Sophos Technologies Software Engineer Level 1 Interview Questions and Answers

There were some technical questions MCQ based. Then there were 2 coding questions,i don't remember the questions exactly ,but one was a medium level array manipulation question and the other was medium level string manipulation question.

The round was of 1 hour .SHL platform conducts the Aptitude and Verbal Reasoning. It had two sections, first was a numerical ability which had questions mostly on Data interpretation (Tables, Bar graphs, and Pie charts). Calculators were allowed however you had to be extremely fast in your calculations as the timing constraints were very strict and you could not go back to the previous question. The second section was verbal reasoning which was mostly reading comprehension based. I was preparing for GMAT so I was all brushed up. I would recommend to go through the SHL sample papers to become familiar with the format of aptitude and Verbal reasoning questions.

Q1. It went for about 1.25 hours. TR round : The interviewer was very supportive and wanted a healthy discussion. First he asked about my project and questions based on my project. Q1.He asked me what is 4...read more
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Question related to operating system and computer network

Q1. Traverse all child nodes in tree
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Traverse all child nodes in a tree data structure
• Use depth-first or breadth-first traversal algorithms

• Recursively visit each child node starting from the root node

• Consider using a stack or queue data structure for traversal

• Example: Traverse all nodes in a binary tree
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Q1. Question related to cloud and oops
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Q1. Question related to my background and how web site work
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Q1. Basics of oops, .net framework and .net core
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Q2. Sql query for student department id
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SQL query to retrieve student department id.
• Use SELECT statement to retrieve data

• Specify the columns to be selected, including the department id column

• Specify the table where the student data is stored

• Use WHERE clause to filter the results based on student information
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Q3. Solid principles and design patterns
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Q1. Asked to code palindrome
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Q2. Code duplicate string from main string and get index of sub string
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Code to find index of sub string in main string and duplicate the sub string
• Use a loop to iterate through the main string and check for the sub string

• If sub string is found, duplicate it and store the index

• Return the index of the duplicated sub string
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Q1. Manager asked me to code the count index of substring and sum of substring
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Q2. Questions as HR informed, it was worst and all interviews were scheduled at night time.he was more technical than the second round team lead instead of asking manager round
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1st round is aptitude and pesudocode

Q1. Mostly python questions
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Q2. List questions and basic to mediumprogram
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In first round 4 coding question like 1 dsa 2 database and one is api and question is very simple . coding round was conducted in hackerrank

Q1. DSA QUESTION LIKE TREE AND GRAPH
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Q2. DP AND SORTING APPROACH
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Again same but dsa question and oops concept in deep level

Basic aptitude test with technical and non technical question

Q1. What is event loop
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Q1. Security related scenarios.
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Q2. Integration types and usecases.
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Integration types include point-to-point, middleware, and API-based integrations for connecting different systems.
• Point-to-point integration involves direct connections between two systems.

• Middleware integration uses a middle layer to connect multiple systems.

• API-based integration utilizes APIs to connect systems and exchange data.

• Examples: Salesforce to SAP integration, Salesforce to MailChimp integration, Salesforce
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