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user image Dnyaneshwar Jadhav

posted on 14 Nov 2024

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Oct 2024. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Total 25 questions in 30 min

Round 2 - Group Discussion 

GD is on social effect

Round 3 - JAM 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. 1 min talk on a specific given topic
Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Some technical questions as am from Entc bg...try to clear your own technical clear ... nothing extra
Round 5 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. All about HR QUESTIONS
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I was interviewed in Aug 2024.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

It was a bit difficult because of the time crunch

Round 2 - Just a minute 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Why do you want to join Keyence
  • Ans. 

    I want to join Keyence because of their reputation for cutting-edge technology and strong focus on customer satisfaction.

    • Keyence is known for their innovative technology solutions

    • I am impressed by Keyence's commitment to customer satisfaction

    • I believe Keyence offers a great opportunity for professional growth and development

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Why should we hire you
  • Ans. 

    I have a strong technical background, excellent communication skills, and a proven track record of driving sales and exceeding targets.

    • I have a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and relevant technical certifications.

    • I have successfully closed deals with major clients, increasing revenue by 20% in my previous role.

    • I excel at building relationships with customers and understanding their needs to provide tailored solutions

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Your strength and weakness
  • Ans. 

    My strength is my ability to communicate effectively and build strong relationships with clients. My weakness is that I can be overly detail-oriented at times.

    • Strength: Effective communication skills, ability to build strong relationships with clients

    • Weakness: Being overly detail-oriented, sometimes losing sight of the bigger picture

    • Example: I once spent too much time perfecting a presentation for a client, when I coul

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Group Discussion 

10 students are put together in a room from different colleges and a duration of 3 minutes is given. You need make a good impression of yourself, the topic given to us was arrange marriage vs love marriage, the topics given to my friends were easy too like social media is a boon or bane.. so dont worry too much about the topic

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I am uncertain about the criteria the company uses to select students since individuals who performed poorly in group discussions were chosen for interviews, while those who performed well were not. However, that is simply my opinion. Regardless, I wish you good luck.

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Apr 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. First Start with English
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Interview with Japanese MDs in English

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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

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

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

1.30 mins of aptitude test
a)basic mathematics problems (8 ques 10 mins)
b)logical reasoning (10 ques 10 mins)
c)verbal(12 ques 10 mins)
2.In next round you will be having one-way interview which is easy to crack.
Two questions will be given with 3 retakes
a)what is your strong point and weak point
b)what is your biggest achievements.

Round 2 - Group Discussion 

3.JAM(just a minute)
a)why do you want to join keyence company.
b)why do you need this job.
c)why should we hire you.
d)In 4 years what you have done except studying.
From these questions any two can ask for JAM.
4.GD(ground discussion)
a) offline vs online (work/classes)
b) chatgpt vs Google
c) impact on social media
They will select 15 members per GD and give 4 mins to discuss about the topic any one can get

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - In GD try to speak first or else you won't get chance to speak ...15 members who will be there neither they won't give you a chance to speak nor they won't listen you ..so speak first

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Interview experience
2
Poor
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
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Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Medium aptitude test, question came from math, general knowledge, resonnig, data analytics etc

Round 3 - Video Call 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. 1. your strength and weakness 2. your biggest achievement during MBA
Round 4 - JAM- Just A Minute 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. 1. where are you from 2. why you take sales as a career option 3. what are you doing currently

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Jan 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Pressure, Temperature and ohms law

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - it was friendly environment
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Mar 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Split alv Types of badis Steps for inbound idocs Control break statements Events in tmg Value table & check table Database utility Smod cmod Enhancement point and spot difference How to debug smartform Dy...
  • Ans. 

    The question covers various topics related to SAP Sales Engineer role, including ALV splitting, BAdIs, IDocs, control break statements, events in TMG, value and check tables, debugging smartforms, enhancement points, and IDoc reprocessing.

    • ALV splitting involves breaking down a large ALV grid into smaller parts for better performance.

    • BAdIs (Business Add-Ins) are enhancements to standard SAP applications that allow custo...

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Cultural Fit questions along with techno functional questions like infotypes pms etc
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic HR discussion was held

Skills evaluated in this interview

I was interviewed before Apr 2021.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

(3 Questions)

Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

This round had 3 coding questions of Medium to Hard level of difficulty.

  • Q1. 

    Balanced Parentheses Combinations

    Given an integer N representing the number of pairs of parentheses, find all the possible combinations of balanced parentheses using the given number of pairs.

    Explanati...

  • Ans. 

    Generate all possible combinations of balanced parentheses for a given number of pairs.

    • Use recursion to generate all possible combinations of balanced parentheses.

    • Keep track of the number of open and close parentheses used in each combination.

