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Updated 9 Dec 2024

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user image Anonymous

posted on 9 Dec 2024

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
No response

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Nov 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Performance Testing
  • Q2. Difference between put and patch

Sdet Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 25 Sep 2023

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
6-8 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Aug 2023. There were 8 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 - Coding Test 

A coding round in hackerRank where, I got some aptitude and technical questions and two coding questions i solved one and half. One easy and one medium level.

Round 3 - Coding Test 

There was again a coding test with only two questions of coding in hackerRank platform.

Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. This round was a technical round and happened in hackerRank platform 2 basics coding questions.
Round 5 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. This round was also almost same two coding questions both were easy medium level with some testing OS and Networking question as mcq.
Round 6 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. This was more basic as the interview was very short and he just asked two coding questions.
Round 7 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. One coding question was asked this was medium level.
  • Q2. One test case where have to list the test cases for Google pay app, like what are the test failure cases or what you test if you're a tester pf gpay app.
Round 8 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic questions.

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ivy user image Anonymous

posted on 11 Sep 2024

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Test cases of login page
  • Ans. 

    Test cases for login page functionality

    • Verify valid username and password combination successfully logs in

    • Verify error message is displayed for invalid username or password

    • Verify 'Forgot Password' link redirects to password reset page

    • Verify 'Create Account' link redirects to registration page

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Code on website
  • Ans. 

    The question is asking for code on a website.

    • Check the website's source code for any embedded scripts or code snippets

    • Look for any external scripts or libraries being used on the website

    • Inspect the network requests to see if any code is being loaded dynamically

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Analyst Interview Questions & Answers

Morgan Stanley user image Deepak Kumar Thakur

posted on 5 Dec 2015

I applied via Walk-in

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Finance related questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I think they were looking for Basic understanding of financial accounting, confidence.
My experience of working on valuation of Oil & Gas projects, financial modelling helped a lot
Tips: My confidence in answering questions related to finance and Read thoroughly two chapters 11 & 12 of “Financial Accounting” book by RNS

Skill Tips: They will give you required training
Skills: Finance
College Name: IIM Bangalore

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. Asked about my projects – the technical aspects, scope, etc
  • Q2. Databases and Mysql – queries, types of keys, joins, etc
  • Q3. Fundamentals of Operating Systems – threads/processes, scheduling algorithms, memory/storage, etc
  • Q4. Data Structures and Files, so – sorting/searching algorithms, their complexities, files, other data structures, etc

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: The first round, quite naturally, was the aptitude round. We had to answer questions that were designed to test our quantitative and technical abilities. But this was only the first part. The second part involved finding computational solutions to simulated situations. These questions needed to be solved in a programming language we were asked to choose earlier, during the aforementioned first part. I chose to do it in Java as that is one language I am really thorough with. I understand that C/C++ are more important and versatile, but what matters here is your inherent understanding of the concepts involved

Round: Group Activity
Experience: We had to build model buildings, using LEGO blocks. Other than the fact that I love building things from other smaller things, the supplied material took me back to my childhood days. We were divided into four groups. Two in each room, and each group consisted of 8-10 candidates. We were given a time limit within which we had to design and construct a building. As a surprise, after half time, they asked the two groups in each room to merge their projects. This probably was to see if the candidates were pro-active team players, and could handle unexpected situations like professionals.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: There was another technical interview after the group activity. I was interviewed by two of their officers, who again asked questions similar to those from the first technical round.  It went quite well, since I was quite confident about the way I was solving the problems they gave me. Thinking out loud is key, as that lets them in your problem-solving abilities. That way, they let you know if you are headed in the right direction. My interviewers were quite pleasant, as they liked discussing possible scenarios to the problems they gave me.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: there was an HR round, where the woman interviewed me about my projects. She needed to know if I had the guts to finish whatever it is that I started. So she asked more on the lines on my role in the projects I had undertaken in the previous years. She also asked me about my working experience from before. That too went well. It was pretty much a standard HR interview – projects, hobbies, traits, etc.

Round: fitness roound
Experience: There was another round in the end, which was to test the candidate’s professional fitness – if they indeed are the right people for the job. I found it to be a blend of technical and HR interviews, more on the lines of HR though. All in all, it was a brilliant experience

General Tips: To my juniors, study hard, be sincere, be yourself, be smart (preferably in that order, but you are free to improvise!)
College Name: IIT MADRAS

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. How would you find whether a number is even or odd without using any conditions?
  • Ans. 

    Using bitwise operator to check the last bit of the number.

    • Use bitwise AND operator with 1 to check the last bit of the number.

    • If the result is 0, the number is even. If the result is 1, the number is odd.

    • Example: 6 & 1 = 0 (even), 7 & 1 = 1 (odd)

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Implement a dynamic 2D excel sheet using DS (underwent various levels of improvisations)
  • Ans. 

