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Updated 20 Mar 2025
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A Software Engineer was asked
Q. If the element is not present, return the nearest element to it.
Ans. 

The question is asking for a solution to find the nearest element to a given element in an array.

  • Iterate through the array and calculate the absolute difference between each element and the given element.

  • Keep track of the minimum difference encountered and the corresponding element.

  • Return the element with the minimum difference as the nearest element.

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A Software Engineer was asked
Q. Given two lines, one with 10 points and the other with 12 points, how many triangles are possible?
Ans. 

There are 3 possible triangles that can be formed using the two lines.

  • To form a triangle, we need three points.

  • With two lines, we have a total of four points.

  • By choosing any three points, we can form a triangle.

  • Therefore, there are 3 possible triangles.

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A Software Engineer was asked
Q. Given an array of strings, identify the index of the most recent duplicate. For example, given the array ["google", "yahoo", "yahoo", "google"], both "google" and "yahoo" are repeated, but "google" is the m...
Ans. 

Identify the most recent duplicate in an array of strings.

  • Iterate through the array and keep track of the indices of each string using a hashmap.

  • If a string is already present in the hashmap, update its index.

  • After iterating through the array, find the string with the highest index in the hashmap.

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A Software Engineer was asked
Q. Given a Binary Search Tree (BST), return the kth smallest element in the BST.
Ans. 

The function should return the element k from a Binary Search Tree (BST).

  • Traverse the BST in-order and keep track of the current element

  • If the current element is equal to k, return it

  • If the current element is greater than k, move to the left subtree

  • If the current element is less than k, move to the right subtree

  • Repeat until the element is found or the entire tree is traversed

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A Software Engineer was asked
Q. What happens when you enter google.com in a browser?
Ans. 

Entering gogle.com triggers DNS lookup, establishes a connection, and retrieves the website content for display.

  • 1. DNS Lookup: The browser queries a DNS server to resolve 'gogle.com' to an IP address.

  • 2. TCP Connection: A TCP connection is established with the server using the resolved IP address.

  • 3. HTTP Request: The browser sends an HTTP GET request to the server for the webpage.

  • 4. Server Response: The server proc...

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A Software Engineer was asked
Q. How will you compress images?(Told 3 methods)
Ans. 

There are three common methods to compress images: lossless compression, lossy compression, and resizing.

  • Lossless compression reduces file size without losing any image quality. Examples include PNG and GIF formats.

  • Lossy compression reduces file size by discarding some image data. Examples include JPEG format.

  • Resizing reduces file size by changing the dimensions of the image. It can be done manually or using image...

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A Software Engineer was asked
Q. How will you rotate matrix by 90 degrees clockwise and anticlockwise?
Ans. 

To rotate a matrix by 90 degrees clockwise, transpose the matrix and then reverse each row. To rotate anticlockwise, reverse each row and then transpose.

  • Transpose the matrix by swapping elements at (i, j) with (j, i)

  • Reverse each row of the transposed matrix

  • To rotate anticlockwise, reverse each row of the original matrix and then transpose

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Riverbed Technology Interview Experiences

4 interviews found

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

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

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basics of C on pointers and strings
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Leetcode easy/medium question
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Behavioral round with Manager and Director
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I appeared for an interview before Mar 2024, where I was asked the following questions.

  • Q1. TCP/ip stack related
  • Q2. Slowness troubleshooting, IPsec etc

Developer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Utkarsh gupta

posted on 2 Dec 2015

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: First round technical and basic aptitude test 52 students attended. Second round was coding round, 2 problems were given on basic Data Structures 25 students were shortlisted for this round out of which 9 were called for interview rounds.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Next was 4 round of interviews (3 technical + HR round). All 4 interviews were conducted for each student and finally 2 got selected. In interview Deep understanding of networking concepts were tested with some basic data structure, unix, Operating System and oops concepts

General Tips: Be confident and be to yourself.
Interviewers were very relaxed and cool, so same is expected from you, you will be given proper time to answer
Skill Tips: Karumanchi, rs agarwal, tanenbaum for networking.
Skills:
College Name: NIT Surathkal

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

9 Questions

  • Q1. How will you rotate matrix by 90 degrees clockwise and anticlockwise?
  • Ans. 

    To rotate a matrix by 90 degrees clockwise, transpose the matrix and then reverse each row. To rotate anticlockwise, reverse each row and then transpose.

    • Transpose the matrix by swapping elements at (i, j) with (j, i)

    • Reverse each row of the transposed matrix

    • To rotate anticlockwise, reverse each row of the original matrix and then transpose

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. How will you compress images?(Told 3 methods)
  • Ans. 

    There are three common methods to compress images: lossless compression, lossy compression, and resizing.

    • Lossless compression reduces file size without losing any image quality. Examples include PNG and GIF formats.

    • Lossy compression reduces file size by discarding some image data. Examples include JPEG format.

    • Resizing reduces file size by changing the dimensions of the image. It can be done manually or using image proc...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Identify most recent duplicate ? {"google","yahoo","yahoo","google"}-both google and yahoo are repeated but google is first return index 3
  • Ans. 

    Identify the most recent duplicate in an array of strings.

    • Iterate through the array and keep track of the indices of each string using a hashmap.

    • If a string is already present in the hashmap, update its index.

    • After iterating through the array, find the string with the highest index in the hashmap.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Two lines with 10 and 12 points, how many triangles possible?
  • Ans. 

