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Infosys System Engineer Specialist Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 27 Dec 2021

Top Infosys System Engineer Specialist Interview Questions and Answers

  • Q1. Glowing Bulbs There are an infinite number of electric bulbs. Each bulb is assigned a unique integer starting from 1. There are ‘N’ switches also and each switch is label ...read more
  • Q2. Flip Bits You are given an array of integers ARR[] of size N consisting of zeros and ones. You have to select a subset and flip bits of that subset. You have to return th ...read more
  • Q3. Rotting Oranges You have been given a grid containing some oranges. Each cell of this grid has one of the three integers values: Value 0 - representing an empty cell. Val ...read more
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12 Infosys System Engineer Specialist Interview Experiences

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System Engineer Specialist Interview Questions

user image CodingNinjas

posted on 16 Nov 2021

I was interviewed in Apr 2021.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round (2 Questions)

Round duration - 90 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

  • Q1. Game In Space Ninja is in space with his super spaceship having unlimited fuel. Ninja initially has a health level ‘H’ and his spaceship has an armour ‘A’. He d...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

Coding Test Round (2 Questions)

Round duration - 90 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

  • Q1. M-Coloring Problem You are given an undirected graph in the form of an adjacency matrix along with an integer M. You need to tell if you can color the vertices ...read more
  • Q2. Shortest path in an unweighted graph The city of Ninjaland is analogous to the unweighted graph. The city has ‘N’ houses numbered from 1 to ‘N’ respectively and...read more

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI applied for the job as System Engineer Specialist in BangaloreEligibility criteriaNo criteriaInfosys interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Data structures, Object oriented programming, Operating systems, Database management system, Web developmentTime required to prepare for the interview - 2 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Solve competitive programming questions regularly.
Tip 2 : Work on some live projects

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Have some good skills
Tip 2 : Show some live projects

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

System Engineer Specialist Interview Questions

user image CodingNinjas

posted on 20 Oct 2021

I was interviewed in Mar 2021.

1 Interview Round

1

Coding Test Round (3 Questions)

Round duration - 180 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Round 1 - Coding Contest on HackerEarth (Elimination round)
Number of questions - 3 ( Level - leetcode Medium)

  • Q1. Palindrome Partitioning You are given a string 'S'. Your task is to partition 'S' such that every substring of the partition is a palindrome. Yo...read more
  • Q2. Rearrange The Array You are given an array/list NUM of integers. You are supposed to rearrange the elements of NUM such that no two adjacent elements will be th...read more
  • Q3. Ways To Make Coin Change You are given an infinite supply of coins of each of denominations D = {D0, D1, D2, D3, ...... Dn-1}. You need to figure out the total ...read more

Interview Preparation Tips

Eligibility criteriaNo active backlogsInfosys interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Topics mentioned in Resume, OOPs, DBMS, OS, CN , Some basic System Design questions, Intro, project explanation, questions to ask from the interviewerTime required to prepare for the interview - 6 MonthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Try to cover all the most asked interview questions for each topic
Tip 2 : Read previous year interview experiences
Tip 3 : Focus on your communication skills

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Keep your resume of 1 page
Tip 2 : Mention 2-3 descent projects

Final outcome of the interviewRejected

Skills evaluated in this interview

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System Engineer Specialist Interview Questions

user image CodingNinjas

posted on 16 Sep 2021

I was interviewed in Feb 2021.

5 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round (1 Question)

Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

first round was mcq based on aptitude,dbms and output based questions

  • Q1. DBMS

    theory questions and SQL

2

Coding Test Round (1 Question)

Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

it was coding as well as mcq round

  • Q1. Reset Matrix You have given a 2-dimensional array ‘ARR’ with ‘N’ rows and ‘M’ columns in which each element contains only two values,i.e., 0 and 1. Your task is...read more
3

HR Round (1 Question)

Round duration - 15 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

  • Q1. General questions

    What are your hobbies?

    Why Infosys?

    Are you open to relocation?

4

Coding Test Round (1 Question)

Round duration - 180 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

  • Q1. Print Diagonal You are given a 2D matrix, your task is to return a 2D vector containing all elements of the matrix in a diagonal fashion. Example: Following wil...read more
5

Face to Face Round (1 Question)

Round duration - 25 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

It was in the late afternoon since it was virtual location and environment didn't affected that much, interviewer was very friendly he asked how my day went and then went on starting with my introduction.