    Implement a dynamic 2D excel sheet using DS

    • Use a 2D array to store the data

    • Implement functions to add, delete, and modify data

    • Use data structures like linked lists or hash tables for efficient searching and sorting

    • Implement dynamic resizing to handle large amounts of data

    • Use GUI libraries like Tkinter or PyQt for user interface

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. A build up that resulted in the concept of using joins in DBMS
  • Ans. 

    Joining tables in DBMS evolved as a solution to handle complex data relationships.

    • Joins allow combining data from multiple tables based on a common column.

    • The concept of joins originated from the need to handle complex data relationships.

    • Joins can be inner, outer, left, right, or cross depending on the type of data required.

    • Joins can improve query performance by reducing the number of queries needed to retrieve data.

    • Jo...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Discussed the concept of virtual memory and paging in OS

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: There was negative marking for these questions (+4 & -1) and the number of questions in the second section were more (10 and 20 respectively, I think).The second part of the test was a Coding Round, online. We were given 3 problem statements to be solved in 45 minutes and the programming languages allowed were C, C++ and Java. However you are required to use the same language for Part 1 (Technical Skills) and Part 2 (Coding Round). So make sure you know any one language in its entirety. I hadn’t touched anything apart from C. The questions were essentially based on data structures.
Tips: Word of caution: Be wise in designing your strategy to solve questions, there always IS a sectional cut off and the competition is cutthroat.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: -1 was pretty much basic, probably just for them to find out whether you know everything that you claim to know. I was asked questions on the basics of C, Data structure implementation, DBMS AND OS. Sounds daunting, but it really wasn't. My panellists were really cool about giving me all the time in the world to think about my answers, they'd even roll their chairs to the corner of the room and chit chat when I'd ask them to stop looking at me. Not a recommended course of action for you guys, because you might get really badass panellists who might want to take a stress interview and using this would probably get you a ticket to take you directly out of the building. But the point is that you don't need to panic when you're asked a question that you don't understand AT ALL. It is probably just a coating of shiny silver on a very basic problem. ALWAYS remember to restate the question as you understood it to make sure that you're on the right track. If you're right you get a bonus for being able to analyse well. If you're not, they will make you understand and you won't spend 15 minutes of your interview time solving a misinterpreted question.

Round: Group Activity
Experience: This is subject to change every year, but for ours we had the one with the Lego toys

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: This round was perhaps the most difficult of all, with gruelling technical questions that I couldn't make head or tail out of. But they were satisfied with a broad outlook to the number of solutions and the different ways to approach the problem. They asked me a little about how my day had been till then and for improvisations on the answers to the questions I was asked in the previous rounds. I was also asked a question about synchronization that I answered with my knowledge of embedded systems. They were really interested in how I applied unrelated knowledge to solve a problem that I would otherwise not be able to answer. This was the end of TECH-2 which made me believe that I had screwed up entirely and that I was out for sure.

Round: PRO FIT ROUND
Experience: I went in to my ProFit round with an "I-should-really-have the-best-time-with-this-thing-since-it-is-all-down-the-drain-anyway" attitude, but really, I think that is just what you're expected to do anyway. :) This ended up being the coolest round of all and I had the time of my life for those 30 minutes. My interviewer asked me ALL the general questions you expect in an HR, and I answered them all very, very truthfully and with really long explanations :P The guy was a veeeeery keen listener and caught on to each and every one of my indications. He let me talk about practically everything, from my very hippie-like outlook of life to the most silly bets I have placed, ever. And the best part was that he was always interested, poker-face like, but always waiting patiently for more exemplifications. Don't bother trying to make up achievements you haven't really made, because they don't care about how accomplished you are, more like how zestful you are, and it probably shows when you're talking about things that you love. Long story short, talk your heart out, they hardly speak in all of those 30 minutes. Let them know that you really ARE passionate about the things that you do.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: The next round that I was immediately ushered into was my HR. Now, I probably felt what I did because I had talked a LOT in my previous round, but I really thought this round was predominantly precursory. My interviewer was one of the big shots of the day, but he hardly asked me any questions that could qualify as HR. This person was the only one from all of my interviews who was even remotely rigid, but that too only marginally. He was ultra-friendly again by the end of the interview. This might vary case by case, but he only asked me things like my comfort with relocation and what I aimed to achieve in the next 5 years. At the end of the interview, he kid around a little and escorted me to the waiting room.

College Name: IIT MADRAS

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: First round - 1 hour online test split into 2 sections. First section - aptitude 10 questions and c/c++/java 10 question for a total of 30 minutes. Second section included 2 coding questions for a total time of 30 minutes. Approx - 400 students.

