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Updated 11 Feb 2025

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Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I was interviewed in Jan 2025.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Online test was hackerrank was was og avg difficulty

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Second round was of 1 hr of which 30 mins divided into understanding my current project architecture. And second half was on what i worked and how I worked and what skills I have
Round 3 - Assignment 

Assignment was straightforward which could be done using trie. Did it in 1/6th throughout time for given queries then mentioned allowed still no reply. Keep on asking engineering manager and hr to which they replied not upto the mark.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Don't apply for this company. Main reason is strictly 5 days work from office. Hr are so much incompetent in terms of explaining the process as well as job role. Delayed response and rude behavior.bo feedback and not even shared the outcome of interview. Has to ask multiple times to receive response. Seems engineering department isn't capable enough to decide what they actually want from candidate and what should be the outcome of questions asked.

Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Nth Prime Number Problem Statement Find the Nth prime number given a number N. Explanation: A prime number is greater than 1 and is not the product of two smaller natural numbers. A prime number has exactly two distinct positive divisors: 1... read more
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Jun 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Dhcp helper mac and ip
  • Q2. Putting ip on window pc
  • Ans. 

    To assign an IP address to a Windows PC, you can do so through the network settings.

    • Go to Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center

    • Click on Change adapter settings

    • Right-click on the network connection you want to assign an IP address to and select Properties

    • Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click on Properties

    • Choose 'Use the following IP address' and enter the IP address, subnet mask, default gateway,

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. What if i browse a website, what works at backend
  • Ans. 

    When browsing a website, various components work at the backend to deliver content and functionality.

    • Web server processes requests and serves web pages

    • Database stores and retrieves data

    • Application server executes application logic

    • Content delivery network (CDN) may cache and deliver content

    • Load balancer distributes incoming traffic to multiple servers

    • Web browser renders the content for the user

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Needs more hands on practice

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Jan 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary expectation
Round 2 - Coding Test 

4 leet code style questions with C

Embedded Software Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. 3. 1)Do you know about Autosar. 2)define function definition and function declaration. 3)difference between structure and union. 4) define Enumeration 5)what is microcontroller and microprocessor and its applications 6)where we uses in real... read more
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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

It was moderate and give 2 coding questions to solve.

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Asked the questions related to networks, oops and data structures.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Try to study more on networks.

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 Software Development Engineer II

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 TAC Engineer

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
Selected Selected
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 - Coding Test 

Asked basic Linux questions

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Asked ansible and pipeline questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - For DevOps make sure you understand the big picture

Devops Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Reverse the StringYou are given a string 'STR'. The string contains [a-z] [A-Z] [0-9] [special characters]. You have to find the reverse of the string. For example: If the given string is: STR = "abcde". You have to print the string "edcba... read more
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TAC Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 19 Feb 2024

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

(1 Question)

  • Q1. TCP/IP related questions

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Q1. What are the new flags which RSTP BPDU's introduces?
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Oct 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

45 mins 1:1 online coding

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Discussion about previous company work and some Q&As about it
  • Q2. Security practice in frontend and backend perspective
  • Ans. 

    Security practices in frontend and backend development are crucial for protecting user data and preventing cyber attacks.

    • Implement input validation to prevent SQL injection and cross-site scripting attacks

    • Use HTTPS protocol to encrypt data transmission between frontend and backend

    • Implement authentication and authorization mechanisms to control access to sensitive data

    • Regularly update software libraries and frameworks t...

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Assignment 

Hackerrank online test of 60 mins

Software Development Engineer II Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Given 2 large numeric comma seperated strings. You need to calculate their sum along with maintaining the correct position of commas. Example Test Case - s1 - "123,456,788" s2 - "1" output - "123,456,789" constraints - since the strings can... read more
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Aug 2022. There were 5 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 - Case Study 

Customer base and Connect in the Region

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Past Projects and Critical Deals
Round 4 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. How to position Services in front of Customer, who is evaluating Unique Solution ?
  • Ans. 

    Highlight the benefits of services that complement the unique solution and showcase the added value they bring.

