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Updated 11 Oct 2024

Dell Software Engineer2 Interview Experiences

6 interviews found

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

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. About my projects
  • Q2. Related to java
Round 2 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. About my family

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be real and prepare well. Highlight your achievements. You must be aware of all the projects you did. Prepare the technical stuff too.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
-
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 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. C# programming questions on palindrome, async programming, singleton class and detailed discussion on projects mentioned on resume.
  • Q2. Palindrome, singleton class
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Discussion with manager

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

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Feb 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Duration for 60 minutes, where questions were asked based on DS And Algo, Java Coding Practices and basic problem solving skills.

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Mainly was a behavioral questioning round where I was asked to implement my current engineering project in an optimized way.
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. All questions related to what areas are my expertise, any future plans for post graduate degrees etc

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jan 2022. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Telephonic Call 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Core Java and data structures questions
  • Q2. Internal structure of hashmap.
  • Ans. 

    HashMap is a data structure that stores key-value pairs and uses hashing to retrieve values quickly.

    • HashMap uses an array of buckets to store key-value pairs.

    • Each bucket contains a linked list of entries with the same hash code.

    • When a key-value pair is added, its hash code is used to determine the bucket and the entry is added to the linked list.

    • When a value is retrieved, the key's hash code is used to find the bucket ...

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Multiple questions on Java DBMS SQL entity mapping,many to many mapping in Java
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Core Java questions, multiple multithreading questions,string pool concept,Springboot basics
Round 4 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Regular Managerial questions + Solid principles
Round 5 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Simple HR questions,nothing much

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Interviewer will check core concepts of Java and a bit of coding,so prepare accordingly.

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Mar 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Questions were based on OOPs concepts

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions were based on OOPs and DBMS
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What are the challenges you have faced in life?
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Apr 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Garbage collection in Java
  • Ans. 

    Garbage collection in Java is an automatic process of reclaiming memory by destroying unused objects.

    • Garbage collection in Java is performed by the JVM to free up memory by destroying objects that are no longer referenced.

    • It helps in preventing memory leaks and improving performance by automatically managing memory allocation and deallocation.

    • Java provides different types of garbage collectors like Serial, Parallel, CM...

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Coding Test 

Linked list reversal

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. HL7 related question
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Purely managerial
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I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Sep 2021. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. String permutations with atleast 3 letters in it and first letter vowel
  • Ans. 

    Generate string permutations with first letter as vowel and atleast 3 letters

    • Create a list of vowels and a list of consonants

    • Generate all possible permutations of length 3 or more using itertools.permutations

    • Filter out permutations that do not start with a vowel

    • Join the remaining permutations into strings

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Oops concepts, C# concepts, palindrome of string and number
  • Q3. Questions related to mvvm wpf c#

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Overall there were 4 rounds. Interviewer were very cool. Just study all the basic concepts of c# wpf mvvm and focus on problem solving skills.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. OOPS concepts thoroughly
  • Q2. Design pattern concepts
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. QT c++ design patters
  • Q2. Normal project related questions in previous organisation

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare basics

I appeared for an interview before Sep 2020.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 180 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Round was held in the morning at 10 am.

  • Q1. 

    M - Coloring Problem Statement

    Given an undirected graph with 'N' nodes in the form of an adjacency matrix and an integer 'M', determine if it is possible to color the vertices of the graph using at most ...

  • Ans. 

    The problem involves determining if a given graph can be colored with at most 'M' colors without adjacent vertices sharing the same color.

    • Create a function that takes the adjacency matrix, number of nodes 'N', and maximum number of colors 'M' as input.

    • Implement a graph coloring algorithm such as backtracking or greedy coloring to check if the graph can be colored with at most 'M' colors.

    • Check if adjacent vertices have ...

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Face to Face 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 40 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

The round was held in the evening

  • Q1. 

    Trie Data Structure Implementation

    Design and implement a Trie (prefix tree) to perform the following operations:

    • insert(word): Add a string "word" to the Trie.
    • search(word): Verify if the string "w...
  • Ans. 

    Implement a Trie data structure to insert, search, and check for prefixes in strings.

    • Create a TrieNode class with children and isEndOfWord attributes.

    • Implement insert, search, and startsWith methods in the Trie class.

    • Use a Trie to efficiently store and search for strings based on prefixes.

    • Example: insert 'apple', search 'apple' returns true, startsWith 'app' returns true, search 'app' returns false.

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - HR 

Round duration - 10 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Was held in the morning around 9 am

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI completed Computer Science Engineering from TIET - Thapar Institute of Engineering And Technology. I applied for the job as SDE - 1 in NoidaEligibility criteriaAbove 7 CGPASamsung interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - OOPS, Algorithms, Operating System, DBMS, Data StructuresTime required to prepare for the interview - 2 MonthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Focus on graphs, most questions are from this topic
Tip 2 : Prepare well about the projects you mention in your resume
Tip 3 : Do not fill the resume with too many things. Keep it simple

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Have 2-3 projects on resume. But also be prepared to answer questions related to the projects.
Tip 2 : Do not mention too many things. Keep it short and simple

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

Dell Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Dell Software Engineer2 interview?
Dell interview process usually has 3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Dell interview process are Technical, HR and Coding Test.
How to prepare for Dell Software Engineer2 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 Dell. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Dell expect are Software Engineering, Python, Linux, Firmware and Software Development.
What are the top questions asked in Dell Software Engineer2 interview?

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Difficulty level

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Duration

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