  • Q1. Project based questions he asked me to explain all of the projects i had mentioned in my resume with each and every details i mentioned in the description of th...read more

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI completed Information Technology from Department of Mechanical Eng, University Institute of Technology ,RGPV. Eligibility criteriaNo criteriaInfosys interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Data Structure and algorithm, aptitude and reasoning, projects details, database management system, operating system, object oriented programming language, computer networks.Time required to prepare for the interview - 3-4 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Make at-least 2-3 projects and know those projects inside out, need to have complete understanding of how the project works and how things are working inside project
Tip 2 : Practice DSA at-least 200 questions.
Tip 3 : Practice aptitude and reasoning questions.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1: Don't write anything fake in resume
Tip 2: Don't make resume too lengthy.
Tip 3: Have some projects on resume.

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

System Engineer Specialist Interview Questions

user image CodingNinjas

posted on 16 Sep 2021

I was interviewed in Jan 2021.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round (2 Questions)

Round duration - 180 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

This round consists of objective and hands-on questions that are needed to be answered within 3 hours. You have to score 65% or above in this round to be eligible for a job interview at Infosys.

  • Q1. Distinct Strings With Odd and Even Swapping Allowed You are given an array of strings. Your task is to find the number of unique strings. A string is considered...read more
  • Q2. Ninja Technique Ninja has its own technique of making a decision to do something or not. This technique is known as the ninja technique. In this technique, Ninj...read more
2

Coding Test Round (2 Questions)

Round duration - 180 Minutes
Round difficulty - Hard

This exam has 3 coding Questions – Easy( 50 points), Medium (75 points), Hard (100 points), total 225 points, and the points are assigned according to the number of test cases you pass

  • Q1. Flip Bits You are given an array of integers ARR[] of size N consisting of zeros and ones. You have to select a subset and flip bits of that subset. You have to...read more
  • Q2. Glowing Bulbs There are an infinite number of electric bulbs. Each bulb is assigned a unique integer starting from 1. There are ‘N’ switches also and each switc...read more
3

HR Round (1 Question)

Round duration - 45 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Basic Introduction and detailed discussion on the projects, after that i was given some basic coding problems and after that some discussion on Oops and detailed discussion on Database,
Interviewer was cool and being supportive so overall it was a good experience.

  • Q1. Basic HR Questions What are your hobbies? or What are you passionate about?  What are your biggest achievements till date?  What are you most proud of...read more

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI completed Information Technology from Oriental Institute of Science and Technology. I applied for the job as System Engineer Specialist in BangaloreEligibility criteria60% throughout with no standing arrearsInfosys interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - OOPS, DBMS, Data Structures, Cloud Computing, Operating System, Computer NetworkingTime required to prepare for the interview - 2 MonthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Never answer any question that you do not know, try to answer as precisely as you can
Tip 2 : Prepare your resume, they can any thing from that and you can't deny that you don't know
Tip 3 : Projects increase your chances so prepare atleast two

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Be honest, make sure what are you mentioning on it, one false information can leads to disqualification
Tip 2 : Projects are mandatory, basically it reflects your practical skills so focus on this part.
Tip 3 : Any experience like an internship would be appreciated.

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

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System Engineer Specialist Interview Questions

user image CodingNinjas

posted on 15 Sep 2021

I was interviewed in Oct 2020.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round (1 Question)

Round duration - 180 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Timing :- They conducted test in day time on weekends.
Problems :- Round consist of 3 coding problems.
Environment :- Test was web proctored.
Other :- Only 1 problem is needed to clear this round.

  • Q1. Prime time again You have been given two integers ‘DAY_HOURS’ and ‘PARTS’. Where ‘DAY_HOURS’ is the number of hours in a day and a day can be divided into ‘PART...read more
2

Coding Test Round (1 Question)

Round duration - 180 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Timing :- 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. ( 3 hours )
Problems :- 3 coding problems were in this round ( Easy, Medium, Hard ) basis. You can not check the submission results in this round. So, can't be sure whether solution you submitted is correct or not. PPI oppurtunity for roles in infosys (SE, SES, Power Programmer) were based on this round.

