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Updated 13 Dec 2024

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Oct 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

It was a combination of mcq and coding questions
mcq: aptitude + c++ + sql question, nothing really tough
Coding question: 3 leetcode question, medium level, of stack, binary search and graph traversal

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. Question regarding project
  • Q2. SQL basic to moderate question
  • Q3. C++ coding question on strings recursion callback in c, oops medium level question, finding error in code
  • Q4. Puzzles Q1-> cake cutting ( 3 cuts, 8 slices) Q2 ->9 bottles, 8 same weight bottles, 1 heavy, 2 tries using a balance
  • Q5. OS question difference bw multi-processing and multi-programming how would u reduce number of page faults. etc
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Once again project explanation
  • Q2. Basic to high level oops question:( C++) i was asked to write some class and in that these questions were asked 1: different types of access modifiers, but the question was asked indirectly. like why did i write public, what is public.. what else can be there, what if i dont write public... 2: heap space vs stack space in oops implementation, new keyword importance, eg: what if i dont use new, where the instance would be created... and so on.. i dont remember other question
  • Q3. HR questions, since it was a semi technical cum hr round,

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - stay clam and respond actively and please fill the company recruitment form properly, question was asked directly form that form. Also properly attend the pre placement talks, it would be beneficial as u can directly answer company related questions without any hesitation.

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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
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Round 1 - Coding Test 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Number of Islands (leetcode)
  • Ans. 

    Count the number of islands in a 2D grid of '1's and '0's.

    • Iterate through the grid and for each '1' encountered, perform a depth-first search to mark all connected '1's as visited.

    • Increment the count of islands for each new island encountered.

    • Ensure to handle edge cases like out of bounds indices and already visited cells.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Coco eating Banana (leetcode)
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Depth knowledge about your project work
  • Q2. DSA(Time and Space Complexity)
Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
  • Ans. 

    I am a detail-oriented Quality Analyst with a strong background in analyzing data and identifying areas for improvement.

    • Experienced in conducting quality assurance tests and creating test plans

    • Skilled in identifying defects and working with development teams to resolve issues

    • Proficient in using testing tools such as Selenium and JIRA

    • Strong communication skills to effectively communicate findings and recommendations

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Why to join this Company
  • Ans. 

    I am excited to join this Company because of its reputation for innovation, growth opportunities, and strong company culture.

    • The Company has a track record of innovation in the industry, which aligns with my passion for continuous improvement.

    • I see great potential for growth and advancement within the Company, which is important for my career development.

    • The Company's strong company culture, focus on employee well-bein...

  • Answered by AI

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Q1. How you will maintain the balance between operations and quality so that they do not have any conflicts of interest
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Fastenal Interview Questions and Answers for Freshers
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions on basis of elastic search

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Q1. K Largest Elements Problem Statement You are given an integer k and an array of integers that contain numbers in random order. Write a program to find the k largest numbers from the given array. You need to save them in an array and return ... read more
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jan 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

It had questions ranging from leetcode moderate to hard.

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Group Anagrams and some questions regarding OA
  • Q2. Majority OOPs questions and basic language questions
Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Few basic questions related to projects regarding the principles of Restful API
  • Q2. DSA question - infix to postfix and common element in 3 sorted arrays

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident and practice every topic well before your interview.

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Scrum Master Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 23 Aug 2023

Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Jul 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
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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Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Waste of time and energy
  • Ans. 

    Identifying and eliminating waste of time and energy is crucial for efficiency in any process.

    • Identify non-value adding activities and eliminate them

    • Streamline processes to reduce unnecessary steps

    • Encourage continuous improvement to minimize waste

    • Implement tools like Kanban or Lean principles to reduce waste

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Waste of Time and energy
  • Ans. 

    Waste of time and energy can occur due to inefficient processes, lack of clear goals, poor communication, and unnecessary tasks.

