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Associate Software Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Raghava Deekshitula

posted on 14 Jan 2015

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. All standard HR questions will be asked
  • Q2. Write the code for printing a matrix in spiral order
  • Ans. 

    Code to print a matrix in spiral order

    • Create four variables to keep track of the boundaries of the matrix

    • Loop through the matrix in a spiral order and print each element

    • Adjust the boundaries of the matrix after each loop iteration

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Situation based questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: The aptitude questions are very basic level and doesn't take more than 20 min. Coding question is also very easy if you get the basics of C language right.
Tips: Practice writing online coding tests as passing all the test cases is the main part where we'll have a problem. Although you get the code right, concentrate on the various test cases they may check and put your variables and output accordingly. For example, our test cases involved large values so I have to choose a double int data type instead to int. This came out of trail and error as we donot know the test case.
Duration: 75 minutes
Total Questions: 31

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Questions like Why into software from Mech? will be asked.
Tips: Be talkative!! Answer all the questions confidently. Slight preparation will help, but donot reproduce exactly what you have prepared.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The interviewer will help if you are stuck. I could solve it but didn't write the complete code. Also some simple puzzles are asked.
Tips: Get basics of C good, atleast upto pointers.

Round: Behavorial Interview
Experience: Questions like give me a situation where you did a job you didn't like. The interview went well. Interviewers were friendly.
Tips: Don't give premeditated answers. Talk fluently and confidently. Make it a conversation rather than a Q/A

General Tips: Confidence is the key for any interview.You may reduce your chances if your approach for a puzzle is wrong. So think before you start solving.
Skill Tips: ""
Skills: Aptitude, Coding (C language basics), Communication
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Good pay, Good location, not much technical knowledge required

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Relatively easy for anyone with programming experience.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Easy again. Anyone who has background in programming should be able to clear it.

Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: This is what the company is looking for the most. They want to select only candidates that match their company value.
Tips: Soft skills play an important role.

Skills: Programming, Soft skills
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Motivation: The company gave a presentation about them and their work culture. Seemed very good.

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Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. How will you resolve a conflict arises between the members of the project you are currently working on?
  • Ans. 

    I will listen to both parties, identify the root cause, and facilitate a discussion to find a mutually agreeable solution.

    • Listen to both parties and understand their perspectives

    • Identify the root cause of the conflict

    • Facilitate a discussion to find a mutually agreeable solution

    • Encourage compromise and collaboration

    • Document the resolution and follow up to ensure it is implemented

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Give us instances where you adapted to situations quickly?
  • Ans. 

    I adapted quickly in various situations.

    • During my internship, I was assigned to a project that required me to learn a new programming language. I quickly adapted and was able to complete the project on time.

    • In my previous job, I was asked to take on additional responsibilities due to a colleague's sudden absence. I adapted quickly and was able to manage both my own tasks and the additional workload.

    • While working on a t...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. How do you feel about corporate environment?
  • Ans. 

    I am comfortable in a corporate environment and appreciate the structure and opportunities for growth.

    • I appreciate the clear expectations and guidelines provided in a corporate environment.

    • I value the opportunities for professional development and advancement.

    • I understand the importance of teamwork and collaboration in achieving company goals.

    • I am comfortable with the hierarchical structure and reporting relationships

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Pattern: both MCQ’s and descriptive type. Cannot remember about the marking and cut-off’s as he had to write a lot of tests during that time. 18-19 students were shortlisted for interviews. MCQ questions were mostly the ones asked in CAT exam consisting of English and logical reasoning. Few of them were related to programming. Descriptive questions included writing a program in C language.
Duration: 60 minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: There were 2 rounds of technical interview. 

In first round, technical questions were asked in BTP. The project was Power aware compilers. A few HR related questions were also asked.In second round, technical questions were asked on C programming. Questions were related to Basic Data Structuring. Asked to choose a favourite course and conceptual questions were asked from it. Choose a minor course as favourite one.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Third round was HR round. All the students who reached to this round were selected.Overall 9 students were selected by the company.

General Tips: starting earlier would have definitely help.
Skill Tips: Performance in the previous rounds is the main criteria.
College Name: IIT MADRAS

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Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

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Round 2 - Coding Test 

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - The interview experience was good the interviewer was very cool and be patience and confident so that you can easily crack.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before May 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What is the difference between List and Set?
  • Ans. 

