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Updated 7 Oct 2023

HackerRank Senior Software Engineer Interview Experiences

1 interview found

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I applied via Job Portal

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 

In first round, interviewer asked 2 coding questions and to write code on the call itslef.

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. HLD - High level Design
  • Q2. Design a system similar to BookMyShow
  • Ans. 

    Design a system similar to BookMyShow for booking tickets for events and movies.

    • User registration and login system

    • Event and movie listing with details and show timings

    • Seat selection and booking process

    • Payment gateway integration

    • Booking history and ticket download option

  • Answered by AI
Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. LLD - Low level design
Round 5 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Database schema design

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview questions from similar companies

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed in Aug 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. How google.com works
  • Ans. 

    Google.com is a search engine that uses web crawlers to index websites and algorithms to rank search results.

    • Google uses web crawlers to index websites and store information in its database.

    • Algorithms are used to rank search results based on relevance and popularity.

    • Google also uses personalized search results based on user data and location.

    • Google's homepage is simple and fast-loading to provide a user-friendly experi

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. How rest works, in array of 500 elements give top 15 elements discussion about complexities

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - try to be clear and correct on every information you provide

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Details of Kafka
  • Q2. Concurrency questions
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. DS Algo type questions, string manipulation etc was asked and explored with more detailed questions
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. In depth android, kotlin discussions and high level mapping questions
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. General managerial questions and working agreements type discussion
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Medium level question

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Coding round related to Data structures
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

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

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Basic dsa questions and java spring boot questions

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Bookmyshow design
  • Q2. Notification service design
  • Ans. 

    Design a notification service for sending alerts to users.

    • Use a scalable messaging system like Kafka or RabbitMQ to handle high volume of notifications.

    • Implement a notification queue to ensure reliable delivery of notifications.

    • Include support for different types of notifications such as email, SMS, and push notifications.

    • Allow users to customize their notification preferences and frequency.

    • Implement monitoring and log...

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basics .net , c#, sql
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Current Project Details, Roles and some technical questions too
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Package Discussion and Other basic details

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Make sure your basics are strong and should be confident to explain about the current project and its technical details.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Mar 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Discussion about OOPS concepts and String related program

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Program on Recursion and Array

Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Strength and Weakness
  • Q2. Reason for joining with company
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Code Test Will be based on your Skill set Like oracle / Java etc --

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Analytical function and Concepts .. Interview is basically Scenario Based not straight forward. Attitude of the Interviewers are right and seems supportive.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - They will take lot of round sometime panel wont be available some time they will extend your interview to multiple rounds very slow process .
One Advice to HR build confidence of the Interview stream line interview process .
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Oct 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.

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.
View all tips
Round 2 - Coding Test 

Duration was 1 hour and questions were easy to medium leetcode questions

Round 3 - Debugging Round 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Just go through the basics of java, they added some bugs in a functional code and you can run it in IDE and they wanted to see how you debug and approach the problem.
Round 4 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. It was a 1-1 round with the Principal Engineer and they asked different technical plus behavioural questions

HackerRank Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in HackerRank Senior Software Engineer interview?
HackerRank interview process usually has 5 rounds. The most common rounds in the HackerRank interview process are Technical, Resume Shortlist and Coding Test.
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