    There are 3 possible triangles that can be formed using the two lines.

    • To form a triangle, we need three points.

    • With two lines, we have a total of four points.

    • By choosing any three points, we can form a triangle.

    • Therefore, there are 3 possible triangles.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. Return the element k from a BST
  • Ans. 

    The function should return the element k from a Binary Search Tree (BST).

    • Traverse the BST in-order and keep track of the current element

    • If the current element is equal to k, return it

    • If the current element is greater than k, move to the left subtree

    • If the current element is less than k, move to the right subtree

    • Repeat until the element is found or the entire tree is traversed

  • Answered by AI
  • Q6. If the element not present return the nearest element to it?
  • Ans. 

    The question is asking for a solution to find the nearest element to a given element in an array.

    • Iterate through the array and calculate the absolute difference between each element and the given element.

    • Keep track of the minimum difference encountered and the corresponding element.

    • Return the element with the minimum difference as the nearest element.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q7. About Projects in detail
  • Q8. Operating system basic like fork etc
  • Q9. Networking basics-What happens if you enter gogle.com in browser?
  • Ans. 

    Entering gogle.com triggers DNS lookup, establishes a connection, and retrieves the website content for display.

    • 1. DNS Lookup: The browser queries a DNS server to resolve 'gogle.com' to an IP address.

    • 2. TCP Connection: A TCP connection is established with the server using the resolved IP address.

    • 3. HTTP Request: The browser sends an HTTP GET request to the server for the webpage.

    • 4. Server Response: The server processes...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: The questions were on basic datastructure, algorithm , networking and operating system
Tips: If GATE qualified then minimum effort required
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Questions: 30

Skills: Coding Skills, Critical Thinking, Operating System Basics, Networking Basics
College Name: IIT Madras

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Why are women still asked such personal questions in interview?
I recently went for an interview… and honestly, m still trying to process what just happened. Instead of being asked about my skills, experience, or how I could add value to the company… the questions took a totally unexpected turn. The interviewer started asking things like When are you getting married? Are you engaged? And m sure, if I had said I was married, the next question would’ve been How long have you been married? What does my personal life have to do with the job m applying for? This is where I felt the gender discrimination hit hard. These types of questions are so casually thrown at women during interviews but are they ever asked to men? No one asks male candidates if they’re planning a wedding or how old their kids are. So why is it okay to ask women? Can we please stop normalising this kind of behaviour in interviews? Our careers shouldn’t be judged by our relationship status. Period.
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I appeared for an interview before Sep 2021.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Reference from whom ?
  • Q2. How much experience do you have ?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Just go with the flow with your experience and never add on the work which you don’t know

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Jul 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. Oop concepts in detail
  • Ans. 

    OOP concepts are fundamental to software engineering. They include encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, and abstraction.

    • Encapsulation: bundling data and methods that operate on that data within a single unit

    • Inheritance: creating new classes from existing ones, inheriting their properties and methods

    • Polymorphism: the ability of objects to take on many forms, allowing for flexibility and extensibility

    • Abstraction: hi...

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  • Q2. Easy-Medium DSA problems
  • Q3. Brief discussion about projects

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Important points to focus on as a fresher:
1. How to explain your project
2.OOP concepts
3.basic DSA

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Questions from C, Data structure, OS,Database
  • Q2. Technical + HR

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: This round was simple.
It consist of 5 sections ..1.Aptitude (10 questions). 2.Operating System Basics and Unix Commands(16 questions) 3.Data Structure(9 questions) 4.Output C Questions(6 questions) 5.Programming questions out of 4 any 2 you can do.(2 questions from data structure and 2 from sorting)
Tips: If you know the basics of all these topics then you can easily clear this round.Try to score as more marks as possible because this score counts in the next round too.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Moderate
Tips: Be confident and don't get panic.If you don't know anything simply say no don't waste time.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Moderate

Skill Tips: Be Confident and keep calm.You must have the complete knowledge of the projects which you have written in your resume.
Skills: C, Data Structure, os, Database
College Name: VIT VELLORE
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I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Jul 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Questions were not hard but time was less

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Medium level difficulty, questions ranges from basic oops to some advance topics
Round 3 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Technical discussion + Behavioral questions to see if I was a good fit in team

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Practice sample aptitude tests before taking their Apti test
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed in Aug 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

I think 35 mins and 60 question, no negative marking

Round 2 - Coding Test 

A coding test in ruby with proper test cases

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. It's about the projects on which I have worked
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

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

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Codility platform
1 hr
Simple string manipulation - Given a string and integer k, crop the strings to fit into k length with the following conditions:

You can only crop out the whole words.
If there is cropping of words in the string, append " ..." in the end. And the overall length should be <= k
If the first word itself is longer than k, return "..."

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions about past projects and in depth discussion
Round 3 - Debuging Round 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Given a buggy solution for island problem, figure out the bug and solve it.
  • Ans. 

    Identify and fix bug in a buggy solution for island problem

    • Check for incorrect logic in identifying islands

    • Ensure proper handling of edge cases like boundaries

    • Verify the implementation of depth-first search or breadth-first search algorithm

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Riverbed Technology Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Riverbed Technology interview?
Riverbed Technology interview process usually has 3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Riverbed Technology interview process are Technical and One-on-one Round.
How to prepare for Riverbed Technology 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 Riverbed Technology. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Riverbed Technology expect are Agile, Networking, Linux, Python and C++.
What are the top questions asked in Riverbed Technology interview?

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