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Anonymous

posted on 29 Nov 2024

Interview experience

Good

Difficulty level

Easy

Process Duration

Less than 2 weeks

Result

Not Selected

I applied via Naukri.com

Round 1 - Technical

(4 Questions)

Q1. Median of 2 sorted array

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Q2. Linux commands for chmod

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Q3. Features of python

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Q4. Deepcopy and shallowcopy

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Anonymous

posted on 13 Jul 2024

Interview experience

Good

Difficulty level

Moderate

Process Duration

Less than 2 weeks

Result

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jun 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one

(4 Questions)

Q1. SQL: Find the nth highest salary of employee?

Ans.

Use SQL query with ORDER BY and LIMIT to find the nth highest salary of an employee.

Use ORDER BY clause to sort salaries in descending order
Use LIMIT to specify the nth highest salary
Example: SELECT salary FROM employees ORDER BY salary DESC LIMIT n-1, 1

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Q2. SQL: Types of Joins in SQL?

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Types of joins in SQL include INNER JOIN, LEFT JOIN, RIGHT JOIN, and FULL JOIN.

INNER JOIN: Returns rows when there is at least one match in both tables.
LEFT JOIN: Returns all rows from the left table and the matched rows from the right table.
RIGHT JOIN: Returns all rows from the right table and the matched rows from the left table.
FULL JOIN: Returns rows when there is a match in one of the tables.

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Q3. Algorithm: BinarySearch algorithm using Recursion, explanation and implementation.

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BinarySearch algorithm using Recursion finds the target element in a sorted array by dividing the array in half at each step.

Divide the array in half and compare the target element with the middle element
If the target element is smaller, search the left half recursively
If the target element is larger, search the right half recursively
Repeat until the target element is found or the array is empty

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Q4. Given a string s and t find that s is a subsequence string in t or not?

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Check if string s is a subsequence of string t.

Iterate through both strings using two pointers.
Compare characters of s and t, moving pointer in t only if characters match.
If all characters of s are found in t in order, return true.
Example: s = 'abc', t = 'ahbgdc' => true

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Santhosh M S

posted on 2 Dec 2015

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Pre-placement offer
Experience: Each intern was assigned a individual project and mentor.
In the last week of internship there was project presentation and interview.
interview was easy .For me 50% of the questions were about project and some questions about algorithms and DBMS.
More emphasis was given to the quality of work on project.

General Tips: Working in company is complete different from working on course project. learning many new frameworks required for the project was really challenging.
Programming : Tree, Btree, Tries ..
Operating System: Memory Management
Networks: OSI model
DBMS : basics. they dint ask me any. Show case your interest in big data, servers and passion for technology
Skill Tips: Be confident, even if you don't know the exact answer don't give up tell your approaches to interviewer. some times they will also help you. Software Developer some question s you can ask are: what technologies do your company works on. how are freshers will be selected to different teams in the company.
Skills:
College Name: NIT Surathkal

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Anonymous

posted on 22 Mar 2022

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Mar 2021. There were 3 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 - Coding Test

Was asked data structure and program logic. scenario based questions were there.

Round 3 - Technical

(1 Question)

Q1. Finding shortest path,

Ans.

Shortest path can be found using algorithms like Dijkstra's, A* or BFS.

Dijkstra's algorithm finds shortest path in weighted graphs
A* algorithm is an extension of Dijkstra's algorithm and uses heuristics to guide search
BFS can be used to find shortest path in unweighted graphs
All three algorithms require a graph representation and a starting and ending node

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Anonymous

posted on 6 Jun 2017

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Quantitative, verbal, reasoning and basic technical questions.
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 50

Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Questions based on data structures, algorithms, and object oriented programming concepts.
Tested basic knowledge in Finance sector especially related to the company.

College Name: Delhi Technological University, Delhi

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Kantar

Anonymous

posted on 28 May 2021

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before May 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire

2 Questions

Q1. SQL Joins

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Q2. Swap 2 numbers without 3rd variable

Ans.

Swapping two numbers without using a third variable

Use arithmetic operations to swap the values
Add the two numbers and store the result in the first variable
Subtract the second number from the result and store it in the second variable
Subtract the second variable from the first variable to get the original value of the second variable

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - 1st Round : Long set of Aptitude questions
2nd Round : Technical Interview
3rd Round : Technical Interview and HR questions

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Numerator

Anonymous

posted on 9 Dec 2022

Interview experience

Good

Difficulty level

Moderate

Process Duration

Result

Selected

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 - Coding Test

Hackerrank test in Java and Angular

Round 3 - Technical

(2 Questions)

Q1. Spring Hibernate related questions

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Q2. DS coding question on DP

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Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well for DS and Algo coding questions. Practice on Leetcode

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Anonymous

posted on 5 Aug 2024

Interview experience

Good

Difficulty level

Process Duration

Result

Round 1 - Aptitude Test

60 min covered all reasoning topics

Round 2 - Coding Test

Coding test according to language

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Anonymous

posted on 14 Jun 2024

Interview experience

Good

Difficulty level

Process Duration

Result

Round 1 - Technical

(1 Question)

Q1. Explain how you read messages from google cloud pusub

Ans.

Reading messages from Google Cloud Pub/Sub involves creating a subscription and pulling messages from the subscription.

Create a subscription to a Google Cloud Pub/Sub topic
Use the subscription to pull messages from the topic
Process the messages received from the subscription

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well about your past project design. you will get questioned about your choices in it

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Anonymous

posted on 6 Oct 2022

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Oct 2021. There were 3 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

(2 Questions)

Q1. Basic concept of c#,.net framework

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Q2. What is CFA and DFA in entity framework core

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CFA and DFA are Change-Tracking and Database-First Approaches in Entity Framework Core.

CFA (Change-Tracking Approach) is used to track changes made to entities in memory and then save them to the database.
DFA (Database-First Approach) is used to generate entity classes and DbContext from an existing database schema.
CFA is useful when working with disconnected entities, while DFA is useful when working with an existing ...

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Round 3 - HR

(1 Question)

Q1. Basic questions

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Nielsen Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Nielsen Senior Software Developer interview?

Nielsen interview process usually has 1 rounds. The most common rounds in the Nielsen interview process are One-on-one Round and Technical.

How to prepare for Nielsen Senior Software Developer 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 Nielsen. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Nielsen expect are AWS, Cloud Services, Gitlab, Java and MySQL.

What are the top questions asked in Nielsen Senior Software Developer interview?

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