVA and also Database questions especially on foreign keys and basic concepts of DBMS.

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: We were to write a test which had 2 sections in which first section had multiple choice questions related to oops and programming concepts and in the second section we were given tables and we had to write sql queries as given in the question.
Tips: Strong oops concepts and DBMS Concepts are required
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 20

Round: Technical + HR Interview
Tips: Projects and research papers and CV must be revised thoroughly. As said earlier basics of JAVA and DBMS must be clear.

Skills: Java Programming, SQL, Project And Internship, Basic C/C++
College Name: IIITDM Jabalpur

I was interviewed before May 2016.

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: It was a medium test contating all levels of questions.
Tips: One must have the concepts of Computer Science clear to solve it
Duration: 3 hours

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: They asked technical questions related to my resume.
They asked to code for Sudoko problem

Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: They asked some data structures algorithm.
They also asked some puzzles and asked to code it.
They there were some HR questions like what will you do to fulfill your dreams ?

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: There was again a technical interview round.
They asked data structure questions and some mathematics questions

Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was the last and simplest interview round.
They asked us our AIEEE ranks and what are we expecting from the company.
Tips: Make sure to ask questions to the interviewer at the end of every round.

College Name: BIT Mesra

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Fast paced aptitude and coding round with multiple choice questions covering basic data strcuture, OS, SQL
Duration: 1 hour

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Basic logical questions and puzzles

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Data structures and algorithms
Have to write pseudo code

Skills: Data Structures And Algorithms, Coding Skills, Quantitative Aptitude
College Name: IIT BHU
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