Ping Identity Software Engineer2 Interview Questions and Answers

College Name: IIT Madras

Round: Test
Experience: coding test in hacker rank. can code in any language except in C and C++.
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 2

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: In technical round the questions are on OS, basics of C(mainly in linked lists) and maths puzzle

They mostly see how you are approaching towards a problem.
It is first time that I heard the camel banana problem. So I struggled for some time and came up with a solution. He said he liked the approach but it can be optimized.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: It started with explain about yourselves. and then he asked to explain about one project with technical details. Later he asked me to explain binary search for a guy who don't know much of technical knowledge. He continued with why we only do 2 partitions why can we make it up to 3. Later he asked me what I liked most in my mobile phone. I said chatting apps. So he asked me that if I was hired as a developer to make a chatting app how will I do it.
Tips: way of thinking and way of approaching towards a problem.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: This round was focused mainly on whether I like to work in Bangalore or not. How I first heard about Symantec. how I will suit for the company. what are my future plans.

Skills: C, OS, Math Puzzles
College Name: IIT Madras

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: There were 2 technical rounds. Technical (software): These were tested-How a person approaches a problem,how he thinks.Solutions weren’t needed. Basic understanding, knowledge of Algorithms was tested.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Knowledge in Machine learning, Artificial Intelligence (electives of the person)
Tips: Basic math would help. Speed doesn’t matter.

Skill Tips: For applying to Software profile, one needs to practice much.
College Name: IIT MADRAS

Round: Test
Duration: 90 minutes

Skills: Algorithm , OS, DBMS, data structure
College Name: NIT BHOPAL

Round: Test
Experience: Coding questions were comparatively easy. There were three questions.1. Given a string map each character of which to the corresponding digit in a 10 digit mobile phone keypad.2. Don't remember, will add when it comes to my mind.3. Don't remember, will add when it comes to my mind.

Skills: Coding ability, Complete knowledge of working of internet.,
College Name: IIT Bombay

Round: Test
Experience: Just 1 online test



Round - I (90 mins)



Online Test conducted @ HackerRank



a. M.C.Qs (Operating System + Aptitude + C Programming Language + Object Oriented Programming)



b. Programming (2 coding questions)The Online Exam started off after a brief Presentation on Amazon.





The MCQs were largely based on Operating System, Data structures and Algorithms, OOP concepts, C language and Aptitude.



Coding Questions



1. Determine whether a Linked List is a palindrome or not.



2. Given few sets of intervals print out the the entire intervals without overlapping , if they overlap then combine them into one.



Eg: Input : (5,7) (1 , 6) (2 ,4) (10 ,14) (8,9)



Output : (1,7) (8,9) (10,14)



Advice: Must solve at least 1 coding question to have a good chance for selection into the next round
Tips: CGPA holds importance because it is basic eligibility criteria for written test and then secondly it increases odds in your favor of your selection more than those with lower CGPA with same interview performance. Prepare a good resume



1. Prioritize your content



2. Put the most important information first (Academic Projects + Internship)



3. Proofread it twice



Advice : Do your best and leave the rest to god

Round: Test
Experience: Round II

2 Coding questions

1. Classic 2-sum problem

2. Given numbers a, b as the seeds for the Fibonacci sequence determine if a third number 'k' is a part of that sequence or not. (Tricky)
Total Questions: 2

Round: Other Interview
Experience: Round III
1. Tell me about yourself
2. Project + Internship Discussion
3. Compress a given string "aabbbccc" to "a2b3c3"
constraint: inplace compression, no extra space to be used
assumption : output size will not exceed input size

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Round IV
1. Internship Project Discussion (30 mins)
2. Find the largest count of 0s in a row in a matrix of 0s and 1s sorted in an ascending order row-wise.
3. Replicate a tree with random pointers inplace

Round: Other Interview
Experience: Round V
1. Question related to graphs involving concepts of Depth and Height of a tree. (Took a lot of time in solving it ! but finally recognized the pattern)
2. Maximum size square sub-matrix with all 1s
3. Find the median of an infinite series of integers
4. Find the most popular Google searches. (solved it using Trie and Max-Heaps)
2 more questions but can't remember them.Finally after waiting for more than 9 hours the results were announced and I was selected
Tips: Be cool and always ask the interviewer questions at the end of the interview. Explain the interviewer your progress while solving the question so that you both are on the same page + its easier for him to understand. Behavioral and H.R.
Tips
1. Speak clearly and with confidence
2. Always prepare yourself beforehand for some common questions like:
a. Tell me about yourself.
b. Why should I hire you?
c. What are your strengths and weaknesses? (give examples)
d. What is your Dream Company?

General Tips: They judge you purely on the basis of your knowledge and performance during the face to face interviews. The extra curricular activities are not given much consideration as Amazon focuses its recruitment procedure purely on the basis of your Technical Knowledge. Prepare a good resume
1. Prioritize your content
2. Put the most important information first (Academic Projects + Internship)
3. Proofread it twice
College Name: NIT JAIPUR