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Updated 13 Oct 2022

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Junior Engineer Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 13 Oct 2022

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

4 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

There were 2 DSA questions that we had to solve on HackerRank. One of them was a medium dynamic programming question - minimum insertions required to make a string palindrome. The other was a fairly easy question that required knowledge of permutations and combinations. We just had to figure out a maths formula given the situation.
1st round also involved a logical game that we had to play. We were scored based on coding + game and shortlisted for next round.

2

Coding Test Round

An interviewer joined me on zoom meet and sent a HackerRank link to a question. It was a medium dynamic programming/backtracking question. I solved it but only half the test cases ran while others threw TLE as my recursive code took exponential time.

3

One-on-one Round (7 Questions)

  • Q1. Explain what happens after you search a url on your browser. (Had to explain the whole DNS working)
  • Q2. Explain how video calling works. (Had to explain the whole OSI model)
  • Q3. Asked possible causes of ClassNotFoundException and MemoryOutOfBoundException
  • Q4. Asked 2 or 3 case study questions like designing a car infotainment system.
  • Q5. Asked about the usefulness of OOPS.
  • Q6. Asked how Java code compiles/runs(had to explain about creation of class file, JVM etc)
  • Q7. Asked about working of https.
4

HR Round (4 Questions)

  • Q1. Explain few challenges that you faced during a project/internship.
  • Q2. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
  • Q3. Explain a project that you did
  • Q4. Tell me about a conflict that you may have faced during a project/internship

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for McKinsey & Company Junior Engineer interview:
  • Data Structures and Algorithms
  • Computer Networking
  • System Design
  • Operating Systems
  • OOPS
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - There's limited time for the live coding round infront of the interviewer(around 20-30 mints). Try to complete the brute force algorithm first bfr trying for optimizations.

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Interview experience
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3 Interview Rounds

1

Aptitude Test Round

It was easy cognitive aptitude and reasoning qsns

2

Coding Test Round

Med-Hard problems given 1hr to solve for 2 qsns

3

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Explain one of the project that you are good at
  • Q2. What is your long term goal

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be real

Junior Engineer Interview Questions

WSP user image Prithwindra Sarkar

posted on 30 Oct 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Sep 2024.

2 Interview Rounds

1

HR Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
  • Q2. Diagram of water treatment
2

HR Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Personal details
  • Q2. Why you want to join

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - good
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Duration
-
Result
-

1 Interview Round

1

Aptitude Test Round

Apptitude round mainly english

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2021.

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident And smart And attentive
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Duration
-
Result
-

I applied via Campus Placement

3 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

Initial test contained two coding questions

2

Group Discussion Round

A case study was provided to group of 8 people

3

HR Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. C++ problem questions
  • Q2. Sql queries and table manipulation questions
  • Q3. Critical thinking question

Junior Engineer Interview Questions

WSP user image Prithwindra Sarkar

posted on 30 Oct 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Sep 2024.

2 Interview Rounds

1

HR Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
  • Q2. Diagram of water treatment
2

HR Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Personal details
  • Q2. Why you want to join

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - good
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Duration
-
Result
-

1 Interview Round

1

Aptitude Test Round

Apptitude round mainly english

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

I applied via Deloitte and was interviewed in Jan 2023.

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.
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2

Aptitude Test Round

In first round they will ask a pseudocode basics.

3

Coding Test Round

In second round they ask a question in coding segment in C,C++, Python

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Please set the coding round easily like a basics of c , c++ of Fibonacci series , loop,etc..
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Duration
-
Result
-

3 Interview Rounds

1

Aptitude Test Round

It was easy cognitive aptitude and reasoning qsns

2

Coding Test Round

Med-Hard problems given 1hr to solve for 2 qsns

3

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Explain one of the project that you are good at
  • Q2. What is your long term goal

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be real

McKinsey & Company Interview FAQs

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