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Updated 4 Oct 2022

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I applied via campus placement at National Institute of Technology, (NIT), Nagaland and was interviewed in Dec 2021.

1 Interview Round

Interview Questions

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

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Oct 2021.

5 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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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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2

Coding Test Round

Basic algo and data structures with problem solving using programming.

3

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Previous projects+programming questions.
  • Q2. Whatever you worked on.
4

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Managerial round of interview.
5

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Job history+salary negotiation

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for McAfee SDE (Software Development Engineer) interview:
  • Algorithms
  • Data Structures
  • Programming
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Brush up on fundamentals + revise your projects that you worked in your experience.

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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Aug 2022.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

Simple or say standard coding questions of easy to medium level

2

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Standard dsa question was asked .the question was of easy to medium level leetcode.
  • Q2. Computer science fundamental dbms, computer network, operating sysytem basic system design

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - practice 3 to 5 leetcode questions on daily basis.
Be consistent through out your placement preparation.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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
2

Coding Test Round

3question were there difficulty level was medium

3

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Os and networking questions
  • Q2. UDP And TCP questions were there Practical questions related to Linux and os

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - N/A
The interview experience was overll fine interviewer were quite interactive and good experience overall

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before May 2020.

5 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Focus on DS

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

2 Interview Rounds

1

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. General behavioral and situational questions about team members
2

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Identify if the number is positive, negative or zero
Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
 Not Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Apr 2024.

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Write a program to reverse the string

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 Not Selected

2 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Class Constructors with code
2

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Class Constructors examples With code

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Aug 2023.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

Round 1 was coding test + aptitude questions

2

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. After clearing coding test there was a technical interview. They asked about projects in my resume and questions about merge sort, basic SQL commands
Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

3 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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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2

Group Discussion Round

Top is Love marriage arrange marriage

3

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is array and tell array methods
  • Q2. What is object and tell how its work in js

Skills evaluated in this interview

McAfee Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in McAfee SDE (Software Development Engineer) interview?
McAfee interview process usually has 5 rounds. The most common rounds in the McAfee interview process are One-on-one Round, HR and Resume Shortlist.
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