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Housing.com Interview Questions, Process, and Tips
Top Housing.com Interview Questions and Answers
- Q1. Given two sides of a river having the same cities labeled in characters. Bridges are to be drawn from one side to another that can connect the same labels but the bridges ...read moreasked in Software Engineer interview
- Q2. Maximum Level Sum Problem Statement Given a binary tree with integer nodes, your task is to determine the maximum level sum among all the levels in the binary tree. The ...read moreasked in Software Developer interview
- Q3. Pair Sum Problem Statement You are given an integer array 'ARR' of size 'N' and an integer 'S'. Your task is to find and return a list of all pairs of elements where eac ...read moreasked in Front end Engineer interview
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swapnil rastogi
I applied via Referral
Interview Questionnaire
8 Questions
- Q1. How will you kill all java process in one command ?
- Ans.
Use 'pkill' command with '-f' option to kill all java processes.
Open terminal or command prompt
Type 'pkill -f java' and press enter
All java processes will be terminated
- Q2. How will you monitor file change in linux ?
- Ans.
Use inotifywait command to monitor file changes in Linux.
Install inotify-tools package
Use inotifywait command with options like -m for continuous monitoring and -e for specific events
Example: inotifywait -m /var/log/messages -e modify
Output will show the file path, event type and timestamp
- Q3. What is a process in linux ?
- Ans.
A process in Linux is a running instance of a program or command.
A process is identified by a unique process ID (PID)
Processes can be started, stopped, and managed using commands like ps, kill, and top
Processes can run in the foreground or background
Processes can communicate with each other through inter-process communication (IPC)
Examples of processes include web servers, database servers, and user applications
- Q4. How does a linux boot ?
- Ans.
Linux boot process involves several stages including BIOS, bootloader, kernel initialization, and user space initialization.
BIOS performs a power-on self-test and loads the bootloader from the boot device.
Bootloader loads the kernel into memory and initializes it.
Kernel initializes hardware, mounts the root file system, and starts the init process.
Init process starts user space processes and services.
Linux boot process...
- Q5. Given a file with random content, could you find out all the phone numbers ?
- Ans.
Yes, by using regular expressions to match phone number patterns.
Use regular expressions to match phone number patterns
Common phone number patterns include (XXX) XXX-XXXX and XXX-XXX-XXXX
Consider international phone number formats as well
Use a programming language with regex support, such as Python or JavaScript
- Q6. Usecase for chef and why do you need it ?
- Ans.
Chef is a configuration management tool used for automating infrastructure deployment and management.
Chef helps in automating the process of configuring and managing servers and applications.
It allows for consistent and repeatable infrastructure deployments.
Chef can be used to manage both on-premises and cloud-based infrastructure.
It provides a centralized platform for managing configurations and enforcing policies.
Che...
- Q7. Ruby program to find out if a directory exists and you write permissions to it ?
- Ans.
Ruby program to check directory existence and write permissions.
Use File.exist? method to check if directory exists.
Use File.writable? method to check if directory has write permissions.
Combine both methods to get the desired result.
- Q8. How would you optimise a given sql query ?
- Ans.
Optimise SQL query by identifying bottlenecks and improving indexing and query structure.
Identify slow performing queries using profiling tools
Improve indexing by adding or removing indexes
Rewrite query structure to reduce complexity and improve performance
Use query optimisation techniques like subqueries and joins
Consider caching frequently accessed data
Interview Preparation Tips
Experience: I was referred by a friend already working at Housing.com.
Tips: I find it best to keep yourself updated with what other people with same job profile are doing. That way you can learn new things and make it shine on your resume even if you have no work ex on the same.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: First round was skype based technical interview.
You are connected through screen on the terminal and basic to advanced shell scripting is asked.
They will ask basic to advanced shell commands, some shell scripting tasks and about linux kernel.
Tips: You have to be really sure in a skype interview that you know the question being asked, as you can't take much time.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: This round was also on skype.
This round was more DevOps tools oriented and language programming.
They asked me about Chef, Ansible and some other tools used for configuration management and deployment.
