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PubMatic Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 15 Aug 2024

Top PubMatic Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

  • Q1. Write a code in c c++ or any other language to validate all use cases for an ip address given as input string. Output will be yes or no.
  • Q2. Given 2 sorted integer array print the common value between them. 2 to 3 optimized ways.
  • Q3. What is Apache Kafka?

PubMatic Senior Software Engineer Interview Experiences

2 interviews found

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Feb 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Reverse link list
  • Q2. Count number of digits
  • Ans. 

    Count the number of digits in a given string

    • Iterate through each character in the string

    • Check if the character is a digit using isdigit() function

    • Increment a counter if the character is a digit

    • Return the final count of digits

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What is Apache Kafka?
  • Ans. 

    Apache Kafka is a distributed streaming platform used for building real-time data pipelines and streaming applications.

    • Apache Kafka is designed to handle high-throughput, fault-tolerant, and scalable real-time data streams.

    • It allows for the publishing and subscribing to streams of records, similar to a message queue.

    • Kafka is often used for log aggregation, stream processing, event sourcing, and real-time analytics.

    • It p...

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. How do you manage stress?

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

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

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Write a code in c c++ or any other language to validate all use cases for an ip address given as input string. Output will be yes or no.
  • Ans. 

    Code to validate all use cases for an IP address input string and output yes or no.

    • Use regular expressions to match the input string against the valid IP address pattern.

    • Check for valid ranges of each octet (0-255) and proper formatting (4 octets separated by periods).

    • Handle edge cases like leading zeros, extra spaces, and invalid characters.

    • Return 'yes' if the input string is a valid IP address, otherwise return 'no'.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Given 2 sorted integer array print the common value between them. 2 to 3 optimized ways.
  • Ans. 

    Find common values in two sorted integer arrays efficiently.

    • Use two pointers approach to iterate through both arrays simultaneously.

    • If the current values are equal, add it to the result and move both pointers forward.

    • If the current values are not equal, move the pointer of the array with the smaller value forward.

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Different sprint ceremonies
  • Ans. 

    Sprint ceremonies are meetings held during a sprint to facilitate communication and collaboration within the team.

    • Sprint planning: where the team plans the work to be done in the upcoming sprint

    • Daily stand-up: a brief meeting where team members share progress and discuss any obstacles

    • Sprint review: a meeting where the team demonstrates the work completed during the sprint

    • Sprint retrospective: a meeting where the team r...

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Jul 2021. There were 4 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.
View all tips
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic about Android related to latest practices
  • Q2. Basic for Android components and around Jetpack libs
Round 3 - Coding Test 

2-3 days coding test to develop basic Android app

Round 4 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. General HR questions
  • Q2. HR will explain company culture and other perks company proving

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Simform Senior Software Engineer interview:
  • jetpack libs
  • Android basic
  • MVVM
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - HR team is very kind and available for any help. I highly recommended to work with Simform.

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Sep 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. SQL, Cloud, Power BI,

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Interview process was very nice.

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

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. What is the difference between map object and map
  • Ans. 

    Map object is an instance of Map class while map is a data structure that stores key-value pairs.

    • Map object is mutable while map is immutable

    • Map object can have any type of key while map keys are restricted to hashable types

    • Map object has methods like set(), get(), delete() while map has no such methods

    • Map object is used in object-oriented programming while map is used in functional programming

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Basically in the map object takes the input object and out put also return object but in the map takes input aray and return out put also aray

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I think if any one read carefully some interview tips online questions and answers per day than easily crack

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Dec 2022. There were 5 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.
View all tips
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Prepare basic level of interview questions.
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Prepare advanced-level interview questions
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Your work experience, more related questions, and communication check
Round 5 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Package discussion

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - It was a nice experience for my interview. It was remotely. Prepare your interview at the best level. All the basic concepts must be clear. Experience matters finally.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I appeared for an interview before May 2023.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. 4 pillars of oops
  • Ans. 

    Encapsulation, Inheritance, Polymorphism, Abstraction are the 4 pillars of OOP

    • Encapsulation: Bundling data and methods that operate on the data into a single unit

    • Inheritance: Ability of a class to inherit properties and behavior from another class

    • Polymorphism: Ability to present the same interface for different data types

    • Abstraction: Hiding the complex implementation details and showing only the necessary features

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Routing in MVC?
  • Ans. 

    Routing in MVC refers to the process of mapping URLs to controller actions in a web application.

    • Routing is the mechanism that directs incoming HTTP requests to the appropriate controller and action method in an MVC application.

    • Routes are defined in the RouteConfig.cs file in ASP.NET MVC applications.

    • Routes can be configured to include parameters that are passed to the controller action.

    • Routes can also include constrain...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Basic questions from asp.net

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

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

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Solid principle
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Method overloading
  • Q2. Ref and out keywords

PubMatic Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in PubMatic Senior Software Engineer interview?
PubMatic interview process usually has 2 rounds. The most common rounds in the PubMatic interview process are One-on-one Round and Technical.
How to prepare for PubMatic 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 PubMatic. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at PubMatic expect are Hibernate, Data Structures, Computer science, MySQL and Python.
What are the top questions asked in PubMatic Senior Software Engineer interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the PubMatic Senior Software Engineer interview -

  1. Write a code in c c++ or any other language to validate all use cases for an ip...read more
  2. Given 2 sorted integer array print the common value between them. 2 to 3 optimi...read more
  3. What is Apache Kaf...read more

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