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Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Spring and SpringBoot

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Stge concepts, vSAN, RAID, basic testing, OS concepts, NVMe, SATA, SAS

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Jun 2020. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

6 Questions

  • Q1. Basic networking theory like arp, ping, vlans, subnetting
  • Q2. Switching scenarios mostly related to STP
  • Q3. OSI layer based questions. For example, which layer deals with congestion control.
  • Q4. Basics of routing. Ospf n bgp scenarios
  • Q5. One of the challenging cases worked on
  • Ans. 

    Developed a solution for optimizing a complex algorithm for a client in the finance industry

    • Client had a large dataset that needed to be processed quickly

    • Implemented parallel processing to speed up the algorithm

    • Optimized the code to reduce memory usage

    • Collaborated with the client to fine-tune the algorithm for their specific needs

  • Answered by AI
  • Q6. Scenarios questions to check how you would approach a problem and work towards resolution. Like what all information would you ask from the customer to understand the issue and how you would make use of it...

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Having a concrete networking experience and understanding would help you to crack the interview easily.
The scenarios are not tough and are basically put to check if you know the basics.

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Oct 2021. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

They ask to many technical question and ask to code also

Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

They ask for your background and thing you learnt in your past

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - work hard on your interview. they ask too much technical question.
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I applied via Referral

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Basics leetcode with optimization was asked

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - prepare for basic leetcode and hld questions

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jul 2022. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Java core microservices

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Interview was very good
Interviewer was knowledgeable
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I applied via Approached by Company

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Sort the arr, fetch element from array

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Linklist search
  • Q2. Sort in link List
  • Ans. 

    Sorting in a linked list involves rearranging the elements in ascending or descending order based on a certain criteria.

    • Use a sorting algorithm like bubble sort, selection sort, or merge sort to rearrange the elements in the linked list.

    • Traverse the linked list and compare each element with the next one to determine the order in which they should be sorted.

    • Update the pointers of the nodes in the linked list to reflect ...

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in May 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Programming

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Interviewer had less knowledge on the current technologies and was more stereo type.
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Sep 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Traverse through a matrix of uppercase english alphabets to find a given word. you are allowed to make up to k jumps, and same position can be repeated too.

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Compression of 0-1 matrix of particular size.
  • Ans. 

    Compression of 0-1 matrix involves reducing the size of the matrix by storing only the necessary information.

    • Use run-length encoding to compress the matrix by storing consecutive repeated values as a single value and count.

    • Identify patterns in the matrix that can be represented more efficiently.

    • Consider using sparse matrix representation if the matrix has a lot of zeros.

    • Implement efficient algorithms to compress and de...

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Senior Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 30 May 2024

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Apr 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

3 dsa questions and various golang concepts and 1 concurrency question

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. System design questions

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