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Amadeus user image Varun Thopucherla

posted on 11 Mar 2015

Interview Questionnaire 

10 Questions

  • Q1. Tell about yourself?
  • Ans. 

    I am a software engineer with experience in developing web applications and mobile apps.

    • Proficient in programming languages such as Java, Python, and JavaScript

    • Experience in developing RESTful APIs and integrating third-party APIs

    • Familiarity with front-end frameworks such as React and Angular

    • Strong understanding of database management systems such as MySQL and MongoDB

    • Passionate about learning new technologies and keepi

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  • Q2. Why Software industry? why not core?
  • Ans. 

    Software industry offers endless opportunities for innovation and growth.

    • Software industry is constantly evolving and offers opportunities to work on cutting-edge technologies.

    • It provides a platform to solve complex problems and create innovative solutions.

    • The demand for software engineers is high and the industry offers competitive salaries.

    • Core industries may have limited scope for growth and innovation compared to s...

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  • Q3. Write a program to print the given string in reverse
  • Ans. 

    Program to print a given string in reverse

    • Create a character array of the given string

    • Loop through the array from end to start and print each character

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  • Q4. Some questions about computer networks and Digital electronics
  • Q5. What is Mux? what are its real life applications?
  • Ans. 

    Mux is a device that selects one of several input signals and forwards the selected input into a single output line.

    • Mux stands for Multiplexer.

    • It is used in digital circuits to select one of several input signals and forward the selected input into a single output line.

    • It is used in communication systems to combine multiple signals into a single channel for transmission.

    • It is used in video and audio systems to switch b...

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  • Q6. What is DeMux? what are its real life applications?
  • Ans. 

    DeMux is short for Demultiplexer. It is a digital circuit that takes one input and directs it to multiple outputs.

    • DeMux is used in digital communication systems to separate signals that have been combined for transmission.

    • It is also used in computer memory systems to select a specific memory location.

    • DeMux is used in video and audio systems to separate different channels of information.

    • It is used in automation systems ...

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  • Q7. Difference between decoder and Demux
  • Ans. 

    Decoder converts encoded data into a readable format while Demux separates a single input into multiple outputs.

    • Decoder is used to decode encoded data such as binary data into a readable format.

    • Demux is used to separate a single input into multiple outputs based on the control signals.

    • Decoder is a combinational circuit while Demux is a sequential circuit.

    • Decoder is used in applications such as remote controls, computer...

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  • Q8. Why amadeus labs?
  • Ans. 

    Amadeus Labs is a leading technology company in the travel industry.

    • Amadeus Labs provides opportunities to work on cutting-edge technologies.

    • The company has a strong focus on innovation and research.

    • Amadeus Labs has a global presence and offers a diverse and inclusive work environment.

    • Working at Amadeus Labs provides the opportunity to make a real impact on the travel industry.

    • The company values work-life balance and o

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  • Q9. Are you comfortable in working for Testing?
  • Ans. 

    Yes, I am comfortable working for Testing.

    • I have experience in testing and understand its importance in software development.

    • I am willing to learn new testing techniques and tools.

    • I am comfortable working with testing teams and collaborating with them to ensure quality software.

    • I understand the importance of testing in ensuring customer satisfaction and reducing costs.

    • Examples: I have experience in manual and automated...

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  • Q10. Why do you consider yourself suitable for developer role?
  • Ans. 

    I have the necessary skills and experience to excel in the developer role.

    • I have a degree in computer science and have completed multiple coding projects.

    • I am proficient in programming languages such as Java, Python, and C++.

    • I have experience working with databases and web development frameworks.

    • I am a quick learner and enjoy solving complex problems.

    • I am a team player and have collaborated with other developers on var

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Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: The test was conducted online. All the questions were of medium standard and easy to crack if we have patience for thinking.

English comprehension level is slightly below the standard of CAT. Those who have the habit of reading English news paper can easily crack the test.

