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Software Engineer Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 4 Jul 2024

Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Index and it's types

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Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Concepts of node and Js
Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

2 Interview Rounds

1

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
  • Q2. Coding Question
2

HR Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
  • Q2. Salary discussion

Software Engineer Interview Questions

SkillSoft user image Kaivalya Tallapaneni

posted on 2 Nov 2023

Interview experience
1
 Bad
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

3 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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2

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Java, java script,html,css
3

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. JbeiuJNEKA DIOAJSD

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - i did do yhe interview
Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed before Nov 2023.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Question on Binary trees: if symmetric, easy string question using hashmap
  • Q2. If we are hosting a live test how to show real time ranking, HLD for this and what algorithms can we use
2

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Database schema design for a feature where user can be free, gold, platinum.
3

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. HLD for live rank dashboard for a live test where millions of users are doing test

I applied via campus placement at Motilal Nehru Institute National Institute of Technology (NIT), Allahabad and was interviewed in May 2022.

4 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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2

Coding Test Round

There was 2 coding question
One was easy One was very Difficult
20 MCQ question from Operating system and DBMS

3

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. First question was binary search in unsorted arrays So here i have asked about sorting algorithms all sorting algorithms must be clear
  • Q2. Second question was to find longest consecutive subarray.
4

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. OOPS related question Heap insertion deletion question Hashing Spanning tree
  • Q2. Minimum Spanning tree Implementation of MST

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - You have strong understanding of core cs subjects
You have full command in DSA. You have to practice from leetcode
Sometimes your luck also matters

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before May 2023.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is angular pipes
  • Q2. What is routing
2

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is auth gurd
  • Q2. What is interceptor

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Feb 2022.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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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

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is react, diff between react and angular, deep copy shallow copy, hoisting, diff between props and state
  • Q2. Implement custom hooks and array flat method

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Go for basic interview question from online site and practice the code challenges

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Software Engineer Interview Questions

Toppr user image CodingNinjas

posted on 16 Sep 2021

I was interviewed before Sep 2020.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round (1 Question)

Round duration - 120 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

It was a mix of mathematical aptitude, logical ability, and puzzles along with 2 programming questions of easy and medium level. Time was enough and no sectional time was present. 1-2 MCQs on SQL were also present.

This round was immediately followed by an SHL aptitude test which was basically a quick limited time check of your verbal ability and math because many questions were to be done in 1 hour.

  • Q1. Boolean Matrix Given a 2-dimensional boolean matrix mat of size N x M, modify the matrix such that if an element is 1, set its entire row and column to 1 i.e. i...read more
2

Video Call Round (2 Questions)

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

It was an online video interview round on HackerEarth with simultaneous code option. It was mostly justifying your resume in the first 15 minutes. After that OOPS was majorly asked. Basics of programming including questions on STL were asked. A class which required inheritance was asked by the interviewer to write. I was helped by the interviewer if i got stuck somewhere, Some questions on implementation of hashmaps and priority queues were also asked. A puzzle was asked which luckily struct to me at that moment.

  • Q1. Oops Concept Implement a class which inherits features from another class. Basically i had to provide a list of employees of a particular department. along with...read more
  • Q2. Puzzle 10 boxes each with 10 stones are present. each box has stones of different weight but weight in each box is uniform. Only one box has one stone of non-un...read more

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI completed Computer Science Engineering from Dronacharya College of Engineering. I applied for the job as Software Engineer in DelhiEligibility criteria7 CGPAToppr interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - DBMS, OOPS, Data structures, Dynamic Programming, Graphs, Algorithms, Sorting searching, Compiler designTime required to prepare for the interview - 4 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Never give up
Tip 2 : When u start a topic, don't move on to next topic before you are 100% confident in previous topic
Tip 3 : Try to give maximum time on basics of a topic especially OOPS
Tip 4 - Practice Atleast 250 Questions
Tip 5 - Ex- Do atleast 2 projects

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Write only those things in resume in which you are 100% confident
Tip 2 : Write maximum projects you have and be ready to explain them thoroughly
Tip 3 : Don't make any silly spelling mistakes on resume

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

Software Engineer Interview Questions

upGrad user image CodingNinjas

posted on 30 May 2022

I was interviewed before May 2021.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Video Call Round (2 Questions)

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

It was an coding round

  • Q1. The Skyline Problem You are given 'N' rectangular buildings in a 2-dimensional city. Your task is to compute the skyline of these buildings, eliminating...read more
  • Q2. Rat In A Maze You are given a starting position for a rat which is stuck in a maze at an initial point (0, 0) (the maze can be thought of as a 2-dimensional pla...read more
2

HR Round (1 Question)

Round duration - 30 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

It was an HR round with some general questions. it was just for formality.

  • Q1. Basic HR Questions

    Why should we hire you?

    How many members are there in your family?

Interview Preparation Tips

Eligibility criteriaAbove 7 CGPAupgrad interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Data Structures, Pointers, OOPS, System Design, Algorithms, Dynamic ProgrammingTime required to prepare for the interview - 3 MonthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Stay focused
Tip 2 : Practice coding questions.
Tip 3 : View previous interviews of the companies

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Don't lie on resume
Tip 2 : Just write in format that is catchy

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Software Engineer interview?
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt interview process usually has 1 rounds. The most common rounds in the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt interview process are Technical.
How to prepare for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Software Engineer 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 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt expect are Agile, Agile Development, Coding, Design Development and GIT.

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