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ION Group Software Developer Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 26 Dec 2024

Top ION Group Software Developer Interview Questions and Answers

  • Q1. Trapping Rain Water in 2-D Elevation Map You're given an M * N matrix where each value represents the height of that cell on a 2-D elevation map. Your task is to determi ...read more
  • Q2. Count Ways to Climb Stairs Problem Given a staircase with a certain number of steps, you start at the 0th step, and your goal is to reach the Nth step. At every step, yo ...read more
  • Q3. You are the owner of a petrol pump. Formulate a profitable strategy
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ION Group Software Developer Interview Experiences

21 interviews found

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

It was a 1 hour test based on quant.

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Mar 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Mostly behavioural questions, e.g., what are your weaknesses, strengths, tell me about yourself.
Round 2 - Assignment 

Puzzle questions, and a coding question regarding vector of strings.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident.

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Coding test consisting of 4 problems, and some aptitude problems

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Related to project, Resume and DSA
Round 3 - Case Study 

Case Study related to ethics and values

Round 4 - Group Discussion 

Related to new technologies, within 1hr it will complete

Round 5 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. DSA, Projects and fundamentals (OS, DBMS)
Round 6 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What challenges recently, how you resolved that problem?
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in May 2023. There were 4 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 

There were 2 coding question + aptitude questions

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Question on subjects and puzzles were asked
Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Question on dsa were asked

ION Group interview questions for designations

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 (1)

 Developer

 (1)

 Software Engineer

 (10)

 Software Analyst

 (1)

 Java Developer

 (1)

 Software Engineer Intern

 (1)

 Senior Software Engineer

 (1)

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Aug 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

2 medium level coding questions with 18 mcq

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Tbey asked to solve one puzzle ,25 men and find 3 winner , one oops question (write code and explain four pillars of oops), one dsa question (how to implement dictionary)

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jul 2023. There were 4 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 and aptitude both taken on hacker rank platform.

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Asked about my skills and projects. basic oops concept basic dsa approach puzzle questions
Round 4 - Case Study 

Business case study question
there is no correct or wrong answer but we just need to think and answer logically

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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Mar 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

It had medium level leetcode questions.

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Asked about projects,oops concepts, dsa and some puzzles
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Aug 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Simple aptitude round

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Diff between sql / no sql primary key unique key
  • Ans. 

    SQL uses primary keys to uniquely identify records in a table, while NoSQL databases use unique keys for the same purpose.

    • SQL databases use primary keys to uniquely identify each record in a table, typically using an auto-incrementing integer value.

    • NoSQL databases use unique keys to achieve the same purpose, but the key can be any unique value, not necessarily an integer.

    • In SQL, primary keys are used to enforce entity ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. They asked a puzzle (top 20 sde puzzle from gfg) and then a Oops problem then basic DSA discussion

Skills evaluated in this interview

I was interviewed in Oct 2020.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

(2 Questions)

Round duration - 120 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

This was the first round and it consisted of 40 MCQs from aptitude , logical reasoning etc. and 2 programming questions.
The test was on AMCAT platform.
The test was of 2 hours , web-proctored and switching between tabs was not allowed.

  • Q1. 

    Trapping Rain Water in 2-D Elevation Map

    You're given an M * N matrix where each value represents the height of that cell on a 2-D elevation map. Your task is to determine the total volume of water that c...

  • Ans. 

    Calculate the total volume of water that can be trapped in a 2-D elevation map after rain.

    • Iterate over the matrix and find the maximum height on the borders.

    • Calculate the water trapped at each cell by finding the difference between the cell's height and the minimum of its neighboring maximum heights.

    • Sum up the trapped water for all cells to get the total volume of water trapped.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. 

    Count Ways to Climb Stairs Problem

    Given a staircase with a certain number of steps, you start at the 0th step, and your goal is to reach the Nth step. At every step, you have the option to move either on...

  • Ans. 

    Count the number of distinct ways to climb a staircase with a certain number of steps using either one or two steps at a time.

    • Use dynamic programming to solve this problem efficiently.

    • Keep track of the number of ways to reach each step by considering the number of ways to reach the previous two steps.

    • Return the result modulo 10^9+7 to handle large outputs.

    • Example: For N=4, the distinct ways to climb are {(0,1,2,3,4)}, ...

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Video Call 

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

This was the 2nd round and the technical round of the process. It mostly concentrated on puzzles as ION Trading asks a lot of puzzles in its interview round.
The rounds consisted of puzzles, OS , OOPS , DBMS questions.

Round 3 - HR 

Round duration - 40 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

It was the last round and was all about Project discussion and HR questions.

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI completed Information Technology from Maharaja Agrasen Institute Of Technology. I applied for the job as Software Developer in DelhiEligibility criteriaAbove 8 CGPAIon Trading interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - PuzzlesOOPSData StructuresAlgorithmsDBMSLogical ReasoningAptitude QuestionsTime required to prepare for the interview - 4 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : For ION Trading , puzzles are must, so you should prepare it thoroughly.
Tip 2 : Practice Company specific DS Algo questions from LeetCode,GFG etc.
Tip 3 : Have deep knowledge about your projects.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Mention projects which you can explain and defend clearly.
Tip 2 : Resume should always be crisp and clear and should be of 1 page.
Tip 3 : If you do competitive programming , you can put links of your various online platforms profiles like Codechef, Codeforces etc.
Tip 4 : There should not be any false achievements or false experience mentioned in the resume.

Final outcome of the interviewRejected

Skills evaluated in this interview

Software Developer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Muskan Mangla

posted on 13 Aug 2019

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Aug 2019. There were 8 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Two puzzles from geeksforgeeks,basics of OOPs -polymorphism,virtual keyword,abstract class,what is DP and memoization,complexity of power(x,y) function,software development cycle related questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - The whole interview process was designed such that interviewers were checking how a person reacts a given problem.Whole interview takes place at their office on ION day,a day for pool campus hiring.Team activities are also a part of interview process to check your skills of working in team.
First an online aptitude cum coding round takes place in campus itself.Selected students go through an interview of 10 minutes of puzzles only.Further selected students are called for ION day.

ION Group Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in ION Group Software Developer interview?
ION Group interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the ION Group interview process are Technical, Coding Test and Aptitude Test.
How to prepare for ION Group Software Developer 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 ION Group. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at ION Group expect are Agile Coaching, Automation Testing, C++, Hibernate and PLSQL.
What are the top questions asked in ION Group Software Developer interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the ION Group Software Developer interview -

  1. You are the owner of a petrol pump. Formulate a profitable strat...read more
  2. Find the most occuring element in ar...read more
  3. Payment Management System using four pillars of object oriented programm...read more
How long is the ION Group Software Developer interview process?

The duration of ION Group Software Developer interview process can vary, but typically it takes about less than 2 weeks to complete.

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ION Group Software Developer Interview Process

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3 Interview rounds

  • Aptitude Test Round
  • Technical Round - 1
  • Technical Round - 2
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3.6

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3.4

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3.2

Company culture

3.5

Promotions

2.8

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