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Updated 17 Jan 2025

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

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Jun 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Simple MCQs and Essay Writing

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions on Qualifications and area of expertise
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions on experience in technical writing
Round 4 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Meeting with the team director and discussion on the personality and team building skills

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Q1. Tell me about the OS your phone uses? What are the other phone operating systems available in the market
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Feb 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Technical questions on Skills
  • Q2. Asked about my current project
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Technical questions on coding
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Asked about salary negotiiation

Senior QA Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Combination Sum Problem Statement Given an array of distinct positive integers ARR and a non-negative integer 'B', find all unique combinations in the array where the sum is equal to 'B'. Numbers can be chosen multiple times from ARR. Ensur... read more
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McAfee Interview Questions and Answers for Freshers
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I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed in Mar 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Communication Interview, Interviewer will ask you - Do A Full Self introduction in English, your favourite movie and why it inspired you - your one unforgettable moment in life.
  • Ans. All this questions are to check your com in English.
  • Answered Anonymously
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Will train you for 2 weeks for Communication
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Will train you on technical for 2 weeks
  • Ans. After two weeks there is an assessment
  • Answered Anonymously

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Having answers ready and be confident.
Try to have a neutral accent in English while you talking it will help you. Make sure to focus the technical training the 2 weeks it will help you alott when you hit the actual working floor.

Technical Support Executive Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. 1. How to install windows 2. How to make pen drive bootable 3.What is taskbar 4.what is task manager 5.How to make partition in hard drive 6. How to activate windows
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Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What different did you do in locked down
  • Ans. 

    During the lockdown, I focused on enhancing my technical skills and learning new technologies.

    • Took online courses and certifications to improve my knowledge in areas like networking and troubleshooting

    • Participated in virtual workshops and webinars to stay updated with the latest industry trends

    • Practiced troubleshooting scenarios on virtual machines to sharpen my problem-solving abilities

    • Contributed to online technical ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. How do you spend your day?
  • Ans. 

    As a Technical Support Engineer, my day is spent troubleshooting and resolving technical issues for customers.

    • I start my day by checking emails and responding to any urgent customer inquiries.

    • I prioritize and manage my workload, addressing high-priority issues first.

    • I collaborate with other team members to share knowledge and seek assistance when needed.

    • I troubleshoot technical problems reported by customers, analyzing...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be honest and give realistic answers. Share an out of the box answer or scenario during you previous work. Show them how good you are in handling situations

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

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Oct 2022. 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 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. About sql and plsql
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Difference between truncate and delete
  • Ans. 

    Truncate is a DDL command that removes all rows from a table, while delete is a DML command that removes specific rows.

    • Truncate is faster than delete as it does not generate undo logs.

    • Truncate resets the high water mark of the table, while delete does not.

    • Truncate cannot be rolled back, while delete can be rolled back using a transaction.

    • Truncate does not fire any triggers, while delete does.

    • Truncate does not require a

  • Answered by AI
Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What are Set operators :
  • Ans. 

    Set operators are used to combine the result sets of two or more SELECT statements.

    • Set operators include UNION, UNION ALL, INTERSECT, and MINUS.

    • UNION combines the result sets of two SELECT statements, removing duplicates.

    • UNION ALL combines the result sets of two SELECT statements, including duplicates.

    • INTERSECT returns only the rows that appear in both result sets.

    • MINUS returns only the rows that appear in the first re

  • Answered by AI

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Q1. Tell me about Analytical functions you worked on ?
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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. What is Smart Pointer?
  • Ans. 

    Smart Pointer is a class that provides automatic memory management for dynamically allocated objects.

    • Smart pointers are used to prevent memory leaks in C++.

    • They automatically delete the object they point to when it is no longer needed.

    • There are two types of smart pointers: unique_ptr and shared_ptr.

    • unique_ptr is used when there is only one owner of the object.

    • shared_ptr is used when there are multiple owners of the obj

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What is initializer list in C++ and code it with example?
  • Ans. 

    Initializer list is a syntax in C++ to initialize objects with a list of values.

    • Initializer list is enclosed in curly braces {}.

    • It can be used to initialize arrays, structs, and classes.

    • Example: int arr[] = {1, 2, 3};

    • Example: struct Point { int x, y; } p = {1, 2};

    • Example: class Person { public: string name; int age; } p = {"John", 30};

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. 2 Coding question of string and linked list?
  • Q4. 2 coding question of Backtracking and LRU design?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Explain how you reach to the answer, don't keep them waiting? Ask question if you don't understand. Tell you don't know if you really don't know. Prepare for coding question from trees, string, linked list, backtracking. Better would be solve GeeksforGeeks product based question list.

Skills evaluated in this interview

SDE (Software Development Engineer) Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. A string is given consisting of lowercase alphabets. Write a function which returns yes if the string has all the lowercase letters appearing in it at least once. O(N) time and without using extra space
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I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Oct 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. First Round was more focus around java, basic questions why java is platform independent , questions around String pool, Thread pool, Serialization , Exceptions and then design pattern Singleton and builde...
  • Q2. Second round about was Data Structures and Algo , add two linked list , parethesis balancing then again questions on Spring and Spring Boot, Some questions on Eureka Discovery Sevices and Message Broker
  • Q3. Third round was again DS round implement Generic Queue using Linked List , then Questions on joins , implement one to many and many to many association in spring boot

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - It was very good and nice interviewers were very good.

Software Development Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Given an acyclic graph of a city where each edge represents a road in the city and each vertex represents an crossing. Write an algo to find out the minimum number of vertices at which a policemen will be kept so that all the roads are cove... read more
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Feb 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

Software Development Engineer 1 Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. 4. Design a system for making table reservations at a restaurant.
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Feb 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

ELitmus test on Maths, Physics, Chem

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Was asked coding and aptitude

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

Software Development Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Given an acyclic graph of a city where each edge represents a road in the city and each vertex represents an crossing. Write an algo to find out the minimum number of vertices at which a policemen will be kept so that all the roads are cove... read more
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Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 7 Dec 2022

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

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Dec 2021. There were 5 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 Resume tips
Round 2 - Coding Test 

Gave a UX design to development it, which I completed in an hour. I had been interviewed at McAfee site itself.

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. It was 50 mins of technical round on Advance concepts of JS, HTML and CSS.
Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. It was on problem solving particularly Array sorting techniques and usability questions
Round 5 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Had a one-on-one round with Manager on the Product specific requirement. why leaving the other org and what suits best environment to work for!.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Learn on DS and Problem-solving techniques. Technical questions were too advanced like ES6 features, and HTML- web api's. Pattern questions.
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McAfee Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in McAfee interview?
McAfee interview process usually has 3-4 rounds. The most common rounds in the McAfee interview process are Technical, One-on-one Round and Coding Test.
How to prepare for McAfee 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 McAfee. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at McAfee expect are Python, Linux, Debugging, SQL and C++.
What are the top questions asked in McAfee interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the McAfee interview -

  1. What if a reported bug is rejected by developer and not considered a b...read more
  2. Can aggregate functions be used with HAVING clause? With WHERE clause? What is ...read more
  3. What is initializer list in C++ and code it with examp...read more
How long is the McAfee interview process?

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

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