    • Return the valid combinations as an array of strings.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. 

    Trapping Rain Water Problem Statement

    You are given a long type array/list ARR of size N, representing an elevation map. The value ARR[i] denotes the elevation of the ith bar. Your task is to determine th...

  • Ans. 

    Calculate the total amount of rainwater that can be trapped between given elevations in an array.

    • Iterate through the array and calculate the maximum height on the left and right of each bar.

    • Calculate the amount of water that can be trapped at each bar by taking the minimum of the maximum heights on the left and right.

    • Sum up the trapped water at each bar to get the total trapped water for the entire array.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. 

    Rotting Oranges Problem Statement

    You are given a grid containing oranges where each cell of the grid can contain one of the three integer values:

    • 0 - representing an empty cell
    • 1 - representing a fre...
  • Ans. 

    Find the minimum time required to rot all fresh oranges adjacent to rotten oranges.

    • Create a queue to store the coordinates of rotten oranges and perform BFS to rot adjacent fresh oranges.

    • Track the time taken to rot all fresh oranges and return -1 if not all fresh oranges can be rotten.

    • Update the grid with the new state of oranges after each second.

    • Handle edge cases such as empty grid or no fresh oranges present.

    • Example...

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Face to Face 

(3 Questions)

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

This was a standard DS/Algo round where I was given 2 questions to solve under 60 minutes. I was able to come up with the optimal approach for both the questions and then at the end of the interview I was also asked the famous Die Hard Water Puzzle.

  • Q1. 

    Queue Using Stacks Implementation

    Design a queue data structure following the FIFO (First In First Out) principle using only stack instances.

    Explanation:

    Your task is to complete predefined functions t...

  • Ans. 

    Implement a queue using stacks following FIFO principle.

    • Use two stacks to simulate a queue.

    • For enQueue operation, push elements onto stack1.

    • For deQueue operation, if stack2 is empty, pop all elements from stack1 and push onto stack2, then pop from stack2.

    • For peek operation, if stack2 is empty, pop all elements from stack1 and push onto stack2, then return top of stack2.

    • For isEmpty operation, check if both stack1 and st...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. 

    Merge Intervals Problem Statement

    You are provided with 'N' intervals, each containing two integers denoting the start time and end time of the interval.

    Your task is to merge all overlapping intervals a...

  • Ans. 

    Merge overlapping intervals and return sorted list of merged intervals by start time.

    • Sort the intervals based on start time.

    • Iterate through intervals and merge overlapping ones.

    • Return the merged intervals in sorted order.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. You have a 3-liter jar and a 5-liter jar. How can you measure exactly 4 liters using these two jars?
Round 3 - Face to Face 

(4 Questions)

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

This round had 2 coding questions - first one related to Binary Tree and the second one was a simple question from Bit Manipulation. This was followed by some questions from OOPS.

  • Q1. 

    Binary Tree Diameter Problem Statement

    You are given a Binary Tree, and you need to determine the length of the diameter of the tree.

    The diameter of a binary tree is the length of the longest path betwe...

  • Ans. 

    The task is to find the diameter of a binary tree, which is the length of the longest path between any two end nodes in the tree.

    • Traverse the tree to find the longest path between two nodes.

    • Keep track of the maximum diameter found during traversal.

    • The diameter may not necessarily pass through the root node.

    • Consider both left and right subtrees while calculating the diameter.

    • Example: For input 1 2 3 4 -1 5 6 -1 7 -1 -1

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. 

    Power of 2 Problem Statement

    Determine if it is possible to reorder the digits of a given integer 'N' such that the resulting number is a power of two. The leading digit must not be zero.

    Input:

    The fir...
  • Ans. 

    The problem involves determining if it is possible to reorder the digits of a given integer to form a power of 2.

    • Iterate through all possible permutations of the digits of the given integer.

    • Check if any of the permutations form a power of 2.

    • Return 1 if a valid permutation is found, else return 0.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. What are some advantages of using Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)?
  • Ans. 

    Advantages of OOP include code reusability, modularity, and easier maintenance.

    • Code reusability: Objects can be reused in different parts of the program, reducing redundancy.

    • Modularity: OOP allows for breaking down complex problems into smaller, more manageable parts.

    • Easier maintenance: Changes to one part of the codebase do not necessarily affect other parts, making maintenance easier.

    • Encapsulation: Data hiding and ab...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. What are access specifiers and what is their significance in Object-Oriented Programming?
  • Ans. 

    Access specifiers define the level of access to class members in Object-Oriented Programming.

    • Access specifiers include public, private, protected, and default

    • Public members are accessible from outside the class

    • Private members are only accessible within the class

    • Protected members are accessible within the class and its subclasses

    • Default access is when no access specifier is specified

  • Answered by AI
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 30 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

This was my last round and I hoped it to go good just like the other rounds. The interviewer was very straight to point
and professional. The interview lasted for 30 minutes.

