Societe Generale Global Solution Centre Software Engineer Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Quant and Coding Questions

A team GD where you talk for and against the topic

Q1. Interview on resume and prior projects
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Basic OOPs related questions.

Q1. Front end technology related question
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Q1. Understanding of concepts
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Q1. Managerial related questions.
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Q1. Salary discussion and joining dates.
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It consists of coding questions consists of moderate level.

Q1. In this round mainly it was discussion about my last work. System design discussion.
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Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

The test start time validity was between 06:00 PM and 7:00 PM. 
It was on the HirePro platform(link provided by company). 
The test was proctored which means that we had to keep our Microphone and Web Cam on at all times and never exit the test window.

Q1. 
Spiral Matrix Path Problem
You are provided with a two-dimensional array named MATRIX of size N x M, consisting of integers. Your task is to return the elements of the matrix following a spiral order.
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Implement a function to return elements of a matrix in spiral order.
• Iterate through the matrix in a spiral order by adjusting boundaries as you move along.

• Keep track of the direction of movement (right, down, left, up) to traverse the matrix correctly.

• Handle edge cases like when the matrix is a single row or column separately.
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Decimal to Octal Conversion Problem Statement
Convert a given decimal number into its equivalent octal representation.
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The octal number system is a base-8 system, meaning each digit ranges ...read more
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Convert decimal numbers to octal representation.
• Iterate through each test case and use built-in functions to convert decimal to octal.

• Ensure the output is in base-8 system with digits ranging from 0 to 7.

• Handle constraints such as number of test cases and range of decimal numbers.
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Cube of Matrix Problem Statement
Given a 2D array 'MATRIX' of size M x N, find and return the value (i * i + j * j) for those elements where the sum of the cubes of its digits equals the element itself. H...read more
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Given a 2D array, find elements where sum of cube of digits equals element itself and return (i * i + j * j) value.
• Iterate through the 2D array and check if the sum of cube of digits equals the element itself.

• Calculate (i * i + j * j) for such elements and return the values.

• If no such element exists, return -1.
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Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

The round was from 11 am to 12 pm, 4 days after the online test.
It was held over a video call on Skype. 
We were instructed to use https://slate.skillenza.com/ as the coderpad.
This was a Technical Round. 
The interviewer started by asking me to introduce myself. He then asked me some questions regarding Java programming. He asked me what is the use and advantages of HashMaps and how a HashMap is implemented internally in Java. He also asked me some OOPS question. He gave me the following code to solve and ended the session by asking me the details of an Android application I had mentioned on my resume.

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Common Elements Between Array of Strings Problem Statement
Given two 1-dimensional arrays containing strings of lowercase alphabets, determine and return the elements that are common in both arrays, i.e.,...read more
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Given two arrays of strings, find and return the common elements in the order they appear in the second array.
• Iterate through the strings in the second array and check if they exist in the first array.

• Maintain a set to keep track of common elements to avoid duplicates.

• Return the common elements as a single space-separated string in the order they appear in the second array.
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