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Updated 25 Aug 2024

Cohesity Associate Software Engineer Interview Experiences

2 interviews found

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

20 Mcqs and 2 coding questions

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Sort zeroes to end of array
  • Ans. 

    Sort zeroes to end of array

    • Iterate through the array and move all zeroes to the end

    • Use two pointers approach to swap elements

    • Maintain a count of zeroes encountered

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Questions on oops

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I was interviewed before Mar 2023.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Round 1 was based on two sections.
First section was of multiple choice based on technical skills. Second section was coding round.

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. This was technical interview round. There were code snippets of C++/C and in depth questions on these languages
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Discussions about the role ans responsibilities
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic HR question.

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Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. What is Multi Threading?
  • Ans. 

    Multi Threading is the ability of a program to perform multiple tasks simultaneously.

    • It improves performance by utilizing multiple cores of CPU.

    • It requires synchronization to avoid race conditions.

    • Examples include web servers, video games, and image processing software.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What is Reflection in Java
  • Ans. 

    Reflection is a feature in Java that allows inspecting and modifying the behavior of a program at runtime.

    • Reflection provides a way to access and manipulate classes, methods, and fields dynamically.

    • It can be used to create new objects, invoke methods, and access private fields.

    • Reflection is commonly used in frameworks like Spring and Hibernate.

    • Example: Using reflection to get the class name of an object - obj.getClass(

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. What was your contribution in your project?

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Dec 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Interviewed as part of college placements, first round consisted of aptitude and CS related MCQs;

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident and explain in detail about your passion for CS.
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I applied via Campus Placement

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Properly align and format text in your resume. A recruiter will have to spend more time reading poorly aligned text, leading to high chances of rejection.
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Round 2 - Assignment 

20 MCQs, 1 RestAPI Problem, 1 Dp problem

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Graphs, RestAPI, Linked list, Puzzle

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Mar 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 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Common Elements in two Sorted Linked List
  • Ans. 

    Finding common elements in two sorted linked lists.

    • Traverse both lists simultaneously using two pointers.

    • Compare the values of the nodes pointed by the two pointers.

    • If they are equal, add the value to the result list and move both pointers.

    • If not, move the pointer pointing to the smaller value.

    • Repeat until one of the lists is fully traversed.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Kth element after merging two sorted arrays
  • Ans. 

    Finding the Kth element after merging two sorted arrays.

    • Merge the two sorted arrays into a single array.

    • Sort the merged array.

    • Return the Kth element from the merged and sorted array.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. A good amount of OOPS?DBMS questions, small keywords used in project, data flow in projects were asked
Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Detailed concepts about OOPS and DBMS
  • Ans. 

    OOPS is a programming paradigm based on objects while DBMS is a software system for managing databases.

    • OOPS focuses on encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism

    • DBMS manages data through CRUD operations and supports ACID properties

    • Examples of OOPS languages include Java, C++, and Python

    • Examples of DBMS include MySQL, Oracle, and SQL Server

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Detailed study and questions about project.
Round 4 - HR 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Knowledge about latest technologies
  • Q2. Why they should hire me?
  • Q3. Why oracle? followed by questions from computer networks, OOPS, DBMS and a bit from major CS fundamentals.

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Oracle Associate Software Engineer interview:
  • OOPS
  • DBMS
  • DSA
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be well prepared with CS fundamentals. Expect Easy/Medium Leetcode questions. Have a detailed knowlege about everything in your Resume. (Project / Internships / Skills).

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Apr 2022. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
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Round 2 - Coding Test 

String manipulation problems from geeks for geeks with some medium and hard problems in DSA from leetcode

Round 3 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. String manipulation and tree twisted problems
  • Q2. Some 2d matrix popular problems like sudoku
  • Q3. Graph basic level implementation
  • Ans. 

    Graph implementation involves creating nodes and edges to represent data and relationships.

    • Nodes represent data points and edges represent relationships between them

    • Graphs can be directed or undirected

    • Common graph algorithms include BFS, DFS, and Dijkstra's algorithm

  • Answered by AI
Round 4 - One-on-one 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. Puzzles to test decision making abilities
  • Q2. Some theory technical questions in Java and springboot.
  • Q3. What is string pool ?
  • Ans. 

    String pool is a cache of string literals stored in memory for efficient reuse.

    • String pool is a part of Java's memory management system.

    • It stores a collection of unique string literals to save memory.

    • When a new string is created, it is first checked in the pool and reused if already present.

    • String pool can be accessed using the intern() method.

    • Example: String s1 = "Hello"; String s2 = "Hello"; s1 and s2 will point to t

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Why strungs are not mutavle in java ?
  • Ans. 

    Strings are immutable in Java to ensure thread safety and prevent unintended changes.

    • Immutable objects are safer to use in multi-threaded environments

    • String pool optimization is possible because of immutability

    • StringBuffer and StringBuilder classes are available for mutable string operations

  • Answered by AI
Round 5 - HR 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic discussion like salary and other benefit
  • Q2. Why you choose oracle ?
  • Q3. How you overcome challenges?

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Oracle Associate Software Engineer interview:
  • Linked list
  • Stringing
  • Graph
  • Tree
  • Java
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - You need to be a really good at DSA to Crack oracle with some puzzles and language specific problems.
Be confident and present you solutions clearly,
Try to communicate while solving problems.
Ask relevant questions at the end

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jul 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Conducted on their platform for 120 minutes

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. I was asked to find subarray Max Sum
  • Q2. I was asked to find diameter of a binary Tree
  • Ans. 

    To find the diameter of a binary tree, we need to find the longest path between any two nodes in the tree.

    • Traverse the tree recursively and calculate the height of the left and right subtrees.

    • Calculate the diameter of the left and right subtrees recursively.

    • The diameter of the tree is the maximum of the following three values: 1. Diameter of the left subtree 2. Diameter of the right subtree 3. Height of the left sub...

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. DBMS, Computer Networks and Operating System Questions
Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Mainly on cloud, microservices and distributed processing

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident and make sure you go through all the fundamentals

Skills evaluated in this interview

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 Jul 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Questions were easy to moderate level from leetcode

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. I didn't get selected, but if you clear the 1st round coding and aptitude aswell then you will be allowed to this round, some 25 to 30 were selected and 6 were given offer letter.focus on coding aswell as ...
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Newspaper Ad and was interviewed in Aug 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Easy 1 dsa and 35 mcqs

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. All oops concepts in detail
  • Ans. 

    Object-oriented programming concepts like inheritance, encapsulation, polymorphism, and abstraction.

    • Inheritance: Allows a class to inherit properties and behavior from another class.

    • Encapsulation: Bundling data and methods that operate on the data into a single unit.

    • Polymorphism: Ability to present the same interface for different data types.

    • Abstraction: Hiding the complex implementation details and showing only the ne

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Linked list implementation and some questions

Cohesity Interview FAQs

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Cohesity interview process usually has 3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cohesity interview process are Technical, Coding Test and One-on-one Round.
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