  • Q1. Why should we hire you?

Interview Preparation Tips

Eligibility criteriaAbove 7 CGPAPracto interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Data Structures, Algorithms, DBMS, OS, Aptitude, OOPSTime required to prepare for the interview - 4 MonthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Must do Previously asked Interview as well as Online Test Questions.
Tip 2 : Go through all the previous interview experiences from Codestudio and Leetcode.
Tip 3 : Do at-least 2 good projects and you must know every bit of them.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Have at-least 2 good projects explained in short with all important points covered.
Tip 2 : Every skill must be mentioned.
Tip 3 : Focus on skills, projects and experiences more.

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview Questionnaire 

8 Questions

  • Q1. Implement queue with the help of two stacks
  • Ans. 

    Queue can be implemented using two stacks by maintaining the order of elements in the stacks.

    • Create two stacks, let's call them stack1 and stack2

    • When an element is enqueued, push it to stack1

    • When an element is dequeued, pop all elements from stack1 and push them to stack2

    • Pop the top element from stack2 and return it as the dequeued element

    • If stack2 is empty, repeat step 3

    • To get the front element of the queue, peek the

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Iven a table “student” of with columns Name and Marks. You have to write a SQL query to get the 2nd highest marks from the table. Also write a query to find the nth highest marks, where n can be any number
  • Q3. What is left join. Give example. And Full outer join?
  • Ans. 

    Left join returns all records from left table and matching records from right table. Full outer join returns all records from both tables.

    • Left join is used to combine two tables based on a common column.

    • In left join, all records from the left table are returned along with matching records from the right table.

    • If there is no match in the right table, NULL values are returned.

    • Example: SELECT * FROM table1 LEFT JOIN table...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. What is magic functions and autoloading in PHP?
  • Ans. 

    Magic functions are special methods in PHP that start with __. Autoloading is a way to automatically load classes.

    • Magic functions are used to handle certain events in PHP, such as object creation or property access.

    • Autoloading allows PHP to automatically load classes when they are needed, without requiring manual includes.

    • Magic functions can be used in conjunction with autoloading to dynamically load classes or handle

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. Given three arrays sorted in non-decreasing order, print all common elements in these arrays. Examples: ar1[] = {1, 5, 10, 20, 40, 80} ar2[] = {6, 7, 20, 80, 100} ar3[] = {3, 4, 15, 20, 30, 70, 80, 120} Ou...
  • Ans. 

    Given three sorted arrays, find common elements.

    • Create three pointers to traverse each array

    • Compare the elements at the pointers and move the pointer of the smallest element

    • If all pointers point to the same element, add it to the result and move all pointers

    • Repeat until any pointer reaches the end of its array

  • Answered by AI
  • Q6. A puzzle. You will be given with a 3 Litre container & a 7 Litre Container. Measure exactly 5 Litres of water
  • Q7. Asked about one of my projects I mentioned in my resume?
  • Q8. Find if a number is a power of 2 or not?
  • Ans. 

    Check if a number is a power of 2 or not.

    • A power of 2 has only one bit set in its binary representation.

    • Use bitwise AND operator to check if the number is a power of 2.

    • If n is a power of 2, then n & (n-1) will be 0.

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Skills: Data structures, PHP, Algortihm
College Name: na
Motivation: Overall it was a very good experience. They test you from every aspect. In the End I would like to say that Practo is one of the best companies to work for.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Apr 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Tell me About yourself
  • Ans. 

    Experienced Senior Engineer with a strong background in software development and project management.

    • Over 10 years of experience in software engineering

    • Expertise in project management and leading cross-functional teams

    • Proficient in multiple programming languages such as Java, Python, and C++

    • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to deliver high-quality solutions under tight deadlines

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Tell me about your career path
  • Ans. 

    I started my career as a junior engineer at a tech startup, where I gained hands-on experience in software development. I then moved on to larger companies, taking on more challenging projects and eventually reaching a senior engineer position.

    • Started as junior engineer at tech startup

    • Gained hands-on experience in software development

    • Moved on to larger companies for more challenging projects

    • Progressed to senior enginee

  • Answered by AI

Keyence Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Keyence interview for freshers?
Keyence interview process for freshers usually has 3-4 rounds. The most common rounds in the Keyence interview process for freshers are Aptitude Test, Group Discussion and One-on-one Round.
How to prepare for Keyence interview for freshers?
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 Keyence. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Keyence expect are Industrial Automation, Accounts Payable, TDS, PLC and B2B Sales.
What are the top questions asked in Keyence interview for freshers?

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How long is the Keyence interview process?

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

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