They ask if your familiar with AWS and other cloud services.
Also you will get to show that you can code in any scripting languages like ruby or python.
Also some database related things.
Tips: Only mention the tools you really know inside out in the resume.
General Tips: You should be updated with whats going on with latest devops developments.
Skills: Confidence, Database, Programming, Linux
College Name: BITS Pilani - Hyderabad
Motivation: My motivation was to learn scalability on things as its a big platform with millions of users for mobile and web app.
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Rupa Kumari
(2 Questions)
- Q1. About yourself and company
- Q2. About the company and process
(1 Question)
- Q1. Explained about housing
(1 Question)
- Q1. About the Housing.com
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Kashish Babbar
(2 Questions)
- Q1. Given a rotated sorted array, how can you search for a target value efficiently using the binary search algorithm?
- Ans.
Use binary search algorithm with slight modifications to handle rotated sorted array efficiently.
Find the pivot point where the array is rotated.
Determine which half of the array the target value lies in based on the pivot point.
Perform binary search on the appropriate half of the array.
- Q2. Other questions on indexing and other stuff
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Anonymous
I applied via Campus Placement
Aptitude plus 2 basic DSA
(2 Questions)
- Q1. DSA (binary tree traversal)
- Q2. DSA (array questions)
(2 Questions)
- Q1. OOPs( design calculator)
- Q2. Design Heap( tree)
- Ans.
Design a heap tree data structure
A heap is a complete binary tree where the value of each node is greater than or equal to the values of its children
There are two types of heaps: min heap (parent node is smaller than children) and max heap (parent node is larger than children)
Heap can be implemented using arrays where parent node at index i has children at indices 2i+1 and 2i+2
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Housing.com interview questions for popular designations
(2 Questions)
- Q1. Discussion on strong and weak reference
- Q2. Generics method map implementation
- Ans.
Implement a generics method map in Java
Create a generic method that takes an array and a function as parameters
Use a lambda expression to apply the function to each element in the array
Return a new array with the transformed elements
Duration 1 hr
1. reverse of link list
2. find link list is circular or not
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Get interview-ready with Top Housing.com Interview Questions
(2 Questions)
- Q1. How to do inheritance with prototypes
- Ans.
Inheritance with prototypes allows objects to inherit properties and methods from other objects in JavaScript.
Create a constructor function for the parent object
Add properties and methods to the parent object's prototype
Create a constructor function for the child object
Set the child object's prototype to be an instance of the parent object
- Q2. Explain closure in JS
- Ans.
Closure in JS is when a function is able to remember and access its lexical scope even when it is executed outside that scope.
Closure allows a function to access variables from its outer function even after the outer function has finished executing.
Functions in JavaScript form closures, which means they 'remember' the variables in the scope where they were created.
Closures are commonly used in event handlers, callbacks
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Jobs at Housing.com
I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Oct 2024. There was 1 interview round.
(2 Questions)
- Q1. Didnt give interview yet
- Q2. Didnt give interview yet.
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Ashique Ellahe
I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Jun 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.
(2 Questions)
- Q1. About previous profile and about tools you know and you overall experience
- Q2. It was a general discussion
Asked to prepare a PPT on Impact of Digital marketing on Real estate
(1 Question)
- Q1. In this they asked about relocation part and it was just a general duscussion
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(2 Questions)
- Q1. Tell me about yourself
- Q2. About previous experience
(2 Questions)
- Q1. Last ctc about sk
- Ans.
The candidate is being asked about their last drawn salary package.
Be honest and provide the exact figure of your last drawn CTC.
Explain any additional benefits or perks included in the CTC.
Mention any bonuses or incentives received on top of the CTC.
Discuss any salary negotiations or increments during your tenure.
Avoid exaggerating or understating your last CTC.
- Q2. Why are you leaving current organization
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I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Mar 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.
(1 Question)
- Q1. Related to my exisitng role, went well
(1 Question)
- Q1. On the name of interview, interviewer discussed about housing more and did not ask about my work ex, challenges, roles & responsibilities. I did not felt it like an interview. I think made his mind in his ...
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I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Oct 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.
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