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Updated 21 Oct 2023

Informatica Principal Software Engineer Interview Experiences

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Interview experience
4
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Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Oct 2022. There were 3 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.
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Round 2 - Coding Test 

How to sort a very large array of numbers ?
hint: merge sort

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Find the longest increasing decreasing subsequence in an array. hint- DP question
  • Ans. 

    Use dynamic programming to find the longest increasing decreasing subsequence in an array.

    • Use dynamic programming to keep track of the length of the longest increasing subsequence ending at each index.

    • Similarly, keep track of the length of the longest decreasing subsequence starting at each index.

    • Combine the two to find the longest increasing decreasing subsequence.

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Informatica Principal Software Engineer interview:
  • Dynamic Programming
  • Arrays
  • Heaps

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. React life cycle

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Feb 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Hr

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - You should be true to what you are putting before the interviewer . Try to put your ideas Add something you did well in your career like in projects /research which you know very well and versed in concepts about it for open interview so that interviewer can get bandwidth where he can ask questions from. This is simply a key .

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Oct 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. C++ basic
  • Q2. Hh
  • Q3. Yy

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Hh

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Apr 2021. There were 3 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 

Coding on java ,spring , hibernate

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Java basics multithreading, inheritance, oops

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare basics in java, spring

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. Oops concept,
  • Q2. Heritance
  • Q3. Polyorphis
  • Q4. Thread

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - be cinfedent

I was interviewed before Sep 2020.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 140 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Test timing was at 2:00 pm , it was conducted in a college and the environment was good for the test. Camera was a primary part of test, so no suspicious activity.

  • Q1. 

    Sum of Two Numbers Represented as Arrays

    Given two numbers in the form of two arrays where each element of the array represents a digit, calculate the sum of these two numbers and return this sum as an ar...

  • Ans. 

    Given two numbers represented as arrays, calculate their sum and return the result as an array.

    • Iterate through the arrays from right to left, adding digits and carrying over if necessary

    • Handle cases where one array is longer than the other by considering the remaining digits

    • Ensure the final sum array does not have any leading zeros

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Face to Face 

Round duration - 20 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

The round was conducted at around 12 p.m. I was called at the college location and then it was conducted. The interviewer was quite polite and frank.

Round 3 - HR 

Round duration - 8 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

This round was conducted right after finishing and clearing the technical round at the same place and on the same day.

Interview Preparation Tips

Eligibility criteriaAbove 60 %Wipro Limited interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - OOPS, Data Structures, Database Concepts, Coding problemsTime required to prepare for the interview - 2-3 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Practice atleast 2-3 Coding problems daily so your logic building becomes stronger.
Tip 2 : Exercise problems based on OOPS concepts and others too.
Tip 3 : If you can have your own project built, then it's the major point and will act as a plus point.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Your resume should be in standard form, short and simple will be more effective.
Tip 2 : Whatever you have learned, you need to mention it in your resume as that will be your primary source of selection and having project on your resume is important.

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Amcat and was interviewed before Jul 2021. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Refer R S Agarwal book for apptitude

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Write a c program on fractional numbers
  • Ans. 

    A C program to perform arithmetic operations on fractional numbers.

    • Use float or double data type to store fractional numbers.

    • Use scanf() to take input from the user.

    • Perform arithmetic operations like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

    • Use printf() to display the result.

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be prepared refer R S Agarwal book for apptitude test

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Sep 2019. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Basic programming questions such as Fibonacci, Armstrong and about recursion
  • Q2. I gave all answers

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Your communication skill takes priority more than your technical skill.
If you are little bit weak in programming, Don't worry too much, only you have to focus on your communication skill and basic fundamental program and their concepts too.

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Nov 2021. There were 2 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 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Python and Java questions
  • Q2. Oops basic interview questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Easily we can Just Practice basic interview questions

Informatica Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Informatica Principal Software Engineer interview?
Informatica interview process usually has 3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Informatica interview process are Resume Shortlist, Coding Test and Technical.
How to prepare for Informatica Principal 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 Informatica. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Informatica expect are Informatica, Oracle, Troubleshooting, Computer science and Data Management.

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