Stashfin Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

The first round was a coding test, which was outsourced to an external vendor. I was asked 2 basic DSA questions, and there was discussions around the time and space complexity, and scope of optimizing the solutions. Post that there were a few questions around Spring Boot features and basic system design. The interviewer was professional throughout the interview, and the interview process felt more like a discussion, as compared to the standard interview process.

There was another round of coding - this time conducted by the organization itself. It consisted of a medium level DSA question on stacks. I wrote the code on my personal IDE and executed it there itself. The interviewer discussed about the possible edge cases and how I would deal with them. Post solving the question I was asked about my previous projects.

Q1. Discuss in detail about a scenario where a challenging production issue was handled.
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Q2. What are your responsibilities as a senior / team lead in the current organization?
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Q3. How did you handle conflicts with junior engineers and reporting managers?
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This was the final round where the discussion was largely around system design and HLD. It started off with questions are system design patterns and concepts. Then I was asked to design a booking design, with discussions around concurrency control and transaction management.

Q1. One leetcode easy-medium problem
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Q2. Java, springboot and oops question
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Q1. Project related questions
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Q2. System design questions
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Q1. Machine coding: Design in-memory document search
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Q1. HLD: Design a ad-click aggregation service
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Design an ad-click aggregation service for tracking and analyzing ad clicks.
• Use a distributed system to handle high volume of ad click data

• Implement real-time processing for immediate insights on ad performance

• Utilize a database to store aggregated ad click data for reporting and analysis
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Q1. GCD of 2 strings
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Normal DSA round from hacker rank

DSA round from hacker rank or leetcode

Q1. With hiring manager
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Coding assessment in Code signal which is vedio proctored

Q1. Design a loan application system
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Design a loan application system
• Collect applicant information such as personal details, employment history, and financial information

• Include a credit check process to assess applicant's creditworthiness

• Implement a system for loan approval/rejection based on set criteria

• Provide options for different types of loans and repayment plans

• Ensure security measures are in place to protect applicant's sensitive information
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Bank account creation, deposit money, withdraw money

Q1. Question around work experience and how a particular scenario or situation is handled
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Suggest system cost optimization based on given data set

Q1. Low Level Design: How to do rate limiting for a platform serving 100K requests per second.
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Implement rate limiting for a platform serving 100K requests per second.
• Use a token bucket algorithm to limit the rate of incoming requests.

• Set a maximum number of tokens in the bucket to control the rate.

• Refill the bucket at a constant rate to allow bursts of requests.

• Track the timestamp of the last request to enforce the rate limit.

• Consider using a distributed rate limiting system for scalability.

• Monitor and adjust t...read more
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Q1. Reverse a string
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Reverse a string by iterating through the characters and swapping them
• Create a function that takes a string as input

• Initialize two pointers, one at the beginning and one at the end of the string

• Swap the characters at the two pointers and move them towards the center until they meet
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Q2. 2 sum arrays problem
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Q1. Project discussions
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Q2. Cv discussion was held
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