    List allows duplicate elements and maintains insertion order, while Set does not allow duplicates and does not maintain any order.

    • List allows duplicate elements, while Set does not

    • List maintains insertion order, while Set does not maintain any order

    • Examples: List - ArrayList, LinkedList; Set - HashSet, TreeSet

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed before Jul 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. DS Algo Questions on Trees. Leadership Principles

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Read up on DS Algo and white paper coding and Leadership Principles

Interview Questionnaire 

13 Questions

  • Q1. Given a string of parenthesis, write a function if it is balanced
  • Ans. 

    Function to check if a string of parenthesis is balanced

    • Use a stack to keep track of opening parenthesis

    • If a closing parenthesis is encountered, pop from stack and check if it matches

    • If stack is empty and a closing parenthesis is encountered, return False

    • If all parenthesis are matched and stack is empty, return True

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Given two linked lists each of which represent a number, write a function that returns a linked list that represents the sum
  • Q3. Find the number of occurrences of words in a paragraph
  • Ans. 

    Count the occurrences of words in a paragraph.

    • Split the paragraph into words using whitespace as a delimiter.

    • Create a dictionary to store the count of each word.

    • Iterate through the words and increment the count in the dictionary.

    • Return the dictionary with the word counts.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Find common elements out of two sorted array?
  • Ans. 

    Find common elements out of two sorted array

    • Use two pointers to traverse both arrays simultaneously

    • Compare elements at each pointer and move the pointer of the smaller element

    • If elements are equal, add to common elements list and move both pointers

    • Stop when either pointer reaches end of array

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. Convert BST to a Doubly linked list?
  • Ans. 

    Convert a Binary Search Tree to a Doubly Linked List.

    • Create a DLL node class with left, right, and data fields.

    • Traverse the BST in-order and add each node to the DLL.

    • Adjust the left and right pointers of each node to create the DLL.

    • Return the head of the DLL.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q6. Given a binary tree in which the node structure has an additional field called “next” which of pointer to tree node type, fill up this field of each node to point to the next node at the same level (NULL i...
  • Ans. 

    The task is to fill the 'next' field of each node in a binary tree to point to the next node at the same level.

    • Use a level order traversal to process the tree nodes.

    • Maintain a queue to store the nodes at each level.

    • For each node, set its 'next' field to the next node in the queue.

    • If a node is the last node at its level, set its 'next' field to NULL.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q7. Given a parentheses string, determine if it is a valid / legitimate parentheses string. For strings consisting of single parentheses type and those consisting of multiple types
  • Q8. You have a dictionary of words. Given a word, print all anagram are in dictionary . State the data structure to be used to solve this problem
  • Ans. 

    To find anagrams of a given word in a dictionary, use a hash table to store sorted versions of each word as keys and their corresponding original words as values.

    • Create a hash table to store the anagrams

    • Iterate through each word in the dictionary

    • Sort the characters of the word and use it as a key in the hash table

    • If the key already exists, add the word to the list of values for that key

    • Print the list of values for the

  • Answered by AI
  • Q9. You have given 10 files and you have given a string suggest data structure which ll facilitate efficient search of string in the file if string appears more than ones in that case u have to print line numb...
  • Ans. 

    Suggest a data structure for efficient search of a string in 10 files and print line number and file if string appears more than once.

    • Use a hash table to store the file name and line number of each occurrence of the string.

    • Iterate through each file and for each line, check if the string is present and update the hash table accordingly.

    • Print the hash table entries for the string.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q10. Write a program to print a tree in vertical order asked more than one approach to do this problem and modified problem many times
  • Q11. Discussion on my current work, difficulties and challenges faced at work, difficult people I have had to work with, instances when I went out of my way to propose creative solutions to existing problems a...
  • Q12. Why do you think amazon is the right place for you?
  • Ans. 

    Amazon is the right place for me because of its innovative culture, vast resources, and opportunities for growth.

    • Amazon's innovative culture aligns with my passion for pushing boundaries and finding creative solutions.

    • The company's vast resources provide the necessary tools and support to develop and deliver high-quality software.

    • Amazon offers numerous opportunities for growth and career advancement, allowing me to con...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q13. You have given an binary matrix which is sorted row wise and column wise write a program to search a row in the matrix having maximum number of zeroes

Interview Preparation Tips

General Tips: My process started off at one their hiring drives. It was ahiring drivein world trade center in Bangalore. It was a tiresome process that comprised a written round followed by 4rounds of interview.
Skills: Algorithm, data structure
College Name: NA

Skills evaluated in this interview

Software Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

Amazon user image Rajesh Paramanandam

posted on 24 Feb 2017

I was interviewed in Oct 2016.