Data analysis questions were also of medium standard. Those who have knowledge about graphs, bar & pie charts can easily crack the exam.
Tips: Practice Aptitude questions from R S Agarwaal book and CAT material.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Over all interview experience is cool. Interviewers never grilled on anything. In many cases they have helped me to arrive at answers.
Tips: Read C++ and Oops concepts from E Balaguruswamy text book.
For Data structures and algorithms read 'Data structures' by Yeshwant kanethkar.
Minimum knowledge about all the courses of your department will be an added advantage. This will help you to depict you are sincere in your studies and don't have any personal constraints in learning a new thing.

General Tips: Just be confident and believe in yourself. You will get through.
Skills: Programming skill in C++
College Name: NIT Warangal
Motivation: No special motivation. It is a rapidly growing company offering good package.

Skills evaluated in this interview

I appeared for an interview in Aug 2016.

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: The questions were tricky. We were given a paragraph and after reading it, a statement was given to us and we were asked to say if it is true, false or cannot say. The structure of the statement put us into a a tough place. So practice of such kind of questions is necessary.

For data interpretation questions a good hand on basic statistical mathematics is needed. One has to be quick because of the time crunch. The questions were approachable

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: In this round my resume was scanned and I was required to speak about myself, my projects and explain certain areas of my resume. The interviewer picked up one of my basic project, surprisingly, and asked me to elaborate on it. He asked me how I can improve the project. And I had to write a code to make that change. Basically, one should have a good idea about the projects they've done/ mentioned in their resume. And know it in detail.

Few questions on data structures. Prepare well for coding type questions and data structures.

Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: The interviewer asked me two puzzles. They were moderate level. And also luckily he was helpful whenever I got stuck.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: HR round was good. Basic questions like " tell me more about yourself", brief information about my past history, college life, extra curricular activities. In the end she asked me, "should we hire you?" And I lightly answered " why not!" So it was a good interview overall.

Skills: Coding Skills, Team Working Ability, Project management
College Name: Visvesvaraya National Institute Of Technology

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Algorithm and Trick questions on Java
  • Q2. Your future interest, interaction capabilities

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Mention only those projects/works which you feel fully confident on, let any question be thrown your way.
Believe me, a simple project explained in a good way is better than a complex project that scares you going into the details.
Tips: A little bit of extra activities (sports/music) helps them picture you as not a total nerd, which might help in front of some interviewers.

Round: Interview
Experience: They will mostly try to trick you here, even if you are right, they will make you doubt yourself. It's just about believing oneself and answering in one go.
Tips: Stick to your answers if you feel it's right, changing it again and again won't do you much good.

Round: Interview
Experience: This is where you have to be most careful, what they seek is just your interest in the company or infact passion for their work and not leaving them mid-way for higher studies or startup plans.
Tips: Diverting talks to some extra-currics might help a lot here specially if they have interest in that too, like the one, I was giving interview to, was wearing a Barcelona cap and I had mentioned that I played football at Inter-Hostel level. So we talked about the recent Premier league for like 10 minutes and the mood was really lightened, thanks to that.

General Tips: It is never too late to be what you might have been.
Skills: Algorithms, Java, Interaction Skills, coding, C, C++
College Name: IIT DELHI
Motivation: The technology (Social-Media Management) they are working on is really interesting to know more about and can be a future pioneer in the coming days.
Funny Moments: One of the interviewer I became so friendly with, mid-way through the interview that we added each other right there on facebook.

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: An online test covering Quant, logical reasoning, DI and coding lasting for 1-1.30 hr. It also included essays on yourself

Round: Interview
Experience: Skype Interview of around 30-45 minInterview:Interview will consists of HR questions, project details and case studies.HR will be a standard affair and they will quiz you on BTP and internshipsOne of the last year case study was on ‟Amount of petrol used by Autos in Chennai‟.Other one was „calculate average salary of people in a room, who are not supposed tospeak about the salary‟.
Tips: Solve puzzles, quant and logical reasoning questions

College Name: IIT Madras

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. What was your GRE score?
  • Ans. 

    I did not take the GRE exam.

    • I did not apply for a program that required GRE scores.

