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Updated 25 Oct 2023

UKG Senior Database Administrator Interview Experiences

1 interview found

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
-

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Sep 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Database architecture
  • Q2. High availability for database
  • Ans. 

    High availability for database ensures minimal downtime and continuous access to data.

    • Implementing clustering and replication to distribute workload and provide failover

    • Setting up automated backups and monitoring systems to quickly identify and resolve issues

    • Utilizing load balancers to evenly distribute traffic and prevent overload

    • Implementing disaster recovery plans to quickly recover from unexpected outages

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. PostgreSQL streaming replication

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - should have fluently in knowing database architecture and how to set database performance parameters

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I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Jun 2021. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - System test 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Advantage and disadvantage of framework.
  • Ans. 

    Frameworks provide structure and pre-built components for software development, but can also limit flexibility and require learning curve.

    • Advantage: Provides structure and pre-built components for faster development

    • Advantage: Can improve code quality and maintainability

    • Disadvantage: Can limit flexibility and customization

    • Disadvantage: Requires learning curve and potential dependency issues

    • Example: ReactJS provides a fr...

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What is Oops? Advantage and disadvantage
  • Ans. 

    Oops stands for Object-Oriented Programming. It is a programming paradigm that uses objects to represent real-world entities.

    • Advantages: code reusability, modularity, encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism

    • Disadvantages: complexity, steep learning curve, performance overhead

    • Example: creating a class 'Car' with properties like 'make', 'model', and 'year', and methods like 'start_engine' and 'stop_engine'

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare basics in server side and client side coding

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Jul 2021. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Data Structure related questions

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Java related interview questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Study Data structure and Java code properly

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Mar 2021. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic c# questions , few logical and angular questions.
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. DB questions, design patterns, few architectural questions.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Stick to the basics and be concrete on concepts
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. Immediate higher number to right
  • Ans. 

    The immediate higher number to the right of each element in an array

    • Iterate through the array from right to left

    • For each element, compare it with the elements to its right to find the immediate higher number

    • Store the immediate higher number in a new array

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Count pair whose sum is perfect square.
  • Ans. 

    Count pairs in an array whose sum is a perfect square.

    • Iterate through the array and calculate the sum of each pair.

    • Check if the sum is a perfect square using a function.

    • Increment a counter if the sum is a perfect square.

    • Return the final count of pairs.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Parking lot LLD
  • Q4. E Commerce HLD and LLD
  • Q5. Kth largest number in BST
  • Ans. 

    To find the Kth largest number in a Binary Search Tree (BST), we can perform an in-order traversal and keep track of the Kth largest element.

    • Perform an in-order traversal of the BST to get the elements in non-decreasing order.

    • Keep track of the Kth largest element while traversing the BST.

    • Return the Kth largest element once found.

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

I appeared for an interview before Apr 2021.

Round 1 - Video Call 

(2 Questions)

Round duration - 75 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

  • Q1. 

    Triplets with Given Sum Problem

    Given an array or list ARR consisting of N integers, your task is to identify all distinct triplets within the array that sum up to a specified number K.

    Explanation:

    A t...

  • Ans. 

    The task is to identify all distinct triplets within an array that sum up to a specified number.

    • Iterate through the array and use nested loops to find all possible triplets.

    • Keep track of the sum of each triplet and compare it with the target sum.

    • Print the triplet if the sum matches the target sum, else print -1.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. 

    K-th Largest Number in a BST

    Given a binary search tree (BST) consisting of integers and containing 'N' nodes, your task is to find and return the K-th largest element in this BST.

    If there is no K-th la...

  • Ans. 

    Find the K-th largest element in a BST.

    • Perform reverse in-order traversal of the BST to find the K-th largest element.

    • Keep track of the count of visited nodes to determine the K-th largest element.

    • Return -1 if there is no K-th largest element in the BST.

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Video Call 

(2 Questions)

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

  • Q1. Can you design a database schema for a support ticketing system, such as Freshdesk?
  • Ans. 

    Designing a database schema for a support ticketing system like Freshdesk.

    • Create a 'Tickets' table with fields like ticket ID, subject, description, status, priority, etc.

    • Include a 'Users' table for customer and agent information.

    • Establish a 'Categories' table for ticket categorization.

    • Implement a 'Comments' table to track communication history.

    • Utilize foreign keys to establish relationships between tables.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. 

    Count Ways to Reach the N-th Stair Problem Statement

    You are provided with a number of stairs, and initially, you are located at the 0th stair. You need to reach the Nth stair, and you can climb one or tw...

  • Ans. 

    The problem involves counting the number of distinct ways to climb N stairs by taking 1 or 2 steps at a time.

    • Use dynamic programming to solve this problem efficiently.

    • The number of ways to reach the Nth stair is equal to the sum of ways to reach (N-1)th stair and (N-2)th stair.

    • Handle modulo 10^9+7 to avoid overflow issues.

    • Consider base cases for 0th and 1st stair.

    • Optimize the solution by using constant space instead of

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Video Call 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

  • Q1. Can you design the Low-Level Design (LLD) and High-Level Design (HLD) for a system like BookMyShow?
  • Ans. 

    Designing the Low-Level Design (LLD) and High-Level Design (HLD) for a system like BookMyShow.

    • For HLD, identify main components like user interface, booking system, payment gateway, and database.

    • For LLD, break down each component into detailed modules and their interactions.

    • Consider scalability, security, and performance in both designs.

    • Example: HLD - User selects movie -> Booking system checks availability -> Pa...

  • Answered by AI
Round 4 - HR 

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

This was hiring manager round

Round 5 - HR 

Round duration - 20 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

This was culture fit round

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI applied for the job as Senior Software Engineer in HyderabadEligibility criteriaNo criteriaFreshworks interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Data structures, HLD, LLD, Database basics, operating system basicsTime required to prepare for the interview - 4 MonthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : prepare github profile with few good projects
Tip 2 : solve questions from topics like dp, stack, queue, tree
Tip 3 : prepare HLD, LLD

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : add your github profile, competitive coding profiles
Tip 2 : add few achievements like open source contribution, hackathons
Tip 3 : add few personal projects with github link or working site link

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Referral

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Ds related questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be strong in DS and algo and should good logical thinking.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Aug 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. System Design question on designing a Tiny URL
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 were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Few Aptitude and behaviour MCQ questions followed by coding Test

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. 2 round of interview first technical, then managerial round. related with restfull API , CRUD Operations etc
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Introduce yourself, tell about your strength and weakness
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
Selected Selected

I appeared for an interview before Sep 2023.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Hacker rank evaluation with three questions

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Android fundamentals
  • Q2. Lifecycle methods and synchronization
Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Comparator based problem solving
  • Q2. Binary tree based Hashmap question
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Usual behavior fit questions

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