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Updated 29 Mar 2022

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Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. For Experienced candidate this is the common round else there will be Coding Test and other tech rounds. I am always asked on the detailed work and my contribution to the projects and introduce yourself.
  • Ans. In every round interviewer is not the same. So I give brief description on my domain area like I am a MCA graduate or B.Tech on particular field etc. and the skills what I know and have worked with upto date. The every word should be clear to what we have mentioned in resume. Because question they ask from resume itself i.e the job for what we have applied and got shortlisted so that we are fruitful to the company and
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  • Q2. Second thing is on technical questions. They ask questions if we know about the particular technology.
  • Ans. If I know the answer and have used the technology in practical, I answer it. Else if I have little idea I ask the interviewer to elaborate little or sometimes have short discussion on it. Otherwise I say sorry, I don't know.
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  • Q3. Sometimes some coding also is asked like what will be the output and explain it.
  • Ans. They try to test here how I put my thinkng and corner cases or base case. So the syntax may be missing somewhere but the paradigm, the steps, the cases what we write there and what approach we took to solve it, is mattered. So in meanwhile while explaining we can correct the syntax also telling "sorry I missed out ...here". Even if have not completed still in half way they may ask the approach.
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Round 3 - HR 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. What is your family background?
  • Q2. Why are you looking for a change?
  • Q3. What are your salary expectations?
  • Q4. Are you willing to relocate if selected.
  • Ans. HR most probabily after discussion with the team and taking feedback from interviewer see the interest of the candidate as to how far the candidate is willing to work with the company and if he/she is from different state then can he relocate within the period and start working. I answer yes because I have already taken the feedback prior to interview about location, company details of my interest.
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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Nov 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Array based coding test
  • Q2. Second largest salary in DBMS
  • Ans. 

    The second largest salary in a database management system (DBMS) can be found by using the ORDER BY and LIMIT clauses in a SQL query.

    • Use the ORDER BY clause to sort the salaries in descending order

    • Use the LIMIT clause to retrieve the second row in the sorted result set

    • Example: SELECT salary FROM employees ORDER BY salary DESC LIMIT 1,1

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  • Q3. Sum of elements close to target
  • Ans. 

    Calculate the sum of elements in an array that are closest to a given target value.

    • Iterate through the array and calculate the absolute difference between each element and the target value.

    • Keep track of the element with the smallest difference and update the sum accordingly.

    • Return the sum of elements closest to the target value.

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

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Array topics - 2 question from this topic
  • Q2. Linkedlist coding problem - 1 problem from this topic
Round 2 - Coding Test 

Sql problem solving - 2 problem from this topic

Round 3 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Project discussion - projects you worked on
  • Ans. 

    I have worked on various projects including a web application for a retail company and a mobile app for a fitness tracker.

    • Developed a web application for a retail company to manage inventory and sales

    • Created a mobile app for a fitness tracker to track workouts and progress

    • Collaborated with team members to design and implement features

    • Utilized technologies such as React, Node.js, and MongoDB

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

It was nice contents 3 questions

Round 2 - Coding Test 

It contents 2 dsa questions

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Project related
  • Q2. Dsa questions and oops concept

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - nice
Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is your weakness
  • Q2. What is pn junction diode
  • Ans. 

    A pn junction diode is a semiconductor device that allows current to flow in one direction only.

    • Consists of p-type and n-type semiconductor materials

    • When forward biased, allows current to flow easily

    • When reverse biased, blocks current flow

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Good company
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Java and Data Strcuture

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Matrix to find the nearest word
  • Ans. 

    Find the nearest word in a matrix of strings

    • Create a matrix of strings

    • Calculate the distance between the input word and each word in the matrix

    • Return the word in the matrix with the smallest distance to the input word

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  • Q2. Finding smallest subset in string
  • Ans. 

    Find the smallest subset of strings in an array

    • Iterate through the array and compare the length of each string to find the smallest subset

    • Use a variable to keep track of the smallest subset found so far

    • Return the smallest subset at the end

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Focus on DS and Java

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
-

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Nov 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Difficult Coding question.

Round 2 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Architecture design
  • Q2. Dont remember question
  • Q3. Explained desig

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - prepare well
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

DSA Based - Graph, Trees

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Trie Implementation
  • Ans. 

    Trie is a tree data structure used for efficient retrieval of key-value pairs.

    • Trie is also known as prefix tree.

    • Each node in a trie represents a single character of a key.

    • Trie is commonly used in autocomplete and spell checking algorithms.

    • Example: Inserting 'apple' and 'app' into a trie would result in a structure where 'app' is a prefix of 'apple'.

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  • Q2. LRU Implementation
  • Ans. 

    LRU (Least Recently Used) is a cache eviction policy that removes the least recently used items first.

    • LRU cache stores key-value pairs with a maximum capacity.

    • When the cache is full, the least recently used item is removed to make space for new items.

    • Each time a key is accessed, it is moved to the front of the cache to indicate it was recently used.

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Skills evaluated in this interview

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

Aptitude test as usual

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. C++ questions , about projects
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. General HR questions
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Group Discussion 

About ai
today generation

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - find well

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