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Ernst & Young Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 14 Jun 2024

Top Ernst & Young Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

  • Q1. Duplicate In Array You are given an array ‘ARR’ of size ‘N’ containing each number between 1 and ‘N’ - 1 at least once. There is a single integer value that is present in ...read more
  • Q2. Anagram Pairs Pre-requisites: Anagrams are defined as words or names that can be formed by rearranging letters of another word. Such as "spar" can be formed by rearrangi ...read more
  • Q3. Multithreading Question What is the difference between the interrupted() and isInterrupted() method in Java?
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9 Ernst & Young Senior Software Engineer Interview Experiences

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Interview experience
2
 Poor
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

2 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

Basic coding questions and SQL queries

2

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Technology used

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - They have very tedious process where you have to attend 4 technical interviews and hr won't respond after each round. Don't answer your call.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 4-6 weeks
Result
 No response

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in May 2023.

4 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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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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2

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. SSRS reports - Why temp tables are used and not regular tables?
  • Q2. Table group and cache look-up
3

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Infra architechture
  • Q2. Form patterns - D365FO
4

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Why are you looking for job change?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Brush-up your basics

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Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Hard
Duration
 2-4 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Ey Website and was interviewed in Apr 2023.

5 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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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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2

Coding Test Round

Coding test based on Array , Map ,set and linked list

3

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Kotlin, core android and project related questions
4

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Client round - kotlin , di , coding and core android questions
5

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary discussions only

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - keep upto date with latest tools and technologies

Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions

user image CodingNinjas

posted on 24 May 2022

I was interviewed in May 2022.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Assignment Round (1 Question)

Round duration - 90 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

  • Q1. Duplicate In Array You are given an array ‘ARR’ of size ‘N’ containing each number between 1 and ‘N’ - 1 at least once. There is a single integer value that is ...read more
2

Face to Face Round (1 Question)

Round duration - 45 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

They wants to Check your Problem solving techniques with best case and how you approach a problem and the way you solve
they wants to solve in more than one way 
also they ask basic Questions Related to your frame Work you are working

  • Q1. Anagram Pairs Pre-requisites: Anagrams are defined as words or names that can be formed by rearranging letters of another word. Such as "spar" can be...read more
3

HR Round (1 Question)

Round duration - 20 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

General About yourSelf and How was your previous round and CTC discussion

  • Q1. Basic HR question

    CTC discussion

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI applied for the job as Senior Software Engineer in GurgaonEligibility criteriaB.Tech in Computer Science with 60% throughoutErnst & Young (EY) interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - JavaScript: Call Stack, Closures, object Oriented Programming ,scoping, prototype, Async React: Hooks , Callback ,Redux ,custom middleware HTML: New Elements in HTML5CSS: Positions ,Flex box, grid layout, media Query ,SelectorsTime required to prepare for the interview - 3 MonthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Understand the Basics and Key Concept
Tip 2 : Practice as much a possible for online coding platform 
Tip 3 : Try to solve problem in 2 or more than 2 approach

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Mention Key concept to your project , don't describe
Tip 2 : Mention your Project with your Role and responsibilities ,
Tip 3 : Don't mention false things

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions

user image Akshay Nande

posted on 15 Jan 2024

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 Easy
Duration
 6-8 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I was interviewed before Jan 2023.

4 Interview Rounds

1

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions related to background. Resume based.
2

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Area of interest - Backend, frontend, databases, cloud etc
3

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Areas of interest - Backend, frontend, databases, cloud, etc
4

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Behavioral interview with the Parter/Principal
Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Mar 2023.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic java and angular questions
2

Coding Test Round

Basic technical question on finding duplicate alphabets in a string

3

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. What is your plan 5 years down the line, how to resolve conflict in the team

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Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions

user image Bhaskar Mamgai

posted on 17 Feb 2022

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Aug 2021.

4 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

This round is purely based on DS /Algo and System Design and their real-life applications implications and a few case studies.

2

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. How memory is managed in python?
  • Q2. Three-tier architecture, Flask, Docker, Redis,Microservice,Design Patterns
3

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Aptitude-based and technical situation questions with senior members of the team.
4

HR Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Why are you looking for a change?
  • Q2. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - The overall entire onboarding process is so smooth and interaction with the team during the interview process is quite engaging. Just believe in yourself and give your best.

Skills evaluated in this interview

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user image Drunken Engineer

posted on 18 Nov 2021

Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions

user image CodingNinjas

posted on 5 Apr 2022

I was interviewed before Apr 2021.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Video Call Round (9 Questions)

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

This round started slow with some basic fundamental questions around OOPS and then paced up higher to some more advanced questions Java and Multithreading in Java in general.

  • Q1. OOPS Question

    Explain SOLID principles in Object Oriented Design.

  • Q2. OOPS Question

    What is Abstraction?

  • Q3. OOPS Question

    How is an abstract class different from an interface?

  • Q4. Java Question

    What is classloader?

  • Q5. Java Question

    Why Java is platform independent and JVM platform dependent?

  • Q6. Java Question

    Tell us something about JIT compiler.

  • Q7. Java Question

    Explain the use of final keyword in variable, method and class.

  • Q8. Multithreading Question

    Explain thread pool?

  • Q9. Multithreading Question

    What is the difference between the interrupted() and isInterrupted() method in Java?

2

Video Call Round (9 Questions)

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

This round primarily focused on some major concepts in Spring Boot and Hibernate and had questions revolving around
that with some more questions from Microserviices and Java Design Patterns.

  • Q1. Spring Boot Question

    How many bean scopes are supported by Spring?

  • Q2. Spring Boot Question

    What do you understand by auto wiring and name the different modes of it?

  • Q3. Spring Boot Question

    Explain @RestController annotation in Sprint boot.

  • Q4. Spring Boot Question

    What does the @SpringBootApplication annotation do internally?

  • Q5. Spring Boot Question

    Explain Spring Actuator and its advantages.

  • Q6. Hibernate Question

    What are the concurrency strategies available in hibernate?

  • Q7. Microservices Question

    Explain the working of Microservice Architecture.

  • Q8. Microservices Question

    What issues are generally solved by spring clouds?

  • Q9. Java Design Patterns

    Explain the Singleton pattern?

3

HR Round (2 Questions)

Round duration - 30 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

This is a cultural fitment testing round. HR was very frank and asked standard questions. Then we discussed about my
role.

  • Q1. Basic HR Question

    Why should we hire you ?

  • Q2. Basic HR Question

    Why are you looking for a job change?

Interview Preparation Tips

Eligibility criteriaAbove 2 years of experienceErnst & Young (EY) interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Data Structures, Algorithms, OOPS, Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate, MVCTime required to prepare for the interview - 4 MonthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Must do Previously asked Interview as well as Online Test Questions.
Tip 2 : Go through all the previous interview experiences from Codestudio and Leetcode.
Tip 3 : Do at-least 2 good projects and you must know every bit of them.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Have at-least 2 good projects explained in short with all important points covered.
Tip 2 : Every skill must be mentioned.
Tip 3 : Focus on skills, projects and experiences more.

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Difference between inheritance and polymorphism
  • Q2. Write a code to check anagram or not

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - They asked very basic java questions like difference between inheritance and polyformism.
Asked basic java concepts

Ernst & Young Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Ernst & Young Senior Software Engineer interview?
Ernst & Young interview process usually has 3-4 rounds. The most common rounds in the Ernst & Young interview process are Technical, HR and Coding Test.
How to prepare for Ernst & Young Senior Software Engineer 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 Ernst & Young. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Ernst & Young expect are Java, Kafka, Spring Boot, .Net and Azure.
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