    • Identify and eliminate non-value adding activities

    • Encourage open communication and collaboration

    • Set clear goals and priorities

    • Avoid multitasking and focus on one task at a time

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - This company's interview is the worst ever faced one by me. The panel people think that they're the super bosses of the entire world and try to throw you out of the bus every now and then. They don't let you speak 5 words continuously at a time and end up saying that we are not fit.

If you guys are not having a mentality to listen to what others are trying to say, I'm sorry to say this, but you cannot succeed in what ever you're trying to achieve wrt Agile.

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Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 21 Feb 2023

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

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Technical should be good. More into coding
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Whats your name and experience?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Do well in interview and all the best. Good luck and wish you a great career

Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. ❖ If a team member is unable to carry out his work, he is doing it repetitively, how would you handle it?, would you like to work only on lifing of components, or would you be ready to shift to other departments?
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I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Mar 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - HR 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. What are your salary expectations?
  • Q2. Tell me about yourself.
  • Q3. Why are you looking for a change?
  • Q4. Share details of your previous job.
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Everytime about the topic I added in my CV
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. More about Java Opps concept, selenium, automation tools, BDD framework explanation

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - 1. Make sure you cover all the topics you added in ur CV

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Sep 2021. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. SQL Joins and it's applications
  • Ans. 

    SQL Joins are used to combine data from two or more tables based on a related column.

    • Joins are used to retrieve data from multiple tables in a single query

    • Types of joins include inner join, left join, right join, and full outer join

    • Join conditions are specified using the ON keyword and a comparison operator

    • Joins can be used to combine data from tables with a one-to-many or many-to-many relationship

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Finding error in sql queries
  • Ans. 

    To find errors in SQL queries, check for syntax errors, missing or incorrect table/column names, and incorrect data types.

    • Check for syntax errors using a SQL editor or IDE.

    • Verify table and column names are correct and exist in the database.

    • Ensure data types match between tables and queries.

    • Use error messages and logs to identify specific issues.

    • Test queries with sample data to catch errors before running on production

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Different methods of solving same problem
  • Ans. 

    Different methods can be used to solve the same problem depending on the context and available resources.

    • Brainstorming and ideation sessions

    • Trial and error

    • Research and analysis

    • Collaboration and teamwork

    • Using established frameworks and methodologies

    • Leveraging technology and automation

    • Iterative approach to problem-solving

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Data analysis lifecycle

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be true to what you know, there is always a key skill that the interviewer is looking for rest are secondary and in some cases not mandatory, be sure to ask about the primary skill and do prepare for that skill extensively

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Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: You need to submit your CV and they shortlist you on this basis.Fast and accurate coding.
Tips: Clearly specify any technical achievement.

Round: Coding
Experience: You are given 4 hours to solve a few algorithmic questions.Start practicing for this from sometime earlier.
Tips: There are puzzles available on the Facebook page.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Three interviews. All almost exclusively technical with 1-2 HR questions.
The questions are mainly algorithmic in nature and you need to code online while talking to them.
Tips: Be as accurate and clean with your code as possible.

General Tips: Be creative while answering the questions. They might ask you questions like 'What changes would you want to make to Facebook?'.
Prepare algorithmic questions for the interviews. Most companies like Facebook, Google, Microsoft and others focus on this.
Technical projects or internships will be beneficial.
Qualifying for or winning programming contests like overnite is very beneficial. Involvement in Social/Cultural activities or sports is not really essential.
Skill Tips: Being good at writing fast and correct code in any language helps a lot.
Skills: Programming
College Name: IIT KHARAGPUR

Interview Questionnaire 

8 Questions

  • Q1. Given two “ids” and a function getFriends(id) to get the list of friends of that person id, write a function that returns the list of mutual friends
  • Ans. 

    Function to return mutual friends given two ids and getFriends(id) function

    • Call getFriends(id) for both ids to get their respective friend lists

    • Iterate through both lists and compare to find mutual friends

    • Return the list of mutual friends

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Given an “id” and a function getFriends(id) to get the list of friends of that person id, write a function that returns the list of “friends of friends” in the order of decreasing number of mutual friends,...
  • Ans. 