    • My focus was on gaining practical experience through internships and projects.

    • I have excelled in my academic and professional pursuits without a GRE score.

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  • Q2. How was CAT?
  • Ans. 

    CAT was challenging but I managed to do well.

    • CAT was a difficult exam but I prepared well for it.

    • I had to manage my time effectively during the exam.

    • I am confident that I did well in the exam.

    • The exam tested my analytical and problem-solving skills.

    • Overall, I am satisfied with my performance in CAT.

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  • Q3. Convince me that you won't go for higher studies?
  • Ans. 

    I am committed to gaining practical experience and contributing to the growth of the company.

    • I believe that practical experience is just as valuable as academic knowledge

    • I am excited about the opportunity to contribute to the growth of the company

    • I am committed to continuously learning and improving my skills through on-the-job training and professional development programs

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  • Q4. Project-related questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: CPI cut-off was 8.0 and I easily cleared as I had a CPI of 9.4

Round: Test
Experience: Questions included:
1. Basic programming questions (to find output, basic SQL, java, C)
2. Basic stats questions (mean, median, mode)
3. Two essay questions (one was 'Why Axtria?').

Round: Other Interview
Experience: This was a skype interview conducted by IITK alum. By this time, I had enough experience of giving interviews so HR was well prepared. I didn't took GRE, so I said that. I didn't opted for CAT either as I didn't wanted to go for MBA. He said we are convinced with your quantitative and writing skills through test, just convince me that you won't go for higher studies-I justified, since I didn’t enabled the video feature so couldn’t know whether he was convinced or not. projects. My Interview was about to end, but I asked him some question and he started describing the work at Axtria and finally asked me to solve a case study.

General Tips: 1. Prepare HR well and before the actual Interview, give at least 2-3 dummy interviews.
2. Go through company website carefully; and prepare 2-3 good questions to ask in the end.
College Name: IIT KANPUR

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. What is your area of interest?
  • Ans. 

    My area of interest is artificial intelligence and machine learning.

    • I am fascinated by the potential of AI and ML to revolutionize various industries.

    • I enjoy exploring the latest advancements in deep learning and natural language processing.

    • I am particularly interested in the ethical implications of AI and the need for responsible development.

    • Some of my favorite examples of AI in action include self-driving cars, virtu

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  • Q2. What are the other companies you have applied for and how many rounds did you clear?
  • Ans. 

    I have applied to a few companies, but I prefer not to disclose the names. I have cleared multiple rounds in each of them.

    • I have applied to a few companies, but I prefer not to disclose the names.

    • I have cleared multiple rounds in each of them.

    • I believe that each company has its own unique hiring process and requirements.

    • I am confident in my abilities and qualifications, and I am open to exploring opportunities with any

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  • Q3. Explain transportation problem.
  • Ans. 

    Transportation problem is a linear programming problem that deals with minimizing the cost of transporting goods from sources to destinations.

    • It involves determining the optimal way to transport goods from sources to destinations

    • It considers factors such as cost, capacity, and demand

    • It can be solved using various methods such as the North-West Corner Method, Least Cost Method, and Vogel's Approximation Method

    • Example: A...

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  • Q4. How will you solve a trans-shipment problem in excel solver software?
  • Ans. 

    Trans-shipment problem can be solved in Excel Solver by setting up a linear programming model.

    • Define decision variables for the amount of goods to be shipped between each pair of locations.

    • Set up constraints to ensure that the supply and demand at each location are met.

    • Add constraints to limit the amount of goods that can be shipped through intermediate locations.

    • Define the objective function to minimize the total cost...

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Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: It was an “open to all branches” company. Around 70 students were shortlisted based on resume. Shortlisting was mainly on CGPA basis and on an average 5 top students were shortlisted from each branch.

