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Pegasystems Software Engineer Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 17 Oct 2024

Top Pegasystems Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

  • Q1. Java HashMap internals ? what happend when hashcode returns always 1 ?
  • Q2. Find common ancestor of 2 nodes in a binary tree ?
  • Q3. Sort a binary array of 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 ? Optimise the code ?

Pegasystems Software Engineer Interview Experiences

4 interviews found

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Jul 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. They asked Core java concepts like Exception, Thread, Collections etc
  • Q2. One coding question: when the program runs, both the thread concurrently with t1 printing "Helloworld" once and t2 printing "helloWorld" twice.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - They are more focused on core java topics and threads so prepared well on this.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Oct 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

HackerRank Test was conducted

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. DSA and java programs
  • Q2. DSA questions were asked
Round 3 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. General Questions related to behaviour and technical questions related to caching
Round 4 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. General Questions regarding work

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Apr 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

SQL Questions based on subqueries.

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Java basics and coding question.

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed in Mar 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. Find common ancestor of 2 nodes in a binary tree ?
  • Ans. 

    Find common ancestor of 2 nodes in a binary tree

    • Traverse the tree from root to both nodes and store the paths

    • Compare the paths to find the last common node

    • Use recursion to traverse the tree and find the common ancestor

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Find min element of stack in O(1) time ?
  • Ans. 

    To find the minimum element of a stack in O(1) time, maintain a separate stack for minimum values.

    • Create a separate stack to store minimum values

    • Push the minimum value onto the minimum stack every time a new value is pushed onto the main stack

    • Pop the minimum stack every time the main stack pops a value

    • The top of the minimum stack will always contain the minimum value

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Sort a binary array of 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 ? Optimise the code ?
  • Ans. 

    Sort a binary array of 0s and 1s and optimize the code.

    • Use two pointers approach to swap 0s and 1s

    • Avoid using sorting algorithms like bubble sort or selection sort

    • Use a single loop to traverse the array and swap elements

    • Use XOR operation to swap elements

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Java HashMap internals ? what happend when hashcode returns always 1 ?
  • Ans. 

    Explaining Java HashMap internals and behavior when hashcode always returns 1.

    • HashMap uses hashcode to calculate the index of the bucket where the key-value pair will be stored.

    • If hashcode always returns 1, all key-value pairs will be stored in the same bucket resulting in poor performance.

    • In this case, HashMap will use a linked list to store multiple key-value pairs in the same bucket.

    • Retrieving a value from a HashMap...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Practice imp DS also questions mostly from Strings and Arrays. HashMap in Java. Core java be clear about concepts.

Skills evaluated in this interview

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 (1)

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 (1)

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 (1)

 System Engineer

 (1)

 Senior QA Engineer

 (1)

 Automation Test Engineer

 (1)

 Associate Application Engineer

 (1)

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I was interviewed before Sep 2020.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 140 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Test timing was at 2:00 pm , it was conducted in a college and the environment was good for the test. Camera was a primary part of test, so no suspicious activity.

  • Q1. 

    Sum of Two Numbers Represented as Arrays

    Given two numbers in the form of two arrays where each element of the array represents a digit, calculate the sum of these two numbers and return this sum as an ar...

  • Ans. 

    Given two numbers represented as arrays, calculate their sum and return the result as an array.

    • Iterate through the arrays from right to left, adding digits and carrying over if necessary

    • Handle cases where one array is longer than the other by considering the remaining digits

    • Ensure the final sum array does not have any leading zeros

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Face to Face 

Round duration - 20 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

The round was conducted at around 12 p.m. I was called at the college location and then it was conducted. The interviewer was quite polite and frank.

Round 3 - HR 

Round duration - 8 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

This round was conducted right after finishing and clearing the technical round at the same place and on the same day.

Interview Preparation Tips

Eligibility criteriaAbove 60 %Wipro Limited interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - OOPS, Data Structures, Database Concepts, Coding problemsTime required to prepare for the interview - 2-3 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Practice atleast 2-3 Coding problems daily so your logic building becomes stronger.
Tip 2 : Exercise problems based on OOPS concepts and others too.
Tip 3 : If you can have your own project built, then it's the major point and will act as a plus point.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Your resume should be in standard form, short and simple will be more effective.
Tip 2 : Whatever you have learned, you need to mention it in your resume as that will be your primary source of selection and having project on your resume is important.

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Feb 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Hr

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - You should be true to what you are putting before the interviewer . Try to put your ideas Add something you did well in your career like in projects /research which you know very well and versed in concepts about it for open interview so that interviewer can get bandwidth where he can ask questions from. This is simply a key .

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. 1.Describe a situation where you have taken a quick decision and failed, and a situation where you succeeded. 2. What is a skill you have tried to achieve but failed? 3. Describe a decision you have taken ...

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - 1. Always try to take risk in small problems . When you face the consequences, you would be able to tackle bigger problems.
2. Every skill you learn, even if you didn't excel in it is not to be considered a waste of time/failure, you learn something simply by participating.

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Jun 2020. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Tell me about Yourself, some questions related to machine learning, and I was asked more questions to differentiate like differences between ml and ai, python and c, c and java and procedural and functiona...

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Get a complete grip on your resume and be confident about what you say, If you don't know the answer it is okay to agree that you don't know the answer so that interviewer can ask the next questions.

I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed before Jan 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Oops Concepts,JAVA 8

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Quite simple and easy. 1st round technical.2nd round HR

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Aug 2021. There were 2 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 

Easy DSA questions and some questions on resume

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Don't join if you are a fresher and want to grow as a developer. I had resigned that time I am writing this review

Pegasystems Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Pegasystems Software Engineer interview?
Pegasystems interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Pegasystems interview process are Technical, Behavioral and Coding Test.
How to prepare for Pegasystems 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 Pegasystems. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Pegasystems expect are Pega, Javascript, Java, HTML and Agile.
What are the top questions asked in Pegasystems Software Engineer interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Pegasystems Software Engineer interview -

  1. Java HashMap internals ? what happend when hashcode returns always 1...read more
  2. Find common ancestor of 2 nodes in a binary tree...read more
  3. Sort a binary array of 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 ? Optimise the cod...read more

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