  • Q1. Rotting Oranges You have been given a grid containing some oranges. Each cell of this grid has one of the three integers values: Value 0 - representing an empty...read more
3

Face to Face Round (1 Question)

Round duration - 50 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

After getting the PPI offer from Infosys and waiting for long 2 months. On 12th October my interview was scheduled, it was a 1 hour interview 12 noon - 1 p.m. Interview was conducted on Infosys Meridian ( Infosys Own Platform ). A meeting id was provided in mail, and we can not join before interviewer. HR contact number was provided in mail.

Interview begin :-

Interviewer :- Good afternoon, So tell me something about your family forget about your acdemics now. ( He was trying to make me comfortable ).
Me :- Told about my family, what they are doing and something about myself.

Interviewer :- You are from electrical, then why you preferred coding instead of going Navratna Electrical companies ( Bhel, NTPC)
Me :- I started coding from 2nd year and i found myself more interested in this. So, i just followed my passion.

Interviewer :- In which programming language are you comfortable ?
Me :- C++

Interviewer :- Why?
Me :- Because its faster than Java and Python and easy to implement. And i take part in competitive programming contest on Codechef, Codeforces so, C++ consists of Standard Template Library which is beneficial.

Interviewer:- What is this pointer?
Me:- This pointer represents to the current object in a class.

Then he asked few more question on C++ ( difference between call be value and call be reference, namespace, some C++ libraries)

Interviewer:- In which CSE topics are you comfortable?
Me:- DS and Algo, OOPS

Interviewer:- Can you write some queries?
Me:- I practised one day before few SQL queries but i was not confident. So, dont want to give a try I answered "No sir".

Interviewer:- What is flux?
Me:- Magnetic flux passing through a unit area.

Then he start asking few more question form electrical core. I was not able to answer. I said him I am not good in electrical core. I am more interested to solve any DS/Algo question.

Interviewer:- Make a doubly linked list of 5 elements and apply merge sort on it. He asked me to share the screen and open any of my favourite online editor.
Me:- I coded on Codechef-IDE. First dicuss the logic with him and then coded witn explaining him each line. Th code run successfully and Interviwer seems to satisfy.

Then, he pasted a piece of code in Python in a doc sheet and send me. He asked me to solve that problem. It was based on concepts of OOPS. Consisting of 3 classes and relation of Inheritance, Copy constructor, Parameterised Constructor was there in that problem. I step by step solve that problem and gave final output to interviewer. Interviewer was satisfied with output and said it was correct.

Interviewer:- I am done with interviewer. I check your coding knowledge. Do you have any questions for me?
Me:- Asked about training process in infosys.

Verdict:- Selected

  • Q1. MergeSort Linked List For a given Singly Linked List of integers, sort the list using the 'Merge Sort' algorithm. Input format : The first and the only ...read more

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI completed Electrical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya. Eligibility criteriaShould be in BTECH final yearInfosys interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - C, C++, DBMS, OOPS, Data Structure and AlgorithmTime required to prepare for the interview - 2 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Go through your resume properly and mention only those points in which you are comfortable to answer.
Tip 2 : Prepare interview question on any one programming language properly 
Tip 3 : Be prepared with any one of your project ( if done )

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Have at least one project or experience in your resume.
Tip 2 : Do not put false things on your resume.

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview Questions

Skills evaluated in this interview

I was interviewed in Nov 2020.

1 Interview Round

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident while answaering the questions.

Speak out loud what you are thinking while coding.

Good Luck!

Skills evaluated in this interview

System Engineer Specialist interview

user image Saral Education by Viomesh Singh

posted on 16 Nov 2021

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Dec 2019.

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

  • Q1. There were questions on Dbms, final year project, Data structures. Add Answer

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Do not think that you know everything. The interviewer is already in that field from a long time.
Answer only those questions in which you think you are confident.
If you don't know the answer simply tell him/her that you don't know.
Foe more information ping me on LinkedIn- Apoorva Agnihotri

System Engineer Specialist Interview Questions

user image Apoorv Agnihotri

posted on 17 Dec 2020

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Dec 2019.

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

  • Q1. Questions were on Dbms, Data structures, final year project, etc Add Answer

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Keep it simple.
Interviewer knows much more than you.
Don't argue and if you don't know the answer simply say that you don't know

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