    Function to return list of friends of friends in decreasing order of mutual friends

    • Use a set to store all friends of friends

    • Iterate through the list of friends of the given id

    • For each friend, iterate through their list of friends and count mutual friends

    • Sort the set of friends of friends by decreasing number of mutual friends

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Given a number of time slots – start time and end time,“a b”, find any specific time with the maximum number of overlapping. After solving the problem I had to prove my solution
  • Ans. 

    Given time slots, find a specific time with maximum overlap. Prove solution.

    • Create a list of all start and end times

    • Sort the list in ascending order

    • Iterate through the list and keep track of the number of overlaps at each time

    • Return the time with the maximum number of overlaps

    • Prove solution by testing with different input sizes and edge cases

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Given an array of Integers, find the Longest sub-array whose elements are in Increasing Order
  • Ans. 

    Find the longest sub-array with increasing order of integers.

    • Iterate through the array and keep track of the current sub-array's start and end indices.

    • Update the start index whenever the current element is smaller than the previous element.

    • Update the end index whenever the current element is greater than or equal to the next element.

    • Calculate the length of the sub-array and compare it with the longest sub-array found s

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. Given an array of Integers, find the length of Longest Increasing Subsequence and print the sequence.
  • Ans. 

    Find the length of longest increasing subsequence and print the sequence from an array of integers.

    • Use dynamic programming to solve the problem

    • Create an array to store the length of longest increasing subsequence ending at each index

    • Traverse the array and update the length of longest increasing subsequence for each index

    • Print the sequence by backtracking from the index with the maximum length

    • Time complexity: O(n^2)

    • Exam...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q6. Given a Sorted Array which has been rotated, write the code to find a given Integer
  • Ans. 

    Code to find a given integer in a rotated sorted array.

    • Use binary search to find the pivot point where the array is rotated.

    • Divide the array into two subarrays and perform binary search on the appropriate subarray.

    • Handle edge cases such as the target integer not being present in the array.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q7. You have a number of incoming Integers, all of which cannot be stored into memory. We need to print largest K numbers at the end of input
  • Ans. 

    Use a min-heap to keep track of the largest K numbers seen so far.

    • Create a min-heap of size K.

    • For each incoming integer, add it to the heap if it's larger than the smallest element in the heap.

    • If the heap size exceeds K, remove the smallest element.

    • At the end, the heap will contain the largest K numbers in the input.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q8. Implement LRU Cache
  • Ans. 

    LRU Cache is a data structure that stores the most recently used items and discards the least recently used items.

    • Use a doubly linked list to keep track of the order of items in the cache

    • Use a hash map to store the key-value pairs for fast access

    • When an item is accessed, move it to the front of the linked list

    • When the cache is full, remove the least recently used item from the back of the linked list and the hash map

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: ONLINE CODING ROUND
Experience: Facebook visited our campus in July, 2012. We had an online coding round hosted on InterviewStreet. We were asked to solve just one problem. The given problem boils down to : Given a undirected graph, source and destination, write the code to find the total number of distinct nodes visited, considering all possible paths.
Tips: Those shortlisted had to fly to Delhi for a Personal Interview. There were four rounds of interview, each of 45 minutes. The questions were simple. But just solving the given problem wasn't enough.

There was much more interaction and short questions asked related to the problem

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The above mentioned questions wer asked in the interview. For every solution I was asked to write the code on paper. The code should also include the implementation of the data structures used (I used heaps - so I was asked to implement heaps ). They are looking for someone with good problem solving skills and conceptually sound in data structures

College Name: BIT MESRA

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How many rounds are there in Fastenal interview?
Fastenal interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Fastenal interview process are Technical, One-on-one Round and HR.
How to prepare for Fastenal 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 Fastenal. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Fastenal expect are Test Cases, Black Box Testing, QA, Quality Assurance Engineering and Project Development.
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