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UX Designer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 9 Feb 2023

Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
No response

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Aug 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
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 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is your design process
  • Ans. 

    My design process involves understanding user needs, conducting research, creating prototypes, and iterating based on feedback.

    • I start by conducting user research to understand their needs and pain points.

    • I then create personas and user journey maps to visualize the user's experience.

    • Next, I brainstorm and sketch out potential design solutions.

    • I create wireframes and interactive prototypes to test and gather feedback.

    • B...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What is color theory
  • Ans. 

    Color theory is the study of how colors interact with each other and how they can be used to create effective designs.

    • It involves understanding color wheel and color harmony

    • It helps in creating a visual hierarchy and conveying emotions through colors

    • It is important in branding and marketing

    • Examples include complementary colors, analogous colors, and monochromatic colors

  • Answered by AI

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Software Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Vineeth Pulikote

posted on 20 Jan 2025

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Jan 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Javascript, React Js, Angular

Round 2 - Assignment 

Weather app using React Js

Round 3 - Coding Test 

Javascript, React, Angular

Software Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Bridge and torch problem : Four people come to a river in the night. There is a narrow bridge, but it can only hold two people at a time. They have one torch and, because it's night, the torch has to be used when crossing the bridge. Person... read more
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Intern Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 2 Jun 2024

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Jun 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Basic aptitude with quantitative and qualitative analysis and statistical analyses are required for preparing

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Good interview with lot of DSA questions and they have no idea on AI/ML looking for a tester
  • Q2. What is docker and create an environment that allows the server access and manipulate data
  • Ans. 

    Docker is a platform that allows you to package, distribute, and run applications in isolated containers.

    • Docker is a tool designed to make it easier to create, deploy, and run applications by using containers.

    • Containers allow a developer to package up an application with all parts it needs, such as libraries and other dependencies, and ship it all out as one package.

    • Docker containers are lightweight and share the same ...

  • Answered by AI

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Intern Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Case. There is a housing society “The wasteful society”, you collect all the household garbage and sell it to 5 different businesses. Determine what price you will pay to the society members in Rs/kg, given you want to make a profit of 20% ... read more
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Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Aayush Kumar Tiwari

posted on 16 Apr 2024

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 Apr 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

1 Hour coding round on leetcode or hackerearth

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Coding round with Medium level questions

Round 3 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Java related questions
  • Q2. Hashmap , treemap implementations
  • Q3. Loop in a linkedlist
  • Ans. 

    Loop in a linked list

    • Use Floyd's Cycle Detection Algorithm to detect a loop in a linked list

    • Maintain two pointers, one moving at double the speed of the other

    • If the two pointers meet at some point, there is a loop in the linked list

  • Answered by AI
Round 4 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Interview with manager where he discussed few use cases and data structures to be used

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Q1. Tell me about yourself. What technology are you using? What is a Collection? What are the different types of collection there? What is the difference between ArrayList and LinkedList What are the basic building blocks of Stream operators, s... read more
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Sep 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Had a live coding test with the interviewer with medium level questions and the interviewer was helpful

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. System design for uber
  • Ans. 

    System design for Uber involves creating a scalable and efficient platform for matching riders with drivers.

    • Use microservices architecture for scalability and flexibility

    • Implement geolocation services for real-time tracking

    • Utilize algorithms for efficient matching of riders and drivers

    • Include payment processing system for seamless transactions

  • Answered by AI

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Software Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Bridge and torch problem : Four people come to a river in the night. There is a narrow bridge, but it can only hold two people at a time. They have one torch and, because it's night, the torch has to be used when crossing the bridge. Person... read more
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jul 2022. There were 3 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 - Aptitude Test 

Combination of aptitude test and coding test, 1 hr, 16 MCQs, 2 coding ques

Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Relocation related queries
  • Q2. They asked about any interference from the college.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Revise main subjects oops,os and be ready to be asked any questions about the projects done.

Engineer Trainee Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. If 10 people had a meeting and they shake hands only once with each of the others, then how many handshakes will be there in total ?
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I was interviewed before May 2023.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions related to Android and kotlin
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Managerial round to discuss roles and responsibility with regards to projects worked on
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Discussion over roles and responsibility in the company and culture.

Senior Software Engineer 2 Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. What microservices patterns are you aware ? let's assume that there is a microservice based architecture and service A is calling service B which in turn service C. If service b fails, how will you manage transaction and logging ?
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Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 23 Feb 2023

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Feb 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 Resume tips
Round 2 - Coding Test 

Codility application using data structures difficulty medium

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. How to design large scale machine learning system
  • Ans. 

    Designing large scale ML systems requires careful consideration of data, infrastructure, algorithms, and deployment.

    • Identify the problem and define the objectives

    • Collect and preprocess large amounts of data

    • Choose appropriate algorithms and train models

    • Deploy models on scalable infrastructure

    • Monitor and evaluate performance regularly

    • Continuously improve the system based on feedback

    • Consider ethical and legal implications

    • ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Tell me about your industrial machine project experience
Round 4 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. System design for big data application
  • Ans. 

    System design for big data application involves selecting appropriate technologies, designing data architecture, and ensuring scalability.

    • Choose appropriate technologies for data storage, processing, and analysis

    • Design data architecture that can handle large volumes of data

    • Ensure scalability by using distributed systems and load balancing

    • Consider security and privacy concerns

    • Examples of technologies: Hadoop, Spark, NoS

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Live coding to parse logs from a given file
  • Ans. 

    Live coding to parse logs from a given file

    • Choose a programming language

    • Read the file line by line

    • Use regular expressions to extract relevant information

    • Store the extracted data in a structured format

  • Answered by AI
Round 5 - Behavioral 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Why are you leaving the current job
  • Q2. Why do you want to join this company

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - System design, data structures and knowledge in machine learning is required for this role

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Software Engineer2 Interview Questions & Answers

user image Prateek Sinha

posted on 17 Mar 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

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

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Topic: DSA & Java
Duration 1.5 hours
Platform: Hackerearth

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Java Technical Internal working of list, map
  • Q2. Priority Queue design
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Hiring Manager round: 1. Design highly available caching server 2. Read from file & give response based on queries

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

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Mar 2023. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Assignment 

Data Product Assignment

Round 2 - Case Study 

Product Sense - related to Data Product Assignment and Data Science area

Round 3 - Case Study 

Product Sense - Generic Product Areas

Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Engineering Manager Round
Round 5 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Hiring Manager round, question on past experience
  • Q2. Question on challenges while working with multi-national teams

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Rakuten Senior Product Manager interview:
  • Data Science
  • Data Products
  • Artificial Intelligence
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Strong Data background will help in Data Product interviews

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Q1. What are the growth hacks you would use to grow traffic?
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How many rounds are there in Rakuten interview?
Rakuten interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Rakuten interview process are Technical, Coding Test and One-on-one Round.
How to prepare for Rakuten 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 Rakuten. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Rakuten expect are Python, Java, Linux, Computer science and MySQL.
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