    • Emphasize how the services can enhance the performance of the unique solution.

    • Demonstrate how the services can provide additional support and maintenance to the unique solution.

    • Highlight the expertise and experience of the service team in implementing and integrating the unique solution.

    • Provide case studies or...

  • Answered by AI
Round 5 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What will be your 13 weeks Plan, if you join us ?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Keep your Past Project details handy, he crisp and Clear and don't try to fabricate your answers.
he natural and be true to the Interviewer, its ok not to know everything but be confident which is a must during any round of discussion.

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Q1. If there are 1500 shops that need to be visited twice a month, how many executives you need?
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Oct 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Hacker Rank Based Test

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Linked List Based questions
  • Q2. Array related questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Fortinet Embedded Software Engineer interview:
  • Python
  • DSA
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Just clear your basics, interview is easy

Embedded Software Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. 3. 1)Do you know about Autosar. 2)define function definition and function declaration. 3)difference between structure and union. 4) define Enumeration 5)what is microcontroller and microprocessor and its applications 6)where we uses in real... read more
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Principal Embedded Software Developer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 15 Oct 2021

I was interviewed in Mar 2021.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 45 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Interview time - 3 pm (IST)
The interview started with the introduction of both, then asked about my internship experience and my projects I have done.
Then asked some question based on string and pointers.

The interviewer was meri humble and supportive.

  • Q1. 

    Reverse the String Problem Statement

    You are given a string STR which contains alphabets, numbers, and special characters. Your task is to reverse the string.

    Example:

    Input:
    STR = "abcde"
    Output:
    "e...
  • Ans. Optimal Solution
    • Traverse the string and swap the first character with the last character, the second character with the second last character and so on.
    • Basically, you need to swap the i-th character with the (N-i-1)-th character where N is the length of the string and 0-based indexing is considered.
    Space Complexity: O(1)Explanation:

    O(1).

     

    In the worst case, only constant extra space is required.

    Time Complexity: O(...
  • Answered Anonymously
Round 2 - Video Call 

(2 Questions)

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

It was technical +hr round.

  • Q1. 

    Ways To Make Coin Change

    Given an infinite supply of coins of varying denominations, determine the total number of ways to make change for a specified value using these coins. If it's not possible to make...

  • Ans. Recursion

     

    1. The idea is to use recursion.
    2. For a particular coin, we have two options either include it or exclude it.
    3. If we include that coin, then calculate the remaining number that we have to generate so recur for that remaining number.
    4. If we exclude that coin, then recur for the same amount that we have to make.
    5. Our final answer would be the total number of ways either by including or excluding.
    6. There will be two edg...
  • Answered Anonymously
  • Q2. 

    Print Permutations - String Problem Statement

    Given an input string 'S', you are tasked with finding and returning all possible permutations of the input string.

    Input:

    The first and only line of input ...
  • Ans. Backtracking

    We can find all the permutations by Backtracking.

     

    1: Fix a character then swap all the rest of the remaining character with a fixed character.

    2: Then find all permutations for all remaining characters by the recursive call.

    3: The base case for the recursion will be when there is only one character left unprocessed.

     

    Below is the illustration to approach.

     

    Space Complexity: O(n)Explanation:

    O(N)...

  • Answered Anonymously

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI completed Computer Science Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad. Eligibility criteriaNo criteriaFortinet interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Data Structures, Pointers, C/C++, OOPS, Algorithms, Operating Systems, DBMS, Computer NetworkTime required to prepare for the interview - 6 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Practice at least 200+ medium level questions (Leetcode)
Tip 2 : Be prepared with pointers in C/C++

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Have at least one project on your resume which relates to the job profile.
Tip 2 : Mention all tech stacks you have used or implemented in your projects.

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

Fortinet Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Fortinet interview?
Fortinet interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Fortinet interview process are Coding Test, One-on-one Round and Technical.
How to prepare for Fortinet 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 Fortinet. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Fortinet expect are Troubleshooting, Linux, Technical Support, Network Security and Python.
What are the top questions asked in Fortinet interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Fortinet interview -

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