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Updated 6 Nov 2024

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Interview experience
3
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Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in May 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Moderate difficulty level questions were asked

Round 2 - Coding Test 

High difficulty level questions were asked

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Tough process

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Nov 2021. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. 1.Self introduction 2.question about my department(ex ECE) 3.oops (polymorphism,inheritance,encapsulation) 4.programming C language because i preferred factorial of given number using recursion ...
Round 2 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Just a formalities of checking address aadhar no mobile num thats all.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Focus on resume becoz what u have to tell in self intro is they are going to ask question.So be aware using words in self intro :)

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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Oct 2021. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Basic aptitude questions

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Asking about resume and basic questions about my core, basic code questions.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Build your resume strongly, study about your concern department and then study some basic codes

I was interviewed in Jan 2021.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 40 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

  • Q1. 

    Subarray Sums I Problem Statement

    You are provided with an array of positive integers ARR that represents the strengths of different “jutsus” (ninja techniques). You are also given the strength of the ene...

  • Ans. 

    Count the number of subarrays whose combined strength matches the given enemy strength.

    • Iterate through the array and maintain a running sum to check for subarrays with sum equal to the enemy strength.

    • Use a hashmap to store the running sum frequencies and increment the count of subarrays accordingly.

    • Return the count of subarrays that sum up to the given enemy strength.

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - HR 

Round duration - 15 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

It was in the night around 7:00PM-7:15PM. Platform used for this round was skype. Interviewer was very friendly in nature. This round focusses more on your personality rather than knowledge.

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI applied for the job as SDE - Intern in DelhiEligibility criteriaNo backlogsCognizant interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Data Structures, OOPS, Algorithm, oop, ghraph , aca , cnTime required to prepare for the interview - 4 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Practice Coding questions
Tip 2 : Try not to lie on resume

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : It should not be too long or too short. 
Tip 2 : Do not put false thing

Final outcome of the interviewRejected

Skills evaluated in this interview

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I was interviewed in Nov 2020.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 180 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

  • Q1. 

    LRU Cache Task Description

    Design and implement a data structure for a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache to support two operations:

    1. get(key) - Returns the value for the given key if it exists in the cac...
  • Ans. 

    Design and implement a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache data structure supporting get and put operations with specified constraints.

    • Implement a data structure for LRU cache with get and put operations

    • Maintain a capacity limit and remove least recently used item when exceeding capacity

    • Handle get operation by returning value for given key or -1 if key does not exist

    • Handle put operation by inserting or updating key-value p...

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Video Call 

Round duration - 30 minutes
Round difficulty - Hard

Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 15-20 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

  • Q1. Can you tell me about yourself and describe some condition-based questions you were asked?

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI applied for the job as SDE - Intern in PuneEligibility criteriaNo criteriaCognizant interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Computer network, C++, Oops, Data structure, DBMS, SQL, cloud computingTime required to prepare for the interview - 3 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : First of all you have to clear first round so make sure you practice aptitude questions daily
Tip 2 : Learn each and every topic of Oops with real life examples
Tip 3 : Write limited thing in your resume and make sure everything you write in your resume you must have a great knowledge of them.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1: mention atleast two projects
Tip 2:if you have a patent then it is plus point for you.

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

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I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Dec 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Questions on Java,SQL,some trending technologies(IOT,Big data),pattern questions, programming questions with different approaches.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare basics of DSA, have knowledge about the databases, some common dml ,ddl statements, programming knowledge of a particular language like C,Java, python,etc...have good command on oops concepts... little bit of frameworks knowledge will also help

I applied via Newspaper Ad and was interviewed before Jun 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic questions of java.
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Intro and other hr related questions.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Cover the basic questions regarding the programming language.

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Apr 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

My resume

Round 3 - HR 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. What are your salary expectations?
  • Q2. What are your strengths and weaknesses?
  • Q3. Tell me about yourself.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I like the it companies and technologies

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Apr 2021. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Puzzles, Psychometric Test

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Some water in 3 Jars question, you had to measure out 5L correctly

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Make the interview interactive, I got this input from another Senior. Before i went into the interview room the volunteers were telling all those who goes into Room No 1 is screwed. I was praying i don't get room no 1. But fortunately for me I got room no 1 because when the interviewer gave me the puzzle and handed over pen and paper he went back to relax his posture and when i explained i will fill the 5L Jar first, he immediately came forward to listen to me, at that moment i knew i got the job because i felt the previous candidates never made their interview interactive and that's why he went back to relax his posture.

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Sep 2021. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

2 coding questions which are of easy level

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. This round is full of fundasmental questions in dbms,c,oopsetc

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - prepare more on basic fundamentals and practice programming .
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