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Updated 29 Feb 2024

McAfee Software Development Engineer 1 Interview Experiences

1 interview found

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

I applied via campus placement at National Institute of Technology, Surathkal and was interviewed before Mar 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Litmus test on maths, physics, chemistry

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Was asked coding questions and aptitute

Round 3 - Coding Test 

Was asked coding questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Coding skills, relevant experience/knowledge and aptitude

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

Total 31 questions where 29 are MCQ related to Java, c++, python (to find output or time complexity) and 2 are coding questions with medium difficulty

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

I was interviewed before Mar 2023.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Finding all unique pairs of BST

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Given stream of numbers , return yes/no - for a series of numbers if each number is present or not

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Fully Optimized SQL Query for some scenario
  • Q2. Joins vs Subqueries
  • Ans. 

    Joins are used to combine rows from two or more tables based on a related column, while subqueries are nested queries used to return data for the main query.

    • Joins are used to retrieve data from multiple tables based on a related column.

    • Subqueries are used to return data for the main query by nesting a query within another query.

    • Joins are typically more efficient than subqueries for retrieving data from multiple tables.

    • ...

  • Answered by AI
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Question related to operating system and computer network

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Traverse all child nodes in tree
  • Ans. 

    Traverse all child nodes in a tree data structure

    • Use depth-first or breadth-first traversal algorithms

    • Recursively visit each child node starting from the root node

    • Consider using a stack or queue data structure for traversal

    • Example: Traverse all nodes in a binary tree

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Question related to cloud and oops
Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Question related to my background and how web site work
Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Oct 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Basics of oops, .net framework and .net core
  • Q2. Sql query for student department id
  • Ans. 

    SQL query to retrieve student department id.

    • Use SELECT statement to retrieve data

    • Specify the columns to be selected, including the department id column

    • Specify the table where the student data is stored

    • Use WHERE clause to filter the results based on student information

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Solid principles and design patterns
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Asked to code palindrome
  • Q2. Code duplicate string from main string and get index of sub string
  • Ans. 

    Code to find index of sub string in main string and duplicate the sub string

    • Use a loop to iterate through the main string and check for the sub string

    • If sub string is found, duplicate it and store the index

    • Return the index of the duplicated sub string

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Manager asked me to code the count index of substring and sum of substring
  • Q2. Questions as HR informed, it was worst and all interviews were scheduled at night time.he was more technical than the second round team lead instead of asking manager round

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - worst manager round and salary is also provided less compared to market rate.

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed in Nov 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

1st round is aptitude and pesudocode

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Mostly python questions
  • Q2. List questions and basic to mediumprogram

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Moderate interview
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Oct 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

In first round 4 coding question like 1 dsa 2 database and one is api and question is very simple . coding round was conducted in hackerrank

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. DSA QUESTION LIKE TREE AND GRAPH
  • Q2. DP AND SORTING APPROACH
Round 3 - Coding Test 

Again same but dsa question and oops concept in deep level

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - good knowledge in dsa , database , programming thats it
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic java fundamentals
  • Q2. Spring boot,sql
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Some technical questions from manager
  • Q2. Some challenges or scenario based questions
Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Salary discussion mostly
  • Q2. Benifts that they offer with TR

Software Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 5 Oct 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is the inheritance?
  • Ans. 

    Inheritance is a mechanism in object-oriented programming where a class inherits properties and behaviors from another class.

    • Allows a class to inherit attributes and methods from another class

    • Promotes code reusability and reduces redundancy

    • Creates a parent-child relationship between classes

    • Derived class can override or extend the functionality of the base class

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What are the types of joins in mysql
  • Ans. 

    Types of joins in MySQL include inner join, left join, right join, and full join.

    • Inner join: Returns rows when there is a match in both tables.

    • Left join: Returns all rows from the left table and the matched rows from the right table.

    • Right join: Returns all rows from the right table and the matched rows from the left table.

    • Full join: Returns rows when there is a match in one of the tables.

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

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. How to handle multiple api's
  • Ans. 

    Use a centralized API gateway to manage and route requests to multiple APIs efficiently.

    • Implement a centralized API gateway to handle incoming requests and route them to the appropriate API based on the endpoint.

    • Utilize API management tools like Apigee, Kong, or AWS API Gateway to manage and monitor multiple APIs.

    • Consider implementing a caching layer to improve performance and reduce the number of requests to external

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What does strstr function do?
  • Ans. 

    strstr function searches for a substring within a string and returns a pointer to the first occurrence of the substring.

    • Used in C programming language

    • Syntax: char *strstr(const char *haystack, const char *needle)

    • Example: char *str = strstr("hello world", "world")

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

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

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Maths ,english ,reasoning, puzzles

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Jackeron was the platform

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Work hard and avoid cheasting

McAfee Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in McAfee Software Development Engineer 1 interview?
McAfee interview process usually has 3 rounds. The most common rounds in the McAfee interview process are Coding Test and Aptitude Test.

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