PDI Software Software Engineer III Interview Questions and Answers

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Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - So Key Takeaway is You have to be good with your Technical Knowledge (SQL Expert, Python, Overall Stats Knowledge) and That is not really enough. What differs a Business Analyst from other Developers/Statisticians etc. is Business acumen, Problem Solving Skills etc. To have a Business Knowledge and Understanding such that you find the problems/solutions/ Metrics and then solve them using the Technology.

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - To ace an interview you need to be a good listener as much as a good speaker. Try to listen and understand what the interviewer is asking and then reply. Never be in a hurry to answer, take time. If you did not understand what interviewer is asking simply ask him to repeat, pls don't presume anything and answer anything that comes to your mind. Most importantly never fake in an interview just try to be your best...

Round: Test
Experience: There were around 15 objective question that includes mvc, c#.net and SQL server. It was very simple question like different types of filters,Acton results in mvc. Basic oops concept and dot net web page regarding

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: After completing test round another was technical round discussed maily for mvc and SQL server questions. Around 30 mint discussion. After qualify this round another round will start from client technical staff.

General Tips: It was for 2-3 year experience person very simple to crack but focus on you which profile you are looking for study interview questions from net
Skills: Dot net mve oops concept jQuery and SQL server

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: They selected 10 students from our college from CS and IT .They are looking for guys with extra projects done during college .App development will be a bonus ,contribution to open source and competitive programming will help for shortlisting.
Some of my friends had research papers published and they too got selected.

Round: Test
Experience: Have to write code snippet for 4 questions in 45 minutes
1.Difference between hour hand and minute hand
2.longest palindromic sub string.
3.Product Array puzzle
4.Some question related to matrix

Tips: All question were from geeksforgeeks
So practice it well ..u will make through it

Round: Test
Experience: Long Discussion on projects
They will scan each and every line of your Resume ,so dont write bullshits..
I wrote about interest in AI and got screwed..Discussion on college projects and final year project.
Then asked me to design a snake and ladder game OOPS concepts
Told me to find sum of all elements of sub matrix..(hint pre-processing the matrix)
Asked me about sessions and cookies
Gave a query to write on database indexing (dont remember exactly)
Asked me the code of the difference between hour hand and minute hand and extended it wid the second hand
Asked me as how to implement a dictionary
asked about TRIES ,CODE SNIPPET ON THE SHARED DOCS
One of my friend was asked to implement (set) of STL
Tips: The interviewer was cool guy..helped me a lot always made me comfortable.Interact with them as much as possible

Round: Test
Experience: Wid the CTO of the company .
Started wid the projects again .ACID properties,Database transactions,Concurrency Control
Optimization in database.
Then he asked me to code a function
Given a hash function applied on letters of English words ,un-hash it.Took me 45 minutes to reach the solution ,he helped me a lot.
Asked me to write the code for diameter of a binary tree
Asked me write the code for Boolean Matrix
One of my friend was asked to a question in which there was a bug in a m*n matrix and we have to find the bug(hint dfs or bfs)
Tips: keep calm ,,just keep talking ad he will help u a lot...

Round: HR
Experience: This was the toughest round for me...I had cleared all the rounds but they rejected me in the HR round ,,,dont know where I screwed..Learn every thing of Zomato..
They offered me an internship and thereafter they would look to give a PPO ...!!!lets see what happens

Skills: Coding Skills And Knowledge On Data Structures
Duration: 3
College Name: NIT Srinagar

General Tips: I applied through a recruiter. Then I got a call from Zomato HR. It was for LAMP developer profile. She asked me about my profile and also shared some expectations from the role. She asked me to come for F2F rounds to take the process further
Skills: Web development, JSON, Algorithm
College Name: na
Motivation: Overall process was not very tough. But they have start up culture. People work their for 11-12 hours a day. Sometimes on Saturday as well. So people who are geeks or have nothing in life to do except their job can go and join

Round: HR Round
Experience: Related to offer they are giving and related cross questions

General Tips: I had been interviewed with Huawei in 2016 and total 2 rounds was there for me. Questions I already had shared, go through it.

I got my offer letter after 1 month after HR discussion but please follow up with HR team once you get call for your selection
Skills: Ethernet over SDH, SDH, Microwave, Technical Knowledge(ML, Microwave, Communication, Presentation Skills
Duration: 1-3 Months

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