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Updated 15 Dec 2024

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Publicis Sapient Senior Software Engineer Interview Experiences

20 interviews found

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

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

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic java and rest full API, multithreading and stream
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Mar 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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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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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

There was an online test which has MCQs. Had technical questions from java, microservices, springboot, rdbms

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(7 Questions)

  • Q1. An unsorted array has numbers. Find the duplicate numbers and return the array.
  • Ans. 

    Find duplicate numbers in an unsorted array and return the array.

    • Iterate through the array and keep track of seen numbers using a hash table.

    • If a number is already in the hash table, it is a duplicate.

    • Add the duplicate number to a new array and return it.

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  • Q2. Java 8 features, method reference, write consumer, lambda expression. SOLID principles. Design patterns. Write thread safe singleton with performance.
  • Q3. AWS related questions. SQS. Dynamo. AWS API gateway.
  • Q4. REST principles.
  • Q5. Inheritance tricky questions. Collections tricky questions.
  • Q6. Deep copy vs Shallow copy.
  • Ans. 

    Deep copy creates a new object with its own memory, while shallow copy creates a new reference to the same memory.

    • Deep copy duplicates the object and all of its contents, while shallow copy only duplicates the object itself.

    • Deep copy is more memory-intensive than shallow copy.

    • In Python, deep copy can be achieved using the copy.deepcopy() method, while shallow copy can be achieved using the copy.copy() method.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q7. Comparator with and without java 8
  • Ans. 

    Comparator in Java 8 provides default methods and lambda expressions for sorting.

    • Comparator in Java 8 can be implemented using lambda expressions.

    • Comparator in Java 8 provides default methods like reversed() and thenComparing() for sorting.

    • Comparator in pre-Java 8 versions can be implemented using anonymous inner classes.

    • Comparator in pre-Java 8 versions requires more code to implement compared to Java 8.

    • Example: Sorti...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Publicis Sapient Senior Software Engineer interview:
  • Java 8
  • Springboot
  • AWS
  • Microservices
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well. Second round was for close to 2 hours. There were multiple coding questions to check problem solving.

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Learn about solid principle and caching technique
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Apr 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Multiple choice questions

Round 2 - Coding Test 

API development on rest end point

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Advance java on java 8 along with coding and spring boot microservices questions

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before May 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Project on API based with Inmemory DB

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Tech DSA based including design
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Discussed the API proj created earlier

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - DSA + System Design is must
Must have strong command on Backend language and also some frontend

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

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Apr 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. React.js machine coding
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Html css and js
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Cultural fit round

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
More than 8 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Oct 2022. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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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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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Online test about testing and coding

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. 30 mins interview for technical discussion
  • Q2. Accessibility questions and log4j questions
Round 4 - Coding Test 

Remove duplicate values from Hashmap

Round 5 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Managerial round questions
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Feb 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

- MCQ and coding question

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. - core questions
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Easy simple Qs like expectation, current, situation based
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Oct 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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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Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Asked all Java related questions
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Asked behavioural questions

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Sep 2021. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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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Round 2 - Coding Test 

They asked me to write a program which includes skill Spring, Rest, Junit

Round 3 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Question on Hibernate cache
  • Q2. Questions on serialisation
  • Q3. Writing a recursion program
  • Ans. 

    Recursion program is a function that calls itself until a base condition is met.

    • Identify the base case and write the code to handle it

    • Write the code to call the function recursively

    • Ensure that the recursion terminates eventually

    • Examples: factorial, Fibonacci sequence, binary search

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Round 4 - Group Discussion 

Managerial Round in this round basic behavioural questions were asked

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Publicis Sapient Senior Software Engineer interview:
  • Java *
  • Hibernet
  • JUnit
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - They ask more from Core java, and just basic topics of Hibernate and Spring, make sure your core java is good, they may also ask you to write programs.

Publicis Sapient Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Publicis Sapient Senior Software Engineer interview?
Publicis Sapient interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Publicis Sapient interview process are Technical, Coding Test and One-on-one Round.
How to prepare for Publicis Sapient Senior 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 Publicis Sapient. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Publicis Sapient expect are Java, Multithreading, AWS, Cloud and Data Structures and Algorithms.
What are the top questions asked in Publicis Sapient Senior Software Engineer interview?

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How long is the Publicis Sapient Senior Software Engineer interview process?

The duration of Publicis Sapient Senior Software Engineer interview process can vary, but typically it takes about less than 2 weeks to complete.

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