Publicis Sapient Software Developer Intern Interview Questions and Answers

It had mcq and 1 hard coding question

Q1. They asked me about backtracking and dp series problem and also to solve the given question
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Q2. Java and in depth about different pillars of java
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2 coding question were there and we need to solve eit in 45 minutes

Q1. Asked a DSA questions
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Q2. Some random question about project.
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It was a 2hr test. It had two sections. 1)Quantitative aptitude and verbal ability and 2) Technical aptitude.

Q1. It was for 45 min. Asked some OOPs concepts, CN fundamentals. Questions were asked on arrays and linked lists. also on OS
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Q1. It was for 5 min. Asked on why I wanted to join Optum
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Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

First Round-It was 90 minutes round and basically contains aptitude question which you need to solve quickly.

Q1. MCQs
Normal aptitude and English and reasoning questions.
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Round duration - 40 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

My interview started and the interviewer asked me to introduce myself. Also he asked me some questions related to my hobbies like the last movie I saw in theatre (these questions are asked to make you comfortable and familiarise you with the interview) .

After this he asked me about my projects.
In which technology did I work. What is my project all about , what are its features and how is it useful in the real world.

After this, since I made my project in native Android using Java he asked me some conceptual questions in Java.He asked me about Collection framework.
After this he asked me about OOPs.What is OOPs, then he asked me about polymorphism and told me to explain it.

Finally, he gave me a question and asked me to code it.
Q. Find the second largest element in the given array (don't use sorting ).
Eg. arr={6,7,8,9,0}
Then, output=8

Interview took around 35-40 min .
At last he asked me if I had any questions for him to which I replied in what technologies do I get to work on if I get selected.

Q1. 
Find the Second Largest Element
Given an array or list of integers 'ARR', identify the second largest element in 'ARR'.
If a second largest element does not exist, return -1.
Example:
Input:
ARR = [2,...read more
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first calculate the largest no. then again run the loop for entire array and find the no. just less then that largest no. but greater than other nos.
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Normal MCQ style questions involving basic concepts

2 coding questions: 1st one average, 2nd one slightly better than average.

Q1. Conceptual questions involving linked list, sorting, and various other general topics.
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Q1. Your introduction
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Q2. Normal conversation about various random topics (HR was trying to check my communication ability)
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