Round: Test
Experience: The written test was on logical reasoning, verbal ability and quantitative aptitude. The test comprised of 2 sections. 1st section comprised of 3 HR questions:
Why do you want to join this company?
Tell us about yourself.
Describe a situation where you displayed leadership skills.
These 3 questions were to be typed in 150-200 words each in total of 20 min. 2nd section started immediately after this. 25 minutes, 35 multiple choice questions consisting of questions from various sections including 10 coding based questions.
Duration: 45 minutes
Total Questions: 38

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Interview was through a video call on Skype. The interview started with the basic HR question and then the interviewer asked about my area of interest. He asked 2 questions from that field and then asked one guesstimate question
The last question was related to what do I understand about data analysis.
Other candidates were asked some puzzles and several other HR questions as well.
My area of interest was Operations Research. So he asked me some technical questions as well.

College Name: IIT ROORKEE

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Shortlisting based on AIEEE RANK and cgpa
Experience: they shortlisted 150 people based on the aieee rank and cgpa .

Round: Test
Experience: the test was on cocubes.com
Tips: do attempt each section to clear cutoff

College Name: MANIT,bhopal

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Nov 2019. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. Tell us about yourself and your last job?
  • Ans. 

    I have a diverse background in sales and customer service. In my last job, I worked as a Sales Associate at a retail store.

    • Worked as a Sales Associate at a retail store

    • Assisted customers in finding products and making purchases

    • Handled cash transactions and operated the cash register

    • Maintained a clean and organized sales floor

    • Provided excellent customer service and resolved any issues or complaints

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  • Q2. What particular achievements have you had?
  • Ans. 

    I have achieved several milestones in my career, including increasing sales by 20% and receiving a promotion to team lead.

    • Increased sales by 20% through strategic marketing campaigns

    • Received a promotion to team lead for consistently exceeding targets

    • Implemented a new customer service system resulting in improved customer satisfaction ratings

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  • Q3. Do an assignment on a competition analysis for our client?
  • Ans. 

    Competition analysis assignment for a client

    • Identify direct and indirect competitors

    • Analyze competitors' products, pricing, and marketing strategies

    • Evaluate competitors' strengths and weaknesses

    • Assess market share and growth potential

    • Identify opportunities and threats in the competitive landscape

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - 1) If you don't understand a question, ask the interviewer in you own words.
2) Be prepared for multiple rounds of interview but don't panic. The same questions will be asked in each stage, so you will by and large have the same answer, you may have to talk about specific things that each interviewer may ask. But all in all about you and your experience.
3) Always wait for them to make you an offer for salary.
4) When HR makes you an offer. Be prepared that it will not be what you want.
- Just remember that they have a script of questions they will ask, if you answer them then they will think you can be hired at their decided CTC for you. But if you list out more points they can add to their list then they will also have to increase your salary. For example, you will have to spend a certain percentage of your salary on travelling and rent, and need to save more. List out additional online courses you have done that the average candidate has not. Point out to them that you were nominated for an award in your last job. These things count.
5) If you don't know the answer to a question of their's. Then say you don't know. But always, let them know you think you could learn it.
6) Recruiters know you can't know everything, and they don't expect you to. They also want to judge you on honesty, and how you respond to pressure.
7) JUST BREATHE. It will go far better than you planned. All the best!!!!

Software Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

Chetu user image Nirban Chatterjee

posted on 11 Oct 2020

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Oct 2019. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Normal php questions like overriding,overloading,traits,interface,abstarct class nothing else.. It was online but in 2016.
  • Q2. Go though those topic as they are very important and asked in most companies.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Read those topics and try to understand with example and doing on your own.Before entering Chetu prepare yourself that you may get fire anytime.Because hiring and firing is lot in Chetu but in terms of salary it is good.

I appeared for an interview in Aug 2017.

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. Tell me something about yourself
  • Ans. 

    I am a passionate software developer with experience in Java, Python, and web development.

    • Experienced in Java, Python, and web development

    • Passionate about coding and problem-solving

    • Strong communication and teamwork skills

    • Always eager to learn and adapt to new technologies

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  • Q2. Questions on data structures
  • Q3. Questions on algorithms

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: it took half-an-hour

Skills: Technical Skill, Technical Analysis, Speaking Skills
College Name: NIT Bhopal

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