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Updated 1 Sep 2024

KLA Associate Software Engineer Interview Experiences

1 interview found

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

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Aug 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

2 problem was given to solve
1) Smallest Negative balance - -----%20America%20-%20Weekly%20Algorithm%20Challenges/Week%2021%20Algorithm%20Challenge/Smallest%20Negative%20Balance.md
2) Find the absolute difference between alpha & beta from the array.
Alpha -An element k in a array occurs k consecutive time
Beta - An element k in an array occurs k consecutive time starting from index k

Sample input
Arr[] = {2,2,2,4,4,4,4,1,2,2]
Output
Alpha - 3
Beta - 1
Absolute difference - 1

Note : consider array index starts with 1

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Understand the problem statement clearly, prepare well for problem solving & DSA

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

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Jul 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Why do we want to hire you?
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Mar 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Aptitude and Logical Reasoning - 15MCQ's in 20min
Programming - 10MCQ's in 15min
Technical - 25MCQ's in 30min
Coding - 2qns in 45min

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. SQL queries - Joins, specific data retrieval
  • Q2. OOP concepts with example code
  • Ans. 

    OOP concepts involve encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism in object-oriented programming.

    • Encapsulation: bundling data and methods that operate on the data into a single unit (class). Example: class Car { private String color; public void setColor(String c) { color = c; } }

    • Inheritance: creating new classes based on existing classes, inheriting their attributes and methods. Example: class SUV extends Car { privat...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. String questions, swapping two numbers
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Situation based questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident and showcase your strengths effectively.

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jul 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Aptitude, technical MCQs and c/c++ questions of medium type

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. 1. Given offset, find the indices of multi dimensional array 2. Bitwise operations coding 3. Structure padding 4. Code memory storage
  • Ans. 

    Technical questions related to programming concepts and memory management.

    • To find indices of a multi-dimensional array using offset, divide the offset by the size of each element and use the quotient as the index for the first dimension. Repeat this process for each dimension.

    • Bitwise operations are used to manipulate individual bits in a binary number. Examples include AND, OR, XOR, and bit shifting.

    • Structure padding i...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Basics of c, os, data structures and knowledge of how memory works

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Dec 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic fundamentals of cs, dsa
  • Q2. Puzzles, os concepts

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - prepare basics for cs fundamentals, dsa leetcode medium
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. OOPS question to develop a fault-sensing algorithm in machines
  • Q2. Debug array question in bubble sort
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

General aptitude questions

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Problem solving, solved 2 out of 3 questions

Round 3 - Group Discussion 

General topics were given in gd

Round 4 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Programming concepts
  • Q2. Projects and coding round questions solved
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Technical plus aptitude based on domain you choose( pre placemt talks)

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Communication theory , aptitude, electronics basics for firmware domain(screening)
  • Q2. Coding related questions
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Circuits related practical questions
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. General things only
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 Aug 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Questions on maths and reasoning

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Find the number of pairs with difference equal to given value k
  • Ans. 

    Count pairs in an array with a given difference

    • Sort the array to easily find pairs

    • Use two pointers approach to find pairs with difference equal to k

    • Keep track of unique pairs to avoid duplicates

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. C and C++ OOPs questions were asked

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - The company looks for the candidates with strong hold on C & C++ basic which can be a deciding factor. The DSA questions were anything between easy to moderate.

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

I applied via campus placement at Motilal Nehru Institute National Institute of Technology (NIT), Allahabad and was interviewed in Aug 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Its basically a test comprising 32 mcq
12- logical reasoning
20- core C,DBMS, OS , Computer Networks

2 coding Questions

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. He just Gave me to design a React Page and removed all the starting code and gave me blank folder and asked to code all by myself
  • Q2. He asked me SQL queries which was quite tough as its of nested queries

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