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Updated 4 Jun 2024

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  • Q1. Shortest Distance Ninjaland is a country consisting of ‘N’ states and ‘M’ paths. There are two types of paths that connect any two states. One is the normal path, and the ...read more
  • Q2. Minimum Direction Changes Given a 2D grid having N Rows and M Columns. Each cell of the grid has a character among [ 'U', 'L', 'D', 'R' ] written on it, denoting Up, Lef ...read more
  • Q3. N Queens You are given an integer 'N'. For a given 'N' x 'N' chessboard, find a way to place 'N' queens such that no queen can attack any other queen on the chessboard. A ...read more
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user image Tushar Gourav

posted on 12 Oct 2023

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via campus placement at KIIT University, Bhuvaneshwar and was interviewed before Oct 2022.

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

Aptitude Test Round

Aptitude+Reasoning+Charts

3

Coding Test Round

Arrays, Dynamic Programming, Trees

4

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Projects + Core CS Topics + DBMS in depth
5

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Cultural Fit Questions + Basic Project Overview + Company background knowledge

I applied via LinkedIn

2 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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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

Technical Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. Coding questions related to DSA
  • Q2. Middle of the Linked list
  • Q3. Reverse words in a sentence

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Good to start a career at this company.No cons.work culture is great.very supportive staff

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Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

I applied via campus placement at National Institute of Technology (NIT), Silchar and was interviewed before Jun 2023.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

Basic questions were asked . 2 coding questions

2

One-on-one Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. Face to face round
  • Q2. Sorting techniques
  • Q3. Networking questions were asked
3

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic questions about how one can handle work and relationship with other colleagues.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Make basic strong

I was interviewed in Nov 2021.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Video Call Round (2 Questions)

Round duration - 50 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Timing : Afternoon(Around 12 Pm)
The interviewer started with his Introduction and later asked 2 DSA Questions.

  • Q1. Shortest Distance Ninjaland is a country consisting of ‘N’ states and ‘M’ paths. There are two types of paths that connect any two states. One is the normal pat...read more
  • Q2. Minimum Direction Changes Given a 2D grid having N Rows and M Columns. Each cell of the grid has a character among [ 'U', 'L', 'D', ...read more
2

Video Call Round (2 Questions)

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Timing : Afternoon(Around 10 Am)
The interviewer started with his Introduction and later asked 2 DSA Questions.
1)Questions based on N-QUEEN 
2)Questions based on String Manipulation

  • Q1. N Queens You are given an integer 'N'. For a given 'N' x 'N' chessboard, find a way to place 'N' queens such that no queen can a...read more
  • Q2. String Transformation Given a string (STR) of length N, you have to create a new string by performing the following operation: Take the smallest character from ...read more
3

Video Call Round (1 Question)

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Timing : Afternoon(Around 1 Pm)
The interviewer started with his Introduction and later asked 2 DSA Questions and CS fundamentals.
1)DSA Question : 2 sum(Leetcode)
2)Questions based on String Manipulation
3)MySQL Queries
4)OOPS concepts

  • Q1. Two Sum You are given an array of integers 'ARR' of length 'N' and an integer Target. Your task is to return all pairs of elements such that the...read more

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI applied for the job as Associate Software Engineer in ChennaiEligibility criteriaNo Criteria, but having min CGPA>=6 is enough.Optum interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - OOPS, SQL, DBMS, DSA(General Math, Arrays, Linked Lists, Trees, Graphs, BackTracking, DP)Time required to prepare for the interview - 3 MonthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Make a proper schedule/ your own roadmap instead of depending on some random roadmap. 
Tip 2 : Practice the previous problems, keep an excel sheet to track the problems you have solved in the past.
Tip 3 : Consistency is the most important thing. Never underestimate yourself, you might take 1 month, 2 months or 8 months to prepare. But with right dedication, you will get placed at your dream company.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Mention what you know, what you are good at. 
Tip 2 : It would be good if the resume contains maximum two pages. One page would be perfect. Because companies would not go through the entire resume, they would try to find the important points only.

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

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1 Interview Round

1

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. FInd the maximium capacity that a thief can thief can stole having W Knapsack capacity

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Just do basics oops, do simple programming question like reverse link list, array shifting. They are not gonna ask you very hard so just prepare all the basics and get prepared with that.

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Associate Software Engineer Interview Questions

user image rakshit mahna

posted on 14 Sep 2023

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

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

3 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Properly align and format text in your resume. A recruiter will have to spend more time reading poorly aligned text, leading to high chances of rejection.
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2

Coding Test Round

It was basic coding questions

3

HR Round (5 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic details were asked
  • Q2. Give me your intro
  • Q3. Why do you want to join
  • Q4. Some team discussion questions
  • Q5. When can you join

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Apr 2021.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Double-check your resume for any spelling mistakes. The recruiter may consider spelling mistakes as careless behavior or poor communication skills.
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2

Coding Test Round

3 DSA ,3 SQL

3

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. 4 rounds of technical interviews
  • Q2. First two rounds are of DSA,third round is mostly on databases and SQL,last round is hiring managerial round

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare DSA,grind leetcode, prepare SQL and core subjects too but DSA is much important

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Optum Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Optum Associate Software Engineer interview?
Optum interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Optum interview process are Resume Shortlist, Coding Test and Technical.
How to prepare for Optum Associate Software Engineer 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 Optum. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Optum expect are Java, Software Development, Software Engineering, Javascript and J2Ee.
What are the top questions asked in Optum Associate Software Engineer interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Optum Associate Software Engineer interview -

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