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Software Developer Interview Questions

user image CodingNinjas

posted on 15 Sep 2021

I was interviewed in Mar 2021.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round (2 Questions)

Round duration - 75 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

A 24 hour window was given to us and we can attempt the test anytime in between. It included 2 coding questions. One was easy-medium level and the other one was hard. Along with this 7 debugging MCQ's were given, however they were easy.

  • Q1. Minimum and Maximum Cost to buy N Candies Ram went to a specialty candy store in Ninjaland which has 'N' candies with different costs. The Candy shop gi...read more
  • Q2. Swap And Maximise You are given a circular array consisting of N integers. You have to find the maximum sum of the absolute difference between adjacent elements...read more
2

Coding Test Round (1 Question)

Round duration - 75 minutes
Round difficulty - Hard

  • Q1. Connect N Ropes With Minimum Cost You have been given 'N' ropes of different lengths, we need to connect these ropes into one rope. The cost to connect ...read more

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI applied for the job as SDE - 1 in PuneEligibility criteriaabove 7 cgpaGoogle interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - google kickstart problems, dsa, graphs, trees, stackTime required to prepare for the interview - 4 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : practice regularly in kickstart rounds
Tip 2 : solve previous year problems
Tip 3 : coding ninjas also has google asked problems

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Do not fake any skills, projects or achievements. The interviewer gets to know about it by asking questions to you.
Tip 2 : Have at-least one good project on resume with all the details like technologies used and purpose.
Tip 3 : Don't write achievements which doesn't relate to your role. Write achievements which shows communication skills, leadership or teamwork.

Final outcome of the interviewRejected

Skills evaluated in this interview

Executive Secretary Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 16 Sep 2021

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I need a job in Google company

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Software Developer Intern Interview Questions

user image CodingNinjas

posted on 15 Sep 2021

I was interviewed in Feb 2021.

4 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round (2 Questions)

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

  • Q1. Minimum Time To Solve The Problems There are 'N' number of subjects and the ith subject contains subject[i] number of problems. Each problem takes 1 uni...read more
  • Q2. Sum of Bit Difference Among all Pairs Given an array of size ‘N’ containing integer elements and let the elements of the given array be 'ARR1', 'ARR...read more
2

Coding Test Round (2 Questions)

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

  • Q1. Sum of LCM You are given an integer ‘N’ , calculate and print the sum of : LCM(1,N) + LCM(2,N) + .. + LCM(N,N) where LCM(i,n) denotes the Least Common Multiple ...read more
  • Q2. Sudoku You are given a 9x9 sudoku. Your task is to solve sudoku and return the solution. A sudoku is a puzzle in which players insert the numbers one to nine in...read more
3

Video Call Round (2 Questions)

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Hard

  • Q1. Delete Node In A Linked List You are given a Singly Linked List of integers and a reference to the node to be deleted. Every node of the Linked List has a uniqu...read more
  • Q2. Aptitude Question Alok has three daughters. His friend Shyam wants to know the ages of his daughters. Alok gives him first hint. 1) The product of their ages is...read more
4

Video Call Round (2 Questions)

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Timing was around 3 pm.

  • Q1. Maximum Subarray Sum You are given an array/list ARR consisting of N integers. Your task is to find the maximum possible sum of a non-empty subarray(contagious)...read more
  • Q2. Technical Questions 1) What are the different types of scaling? 2) Few SQL Queries  1) Getting top salary for a department 2) Queries based on Joins 3) Vir...read more

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI applied for the job as SDE - Intern in DelhiEligibility criterianoGoogle interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Confidence in Problem-Solving, Data Structures & Algorithms (PS/DS), Practice a few machine coding problems, Refine CS foundations notes, Fix common interview mistakes, Start coding a few problems on whiteboard or paper to get used to it.Time required to prepare for the interview - 8 MonthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Practice on white board 
Tip 2 : Spend daily some time 
Tip 3 : Practice previous questions

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Resume should be short and neat
Tip 2 : Keep only thing in which you are sure you will answer all questions

Final outcome of the interviewRejected

Skills evaluated in this interview

Software Engineer Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 13 Feb 2022

