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Fastenal Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 13 Dec 2024

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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

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

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Minimum Knight Moves (LC Medium)
  • Q2. OS, CN, DB concepts like multithreading, semaphore, tcp vs udp, transaction and ACId properties. Java concepts like stack vs heap(memory), error vs exception. Any 1 Project discussion for 10 mins

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare all the fundamental concepts of operating systems and databases. Refer to the company-tagged questions from LC.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Node JS internal
  • Q2. Previous project discussion
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Techical questions and coding questions related profile.
  • Q2. Basic concepts about your programming skills.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Nice company and positive interview response and smooth interview process and recommend to join .
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Design pattern experience
  • Ans. 

    I have extensive experience with various design patterns such as Singleton, Factory, Observer, and MVC.

    • Implemented Singleton pattern to ensure only one instance of a class exists

    • Utilized Factory pattern to create objects without specifying the exact class

    • Implemented Observer pattern for event handling and notifications

    • Utilized MVC pattern for separating concerns in a software application

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Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Delete nth node from end in linked list
  • Ans. 

    To delete the nth node from the end in a linked list, we can use a two-pointer approach.

    • Use two pointers, one to traverse the list and another to keep track of the nth node from the end.

    • Move the second pointer n steps ahead of the first pointer.

    • When the second pointer reaches the end of the list, the first pointer will be at the nth node from the end.

    • Adjust the pointers to delete the nth node.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Project discussion

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - revise your latest projects and technologies used thoroughly, prepare trees and linked list in DSA

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I was interviewed before Jul 2023.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

45 min round. Similar to Leetcode medium level question.

Round 2 - Coding Test 

45 min coding round, 2 question asked

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. System design of proximity service
  • Ans. 

    Design a system for proximity service

    • Utilize geolocation data to track user locations

    • Implement algorithms to calculate proximity between users

    • Use real-time updates to notify users of nearby contacts

  • Answered by AI
Round 4 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Behavioral questions

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before May 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Introduction about yourself and expectation
Round 2 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. IOS questions and architecture question about modularisation. From resume.
  • Q2. Question Asked about memory management
  • Q3. Question about modularisation and interface design
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Oct 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Question on dsa and string theory along with oops concepts

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Question on java strings and arrays
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I was interviewed before May 2023.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. DSA - level order traversal, sliding window.
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Atomic transaction in distributed system
  • Ans. 

    Atomic transactions ensure that all operations in a transaction are completed successfully or none at all in a distributed system.

    • Atomic transactions guarantee that all operations within a transaction are either all successful or all rolled back.

    • In distributed systems, atomic transactions are crucial for maintaining data consistency across multiple nodes.

    • ACID properties (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability) a...

  • Answered by AI

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