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Updated 16 Jan 2025

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Interview experience
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Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
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I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Dec 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. Spring boot and spring MVC include annotation usage, rest controller
  • Q2. Microservices benefits and disadvantages
  • Ans. 

    Microservices offer scalability and flexibility but can introduce complexity and communication challenges.

    • Benefits include scalability, flexibility, independent deployment, and technology diversity.

    • Disadvantages include increased complexity, communication overhead, and potential for service dependencies.

    • Examples of microservices benefits: Netflix uses microservices to scale their platform and introduce new features ind...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Agile: Sprint time, Delivery schedule, negotiation with stakeholders, release management
  • Q4. Making secure URLs in spring boot, Authentication, and Authorization concepts
  • Ans. 

    Secure URLs in Spring Boot using Authentication and Authorization concepts

    • Use Spring Security to handle authentication and authorization

    • Configure security settings in application.properties or SecurityConfig class

    • Use annotations like @PreAuthorize and @Secured to restrict access to URLs

    • Implement custom UserDetailsService for user authentication

    • Use JWT tokens for stateless authentication

  • Answered by AI

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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Jun 2020. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Simple program
  • Q2. I wrote a simple program in C

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be bold and confident

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Oct 2019. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. What technical challenges have you faced in your work till now and how did you overcome it?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be truthful and give detailed explanation of the issues and how it was resolved. Explain the severity of the problem and what blockage it had caused in your daily work. How did you chose a solution and how fast was it implemented.

I applied via tcs and was interviewed before Jun 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Java based

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - good

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Sep 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Questions are related to opps c++

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Please focus on hr questions and oops etc

I appeared for an interview before Sep 2020.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Hard

Exam was in the morning in 2nd shift. It was a difficult .

  • Q1. 

    Sum of Even & Odd Digits

    You need to determine the sum of even digits and odd digits separately from a given integer.

    Input:

    The first line of input is an integer T representing the number of test c...

  • Ans. 

    Implement a function to find the sum of even and odd digits separately in a given integer.

    • Iterate through each digit of the integer and check if it is even or odd.

    • Keep track of the sum of even and odd digits separately.

    • Return the sums of even and odd digits for each test case.

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Round 2 - Face to Face 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 30 minutes
Round difficulty - Hard

It was in the morning and there were approx 500 candidates for interview. Interviewers were very nice and cooperative.

  • Q1. What SQL questions do you have related to joins?
  • Ans. 

    SQL questions related to joins

    • Types of joins in SQL (inner join, left join, right join, full outer join)

    • Difference between inner join and outer join

    • Common join conditions (using ON vs WHERE)

    • Handling NULL values in joins

    • Performance considerations when using joins

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - HR 

Round duration - 10 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

It was in the morning and interviewer was very nice and polite.

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI applied for the job as SDE - 1 in DelhiEligibility criteriaMinimum 60% is required throughout high school, intermediate and B.tech, not more than one back is allowed.Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Sql, Normalization, Algorithms, Data Structure, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, IOT, Python, Cloud ComputingTime required to prepare for the interview - 2.5 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Be confident and speak politely with a smile. 
Tip 2 : Groom yourself very well in a professional way. 
Tip 3 : Prepare everything mentioned in your resume.
Tip 4 : Also maintain positive body language as everything get noticed in an interview. 
Tip 5 : Try to work on projects and prepare it very well including synopsis of project. 
Tip 6 : Prepare core subjects and important topics. 
Tip 7 : prepare company related questions as well. 
Tip 8 : Maintain eye contact with interviewer.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Mention Projects. 
Tip 2 : Mention accurate and true things only. 
Tip 3 : Resume should be neat and clean.
Tip 4 : Mention your achievements in resume. 
Tip 5 : Resume should not be very lengthy, it should be precise. 
Tip 6 : Prepare your resume by following a proper format. 
Tip 7 : Carry your resume in a file.

