NatWest Group Software Engineer Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Q1. Write a program to find the sum of the contiguous subarray within a one-dimensional array of numbers that has the largest sum.
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Program to find the sum of the contiguous subarray with the largest sum in a one-dimensional array.
• Start with initializing variables for current sum and max sum as the first element of the array.

• Iterate through the array, updating current sum by adding the current element or starting a new subarray.

• Update max sum if current sum is greater, and continue until the end of the array.

• Return the max sum as the result.
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Q2. What is the purpose of the 'with' keyword in Python?
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The 'with' keyword in Python is used for resource management and ensures that clean-up actions are performed.
• Used for managing resources like files, sockets, etc.

• Automatically closes the resource when the block of code is exited

• Helps in avoiding resource leaks and ensures proper clean-up

• Follows the context management protocol
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Q3. One question is about finding the output of the code snippet.
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Q4. How would you resolve a merge conflict if two developers are working on the same branch?
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Resolve merge conflict by communicating with the other developer, reviewing changes, and using version control tools.
• Communicate with the other developer to understand their changes and discuss how to resolve the conflict.

• Review the conflicting changes in the code to identify the differences and decide which changes to keep.

• Use version control tools like Git to merge the changes manually or use tools like Git's merge t...read more
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Q1. All the questions are scenario-based. They cover how you collaborate with other teams, your opinion of your team, why you're resigning from your current company, what you value most in your life, and the p...read more
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Q1. 1. Questions related to AWS, Java, react and sql
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Q2. 2. Behavioral questions
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Q1. Re location an some background related questions
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A series of question which includes computer science fundamentals and 2 coding questions

Q1. Explain about your best project
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Q2. Question on DBS, OS and CN
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1st round was an online test with basic java coding. It was a proctored assessment but was easy to clear.

After clearing the online test, I was asked to attend F2F interview. I went to the office for the next round and there they gave another coding test. Slightly difficult program (scenario based) using Java 8 (streams).

Q1. After that there was One on one round basically with questions related to the resume. Then another HR round with general questions (non technical) like how will you react in this situation, your biggest ch...read more
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Q2. Basic string program, collection based filtering. Technical round was mostly with project.
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