HCLTech Software Development Engineer Intern Interview Questions and Answers

Logical,quant and numerical problems were given easy to solve

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Q1. Tell me about yourself
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I am a passionate software engineering student with experience in web development and a strong interest in learning new technologies.
• Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science

• Proficient in languages such as Java, Python, and JavaScript

• Experience with front-end development using HTML, CSS, and React

• Completed internships at tech companies like XYZ Corp

• Interested in exploring machine learning and artificial intellige
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Q2. Tell me about your project and what technologies you used
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Developed a web application for tracking personal fitness goals using React and Node.js
• Used React for front-end development

• Utilized Node.js for back-end development

• Implemented RESTful APIs for communication between front-end and back-end
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2 coding questions which are moderate ones

Q1. Architecture of DBMS
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DBMS architecture refers to the structure and components of a database management system.
• DBMS architecture typically consists of three levels: external, conceptual, and internal.

• External level deals with how users interact with the database, conceptual level defines the logical structure of the database, and internal level focuses on how data is stored and accessed.

• Components of DBMS architecture include query processo...read more
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Q2. Reverse a linked list
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Reverse a linked list by changing the direction of pointers
• Start with three pointers: current, previous, and next

• Iterate through the linked list, updating pointers to reverse the direction

• Update the head of the linked list to be the previous node
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All kind of basic aptitude to oops

Two java questions easy and medium

Good level of test for 3 hours

Q1. Tell me about your strengths
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Q2. Tell me about you weakness
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Q1. Find the starting point of linked list
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Traverse the linked list to find the starting point by using Floyd's Tortoise and Hare algorithm
• Use two pointers, slow and fast, to traverse the linked list

• Move slow pointer by one step and fast pointer by two steps

• When they meet, reset one pointer to the head and move both pointers by one step until they meet again
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Q2. Find the length of linked list
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Traverse the linked list and count the number of nodes
• Initialize a counter variable to 0

• Traverse the linked list while incrementing the counter for each node

• Return the final count as the length of the linked list
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