General Tips: Aptitude was hard and pace is important. Practicing commercial mathematics will help. Past projects are important and resume should have only information that you are thorough with.Understand the company and what it does before the personal interviews.
Skill Tips: Prepare well DSA, OS ,Aptitude,C,C++ , by the help of Indiabix.com.
Skills:
College Name: NIT Surathkal

I applied via Referral

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Mostly on Financial accounting
  • Q2. Questions on Cash flow statements ( Project during 1st term )

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: number of interviews were 2 where the 2nd was more of a confirmation that I am willing to work with them.
I answered most of the questions they asked except who is teaching you corporate finance. I asked a lot of questions about what they do and what is their view about Indian accounting laws
I think they are looking for knowledge in finance and less of globe during the interview.

Tips: Prof. R. Narayanswamies fundas of financial accounting.
Be thorough with financial.

Skills: Accounting, Finance
College Name: IIM Bangalore

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: The test had 2 parts. 1)Objective (90 mins) 2) Subjective (90 mins). Both the paper were divided into 3 sections 1) Computer Science 2)Math & 3)Data Science .

To get shortlisted you need to do well on only one of the section.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Probability Interview and discussion on projects that I have worked upon on in the institute.

Probability questions were given a quadratic equation whose coefficients are RVs , what is the probability that the roots are real.

College Name: IIT Madras

I was interviewed in Dec 2016.

Interview Questionnaire 

8 Questions

  • Q1. Question related to projects mentioned in CV.
  • Q2. Question related to Database Management.
  • Q3. Given a web portal that is running slow, how would you debug the solution for that? Answer stepwise.
  • Ans. 

    Debugging steps for a slow web portal

    • Check server load and resource usage

    • Analyze network traffic and latency

    • Review code for inefficiencies and optimize

    • Use profiling tools to identify bottlenecks

    • Consider caching and content delivery networks

    • Test and monitor performance after changes

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Generally we store data in normalised form, but it makes it slow to run any queries. How would you make the queries run faster?
  • Ans. 

    Denormalization, indexing, caching, and partitioning can improve query performance.

    • Denormalize the data to reduce the number of joins required for queries.

    • Create indexes on frequently queried columns to speed up search.

    • Cache frequently accessed data in memory to avoid disk reads.

    • Partition large tables into smaller ones to reduce the amount of data that needs to be scanned.

    • Use query optimization techniques like query re...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. Write a sorting algorithm in detail.
  • Ans. 

    Sorting algorithm organizes data in a specific order.

    • Choose a sorting algorithm based on the data size and type.

    • Common sorting algorithms include bubble sort, insertion sort, and quicksort.

    • Implement the chosen algorithm in code.

    • Test the algorithm with sample data to ensure it sorts correctly.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q6. Who or what inspires you the most?
  • Ans. 

    My parents inspire me the most.

    • Their hard work and dedication to providing for our family motivates me to work hard.

    • Their unwavering support and encouragement has helped me overcome challenges.

    • Their values and principles have shaped me into the person I am today.

    • Seeing their sacrifices and selflessness inspires me to be a better person.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q7. What are the qualities of a leader?
  • Ans. 

    A leader should possess qualities like vision, communication, empathy, integrity, and adaptability.

    • Vision: Ability to see the big picture and set goals accordingly

    • Communication: Ability to convey ideas clearly and listen actively

    • Empathy: Ability to understand and relate to others' emotions and perspectives

    • Integrity: Consistency in values, actions, and decisions

    • Adaptability: Ability to adjust to changing circumstances a

  • Answered by AI
  • Q8. Why Morgan Stanley?
  • Ans. 

    Morgan Stanley is a top-tier investment bank with a strong reputation for excellence and innovation.

    • Morgan Stanley has a long history of success in the financial industry

    • The company is known for its innovative approach to investment banking

    • Morgan Stanley has a global presence and offers a wide range of services to clients

    • The firm has a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion

    • Morgan Stanley is a great place to work

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The interviewer asked questions based upon CV. He first made me adjust to the environment and then started the serious questions realted to technical stuff.
Tips: Never lie about any subject you don't really know. Keep a particular topic strong, in my case it was Database Management. Have good problem solving skills, if not efficient but at least a good solution.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The round consisted of technical questions based on my analysis of the first round. Consisted of higher levele questions related to my topics of my expertise.
Tips: Be ready for any spontaneous questions. Explain whatever comes to your mind instead of quietly thinking. Be communicative and confident. They don't care about the syntax but rather the logical thinking.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Just be communicative. Since you've qualified till the HR interview, you are almost confirmed for their position. They checked if I could handle pressure or not. They tried to know if they could give me more responsibilities in the near future or not.
Tips: Be confident and don't hesitate to answer. Express what you feel genuinely. Show that you are a responsible guy.

College Name: IIT Varanasi

Skills evaluated in this interview

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