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Newspaper Ad and was interviewed before Jun 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic questions of java.
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Intro and other hr related questions.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Cover the basic questions regarding the programming language.

I applied via Campus Placement

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. Explain the background process that takes place during an atm transaction
  • Ans. 

    ATM transaction involves multiple background processes including authentication, authorization, and communication with bank servers.

    • Customer inserts card and enters PIN

    • ATM authenticates the card and PIN

    • ATM requests authorization from bank server

    • Bank server verifies account balance and approves or denies transaction

    • ATM dispenses cash or completes other requested transaction

    • ATM updates account balance and sends transacti

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Cut cake into 8 pieces .You can use knife 3 times only
  • Ans. 

    Cut cake into 8 pieces using knife 3 times only.

    • First, cut the cake horizontally into two equal halves.

    • Then, cut the cake vertically into four equal pieces.

    • Finally, cut the cake horizontally again into eight equal pieces.

    • Make sure to use the knife efficiently to minimize the number of cuts.

    • Practice visualization before making the cuts to avoid mistakes.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. A shot fired from a gun pointing towards a tree full of birds. All birds left except one. Why ?
  • Ans. 

    The one bird was already dead.

    • The bird was already dead before the shot was fired.

    • The bird was injured and unable to fly away with the rest of the birds.

    • The bird was a decoy bird used for hunting purposes.

    • The bird was a trained bird used for falconry.

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  • Q4. Explain projects which you made in college?
  • Ans. 

    Developed a web-based attendance management system and a mobile app for event management.

    • Created a database schema and implemented CRUD operations using PHP and MySQL.

    • Designed the user interface using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

    • Integrated Google Maps API for location tracking in the mobile app.

    • Implemented push notifications using Firebase Cloud Messaging.

    • Collaborated with a team of four to complete the projects within t

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: The question paper was a mix of aptitude, programming of c++ java , sql and reasoning.
There was negative marking set for each questions.
Tips: Attempt that portion first in which you are really confident.
Dont try to attempt all questions , as negative marking plays big role.
Duration: 60 minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: As Barclays is a bank , so this kind of question is obvious.
Be prepared for technical process that takes place in a usual banking domain.
Also , any type of question whether reasoning based or technical can be asked.
Tips: Be confident. Try to tell everything in a straight manner.

Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: You can put humour while answering as this shows your positivity.
There can be many reason for this like birds ia dead , bird is deaf , bird is of plastic. You can choose whatever hit into your mind.

Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: Explaining the thing in which you already have knowledge is a plus point.
But make sure you have complete knowledge of your college project as they can ask as many questions as possible because your project is the main thing which can extend your interview time.

Skills: Common Sense, Presence Of Mind, Positive Thinking, Ability To Deliver On A Project, C Programming
College Name: UPTU
Motivation: As it is a product based company , so chances of growth is good and pay scale is better.

I applied via Campus Placement

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Was nice experience,should have good aptitude.
Tips: Learn aptitude more and morr
Duration: 60 minutes

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Just speak about the topic
Tips: Do not get silent

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: iOS,C/C++
Tips: Just be confident about your answwers ansd show that you are capable to do each and everything in this world and you have quick learning capacity to grasp anything.

General Tips: C/C++,
Skills:
College Name: CDAC PUNE
Motivation: Bank more than 325 years old.

I appeared for an interview before Sep 2016.

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Interview was scheduled in Grab Job consultancy. In that, a class room, where we all asked to sit and interviewer was sitting in front and asked to speak one by one on the topic traffic situation in Hyderabad.
Tips: Just speak once two to three lines. Don't rush to speak. Take ur time and don't try speak repeatedly.
Duration: 35 minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: System based test. Easy question from java , c, data structure.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Not held because already we got too late.

Skills: Proficiency In English, Basic Coding
College Name: Medak College of engineering

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How many rounds are there in Scotiabank Senior Java Developer interview?
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  2. Microservices benefits and disadvanta...read more
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