Exela Technologies Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

General Tips: I joined HCL as a fresher and got Intervie

Round: Test
Experience: Aptitude, reasoning, logical, etc. 2 hours

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I had a standard resume for this company as per our institute placement cell norms.
I usually changed my “Areas of Interest” as per the company profile. For Headstrong I mentioned subjects that dealt with coding and data structure.

Round: Test
Experience: First round was a written test containing 90 aptitude based questions and the time allotted for the same was 90 minutes. Questions were of high difficulty level; most of the questions based on probability, permutation and combination. 40 people were shortlisted out of the 180 applicants.
Duration: 90 minutes
Total Questions: 90

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: In Group Discussion there were 11 people in my group. The topic for the discussion was the “impact of family drama daily soaps (saas bahu serials) on the society”. Almost all of us agreed to the fact that these serials were sending wrong message to the society. They were interested in students who were expressive. 3 people got selected from my group.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The first round was a technical interview. Questions related to my family and areas of interest were also asked though. Questions related to C++ were asked and the topic of data structure was their main focus. They asked me questions on linked list and other forms of data structure. Finally they asked few general puzzles too. This interview continued for around 20 minutes.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: In the HR interview, questions were asked on why they should choose me and why I had opted for Headstrong. They also asked which location I would prefer for the job. They wanted someone who would be comfortable with any location whether it be south or north India. This last interview was small and lasted around 5-10 minutes.
Tips: Preparation of puzzles foe the interview would be beneficial.

College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Motivation: Most information regarding the company was obtained by attending the pre placement talk. The company did not check much about our knowledge related to the company but were more concerned with our technical knowledge.

Round: Resume Shortlist
Tips: skill and experience is priority

Round: Test
Experience: subjective questions
Duration: 1 hour

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: c++ questions

Round: HR Interview
Experience: experience and past details

Round: Test
Experience: Very easy questions. Practice R.S Agarwal aptitude and verbal books.
Duration matters. Solve the questions fast.Skip the questions if you think you don't know dont kill time on them.

In verbal most of the questions on subject verb agrement-wikipedia links are enough to practice on them.

It's easy just try to solve as many as u can and dont leave the questions unanswered,no negative marking.
Duration: 80 minutes
Total Questions: 120

Skill Tips: Talk in english. Be confident. smile in face.
Skills: c Language, Thinking ability, English fluency
College Name: K L University
Funny Moments: Im very bad in solving puzzles. The HR over there asking puzzles to every one.
It's my turn the 1st question he asked me was what are you bad at?
no 2nd thought I said solving puzzles...In that way he didnt ask me any puzzles. He checked my confidence, english fluency...e.t.c.

Round: Test
Experience: There was 7 sections. And each section has a 60% sectional cutoff
Tips: Attempt questions which you know and you are confident about
Duration: 50 minutes
Total Questions: 70

Round: Story writing
Experience: Write a story based on picture
Tips: No grammatical errors must be there

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: 1 hour interview but based on technical and daily life
Tips: Be confident

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Just a simple round..bcoz u are almost selected
Tips: Be positive

Skills: Communication And Confidence