6 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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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2

Aptitude Test Round

3

Coding Test Round

4

Technical Round

5

HR Round (4 Questions)

  • Q1. What are your salary expectations?
  • Q2. Why should we hire you?
  • Q3. What are your strengths and weaknesses?
  • Q4. Tell me about yourself.
6

One-on-one Round

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Software Developer Intern Interview Questions

user image CodingNinjas

posted on 16 Sep 2021

I was interviewed in Feb 2021.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Video Call Round (1 Question)

Round duration - 30 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

This round was to test if Google should spend time in interviewing me or not. I was asked around 8 questions that any coder must know, like time complexities of various algorithms, basic understanding of trees and graphs, some concepts specific to the chosen language etc. Apart from these, there was a question to test my mental arithmetic that can be important for system design interviews.
This round went pretty well for me and I moved to the next Round.

  • Q1. Validate BST Given a binary tree with N number of nodes, check if that input tree is BST (Binary Search Tree) or not. If yes, return true, return false otherwis...read more
2

Video Call Round (2 Questions)

Round duration - 45 minutes
Round difficulty - Hard

This round was to test my coding aptitude. It was a 45 minutes round and I was asked 2 questions. One of the questions was based on Dynamic Programming and the other question was on Arrays that involved usage of Heaps. I was able to approach both the problems but could code only one due to time constraints. The interviewer was pretty friendly and quite helping. She guided me wherever I went wrong.

  • Q1. Ways To Make Coin Change You are given an infinite supply of coins of each of denominations D = {D0, D1, D2, D3, ...... Dn-1}. You need to figure out the total ...read more
  • Q2. Puzzle There are 5 lanes on a race track. One needs to find out the 3 fastest horses among total of 25. Find out the minimum number of races to be conducted in ...read more

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI completed Computer Science Engineering from Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur. I applied for the job as SDE - Intern in HyderabadEligibility criteriaI feel linkedin profile should be goodGoogle interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - DSA, arrays, dynamic programming, system design, graphs, treesTime required to prepare for the interview - 3 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Regular practice on online platforms
Tip 2 : Must do questions from geeksforgeeks.org are very helpful
Tip 3 : Experience in some team projects is a plus point

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Mention good projects in resume
Tip 2 : Team projects will help a lot

Final outcome of the interviewRejected

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Google.co.in and was interviewed in Mar 2022.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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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2

Coding Test Round

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Just know everything about the Data Structure and Algorithms.

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I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Nov 2021.

1 Interview Round

Interview Questions

  • Q1. Basic Binary search, Basic String problem and many follow up question Add Answer

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Not only write the code, but also think how some condition change will affect your answers to the problem.

Software Engineer interview

user image Pepcoding

posted on 27 Nov 2021

Quantitative Analyst Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 22 Feb 2023

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Feb 2022.

4 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Properly align and format text in your resume. A recruiter will have to spend more time reading poorly aligned text, leading to high chances of rejection.
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2

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. HR asks questions about the resume project
3

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Mainly ask questions about your resume project and working experience
4

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Mainly ask question about working experience and related project

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - be prepared for your resume project, and make sure you can handle all related questions.

Territory Executive Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 7 Apr 2022

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Mar 2022.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Double-check your resume for any spelling mistakes. The recruiter may consider spelling mistakes as careless behavior or poor communication skills.
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2

Group Discussion Round

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Good day good works and life goot

Google Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Google interview for freshers?
Google interview process for freshers usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Google interview process for freshers are Coding Test, Resume Shortlist and Technical.
How to prepare for Google interview for freshers?
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 Google. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Google expect are C, C++, Computer Vision, Deep Learning and Go.
What are the top questions asked in Google interview for freshers?

Some of the top questions asked at the Google interview for freshers -

  1. Say you have three tables WORK, USERS, MANAGERS WORK - work_id - user_id - how_...read more
  2. a / b c / / d e f g Print the nodes in the following order: a...read more
  3. If you had an opportunity to design the Google Suggest system, please let us kn...read more
How long is the Google interview process?

The duration of Google interview process can vary, but typically it takes about less than 2 weeks to complete.

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