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Aptitude was quite easy they just asked us basic questions from Math,logical reasoning and english
Tips: Just think well before u do..
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Questions: 40

Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: It was face to face .. the interviewee asked questions from our resume... Since I m from computer science background they asked some technical questions..

Tips: Beware filling ur resume.. they will ask every stuff that you have in resume

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Discussion about my project that i vr done in my final year.they asked me what was my role in my project

College Name: Sri ganesh college of engineering and technology

I applied via Campus Placement

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. Boundary traversal of a tree
  • Ans. 

    Boundary traversal of a tree is the process of visiting the nodes on the boundary of a tree in a specific order.

    • The boundary traversal can be done in three steps: left boundary, leaf nodes, and right boundary.

    • For the left boundary, start from the root and traverse down the left side of the tree until reaching a leaf node.

    • For the leaf nodes, perform an inorder traversal to visit all the leaf nodes of the tree.

    • For the ri...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Find the nearest greater value of a given value in a BST
  • Ans. 

    Find the nearest greater value of a given value in a Binary Search Tree (BST).

    • Start from the root node and compare the given value with the current node's value.

    • If the given value is less than the current node's value, move to the left subtree.

    • If the given value is greater than the current node's value, move to the right subtree.

    • Keep track of the closest greater value encountered while traversing the tree.

    • Return the cl

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. There is an infinite stair case and there are n rounds. in i'th round we can jump i steps at one or discard them. it is given that k'th step is broken , find the max height we can reach with out stepping o...
  • Ans. 

    Given an infinite staircase with a broken kth step, find the maximum height we can reach in n rounds of jumping i steps.

    • We can start by jumping the maximum number of steps in each round until we reach the broken step.

    • After reaching the broken step, we can discard the i steps that would land us on the broken step and jump the remaining steps.

    • We can continue this pattern until we reach the maximum height we can reach wit

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Height h was given and form a binary tree of height h and start combining bottom nodes to form a cone like structure

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: there were 20 MCQ which were on ds , networks and basic coding followed by 2 coding questions.
1) print all the distinct substrings of a given string in lexicographical order
2) find the max i-j value in the given array of 0's and 1's such that there are equal number of zeros and ones, where i is the starting index and j is the ending index of the array.
Tips: make sure that you pass atleast half the test cases for both the question.
Duration: 90 minutes
Total Questions: 22

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: 1) i printed left view then leaves and right view using three level order traversals . he asked me to use one traversal only, then i told him the approach and wrote the working code.
2) told him the approach and coded it.
Tips: look at corner cases properly. the interviewers were friendly, so i felt relaxed.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: 1) i told him a recursive O(2^n) solution, optimised it to O(n^2). he told me to optimise further. Then i finally came up with O(n) solution after 5 min and he was satisfied . i coded it. he was satisfied finally :D .
2) came up with the approach immediately and coded it. he was satisfied.
Tips: he was very particular about corner cases and he checked the code througly tested it on some cases to ensure it was working.

General Tips: be cool. interviewers were friendly. tell them what you are thinking and be clear with the question before answering to avoid wasteage of time.
Skill Tips: solve problems from codechef, spoj and codeforces. solve interview questions from geeksforgeeks and careercup.
Skills: the way you think, coding skills and knowledge on data structures.
Duration: 3
College Name: IIT Roorkee
Motivation: some good seniors got intern, so i was inspired.
Funny Moments: on the interview day a person came into the conference room to call me for interview, i didnt thought he was interviewer. he was very simple, but intelligent and at last i felt like asking him to ask me one more coding question as it was fun solving questions infront of him, but i didnt do that as i was frightened if i would not be able to answer it would be a negative remark :P .

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Data struct,algo,
  • Q2. High level data structs and algos

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Problem Statement
Experience: coding and submission before face to face interview shortlisting
Tips: practice coding ,coding is key to success for SE

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: based on marks ,I was called for F2F
Tips: the ppt was to be submitted explaining the approach

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: a lot of brain storming
Tips: understands the nitty gritty of the structs and algos

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: exact code was to be written instead of pseudo code
Tips: get hold of DS,Algos

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