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I was interviewed before Sep 2020.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

(3 Questions)

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

4 coding questions on hackerrank.

  • Q1. 

    Dice Throws Problem Statement

    You are given D dice, each having F faces numbered from 1 to F. The task is to determine the number of possible ways to roll all the dice such that the sum of the face-up num...

  • Q2. 

    Stack using Two Queues Problem Statement

    Develop a Stack Data Structure to store integer values using two Queues internally.

    Your stack implementation should provide these public functions:

    Explanation:

    ...
  • Q3. 

    Maximum Subarray Sum Problem Statement

    Given an array 'ARR' of integers with length 'N', the task is to determine the sum of the subarray (including an empty subarray) that yields the maximum sum among al...

Round 2 - Video Call 

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

My 1st technical round began with a small introduction and a discussion on my projects. After that, my complete interview revolved around Object-oriented principles and 1 basic coding question. The interviewer asked all the pillars of Object-oriented along with use cases and where have I implemented them in my projects.

Round 3 - Video Call 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 45 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

In my 2nd technical round, the interviewer began with the complete discussion of my projects. He asked me everything about them like which technologies I have used, why I have used them, what are the alternatives, what are the real-life applications of these projects. After this, He asked questions on Computer Networks, Operating system, Database Management system and at the end, some of the SQL queries. SQL queries were quite easy, I found one of the queries tricky and harder as compared to other i.e print nth largest salary of the employees. The interviewer also asked me why I was not able to code one of the questions in the coding round. I explained the complete approach of that question and he was quite satisfied. This technical round was of 1 hour long.

  • Q1. Print the nth largest salary from a given list of salaries.
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 35 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

There were two panellists in this round and they began with a small introduction. One of them asked me about my capstone project which was based on object recognition task and deep learning. He just told me to explain deep learning in complete detail and how can it be used on my college campus. Then, He asked me what technologies are being used and how I trained my model as the model was quite heavy and computationally intensive. Then, they asked me how I cope up with my team members in the pandemic situation and how I managed to interact with them.

  • Q1. What are the basic applications of deep learning, and how can I implement it in my college?

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI applied for the job as SDE - 1 in BangaloreEligibility criteriaAbove 8 CGPACloudera interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Object-oriented programming in C++, Data Structure and algorithms, Computer Networks, Operating Systems, Database Management SystemsTime required to prepare for the interview - 5 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Practice at least 600 questions from leetcode.
Tip 2 : Make sure you participate in every long challenge of CodeChef.
Tip 3 : Focus more on your projects.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Do not put false things on a resume.
Tip 2 : Have some projects on a resume.

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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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Customer Operation Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 26 Aug 2022

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Aug 2021. There were 6 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 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic on Hadoop Concepts, Database , Linux , Networking,Security
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Technical questions from Hadoop Ecosystem like HDFC, Hive , Spark , Yarn , Kerberos ,
Round 4 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Manger will ask you some Technical plus normal day to day activity questions
Round 5 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Technical questions from Hadoop Core concepts
Round 6 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary Negotiation .what's ur current package and some regular hr questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - If you know tell them the answer else directly tell them you don't know the answer .

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Feb 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Linux related questions
  • Q2. Experience in Hadoop
  • Ans. 

    I have experience in Hadoop.

    • Worked on Hadoop ecosystem components like HDFS, MapReduce, Hive, Pig, Sqoop, Flume, and Oozie.

    • Developed and maintained Hadoop clusters for data processing and analysis.

    • Optimized Hadoop jobs for better performance and scalability.

    • Implemented security measures for Hadoop clusters.

    • Troubleshot and resolved issues related to Hadoop clusters.

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Had 7 rounds interview. One written, three technical and rest Hiring and HR

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Customer Operations Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Experience in Hadoop
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Cloudera Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cloudera interview?
Cloudera interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cloudera interview process are Technical, One-on-one Round and Resume Shortlist.
How to prepare for Cloudera 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 Cloudera. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Cloudera expect are Open Source, Python, Computer science, Product Management and SQL.
What are the top questions asked in Cloudera interview?

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