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VMware Software Software Engineer Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 7 Jan 2025

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VMware Software Software Engineer Interview Experiences

7 interviews found

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via campus placement at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Khurda and was interviewed before Jul 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

It happened on a coding platform and there were 3 coding questions of medium to hard difficulty level

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Questions on OOP, OS, DBMS, CN
  • Q2. Reverse linked list in group of k
  • Ans. 

    Reverse linked list in groups of k nodes

    • Iterate through the linked list in groups of k nodes

    • Reverse each group of k nodes using iterative or recursive approach

    • Update the pointers accordingly to reverse the entire linked list in groups of k

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Questions related to the resume, regarding projects
  • Q2. Multiprocessing vs multithreading
  • Ans. 

    Multiprocessing involves multiple processes running concurrently, while multithreading involves multiple threads within a single process.

    • Multiprocessing uses multiple processes to execute tasks simultaneously.

    • Multithreading uses multiple threads within a single process to achieve parallelism.

    • Multiprocessing is more memory-intensive as each process has its own memory space.

    • Multithreading is more lightweight as threads s...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. 2 coding questions (linkedlist and array related)
Round 4 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic HR questions
  • Q2. Products of vmware
  • Ans. 

    VMware offers a range of products including virtualization software, cloud management, networking and security solutions.

    • vSphere

    • NSX

    • vSAN

    • Horizon

    • Workspace ONE

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I was interviewed before Jan 2024.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Two coding questions to solve in 90 minutes.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - please be calm interviewers were friendly

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Sep 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Leetcode medium wasn’t very difficult

Round 2 - Assignment 

I had to do an assignment with an interviewer

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in May 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

General Questions were asked on probability, reasoning, logical etc

Round 3 - Coding Test 

Coding questions were easy to medium. There were 2 questions 1 was easy and other was medium. It had 45 mins as time limit

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well with the CS fundamentals, Have good coding skills, having some knowledge on cloud is a bonus

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Mar 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
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Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Data structure questions on strings, DP
  • Q2. C++ outputs on constructors
  • Ans. 

    C++ constructors can output messages to the console using cout or printf.

    • Constructors can be used to initialize member variables and allocate memory.

    • Outputting messages in constructors can be useful for debugging and logging.

    • Example: class Person { public: Person() { cout << "Person object created."; } };

    • Example: class Car { public: Car() { printf("Car object created.\n"); } };

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Coding Test 

1 hour duration, bit maps, strings, domain knowledge

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Coding, domain knowledge, communication skills, confidence

Skills evaluated in this interview

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I was interviewed before Mar 2021.

Round 1 - Face to Face 

(3 Questions)

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Technical interview round with questions based on DSA and OOPS.

  • Q1. How do you dynamically allocate a 2D array in C?
  • Q2. What are virtual functions in C++?
  • Q3. What are virtual base classes?
Round 2 - Face to Face 

(4 Questions)

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Technical interview round with questions based on OS/Networking etc.

  • Q1. What is the system call that creates a separate connection?
  • Q2. What does the epoll_wait() system call do?
  • Q3. What are the different protocols used in the transport layer?
  • Q4. What is the difference between TCP and UDP?
Round 3 - Face to Face 

(4 Questions)

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Technical interview round with questions based on Networking etc.

  • Q1. What is the purpose of ICMP?
  • Q2. What are the types of connection release supported by TCP?
  • Q3. What protocols are used by the MAC layer?
  • Q4. What is the ARP protocol?

Interview Preparation Tips

Eligibility criteriaAbove 7 CGPAVMware Software India Private Limited interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Data Structures, Algorithms, System Design, Networking, OOPSTime required to prepare for the interview - 6 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Must do Previously asked Interview as well as Online Test Questions.
Tip 2 : Go through all the previous interview experiences from Codestudio and Leetcode.
Tip 3 : Do at-least 2 good projects and you must know every bit of them.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Have at-least 2 good projects explained in short with all important points covered.
Tip 2 : Every skill must be mentioned.
Tip 3 : Focus on skills, projects and experiences more.

Final outcome of the interviewRejected

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Interview Preparation Tips

General Tips: Just be confident. You may not be able to answer all the questions correctly. If you don't know the answer&#44; be honest and confidently answer the questions that you know.
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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Sep 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. Explain OOPS concept and how you apply it in your implementation
  • Ans. 

    OOPS is a programming paradigm based on the concept of objects, which can contain data in the form of fields and code in the form of procedures.

    • OOPS focuses on the concept of classes and objects

    • Encapsulation: bundling data and methods that operate on the data within a single unit

    • Inheritance: allows a class to inherit properties and behavior from another class

    • Polymorphism: ability to present the same interface for diffe...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Difference between Comparable and Comparator. Difference between Abstract Class and Interface
  • Ans. 

    Comparable is an interface used for natural ordering, Comparator is an interface used for custom ordering. Abstract class can have method implementations, Interface cannot.

    • Comparable interface is used to define the natural ordering of objects. Example: String class implements Comparable interface for natural ordering based on alphabetical order.

    • Comparator interface is used to define custom ordering of objects. Example:...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Given a string. Find the number of occurrences of each character
  • Ans. 

    Count occurrences of each character in a given string

    • Create an array to store the count of each character

    • Iterate through the string and increment the count of each character in the array

    • Return the array with counts for each character

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Given an array. Remove the number of duplicates
  • Ans. 

    Remove duplicates from an array of strings

    • Iterate through the array and store each element in a set to keep track of unique values

    • Create a new array with the unique values from the set

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. Given a student object having name and grade data variables. Sort the object on the basis of highest grade.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Data structure related question

Round 2 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. Quesitions related to data structure, cloud
  • Q2. Find the second highest integer
  • Ans. 

    To find the second highest integer in an array, sort the array in descending order and return the second element.

    • Sort the array in descending order

    • Return the second element in the sorted array

    • Handle edge cases like duplicates or small arrays

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Question related to two sum
  • Q4. Some sliding window problems
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. General Behavioral Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare for the basics

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Dec 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Explain microservices.
  • Q2. OOPS

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - This was a contract-based position, so just 1 round of interviews was conducted.

VMware Software Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in VMware Software Software Engineer interview?
VMware Software interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the VMware Software interview process are Coding Test, Technical and Resume Shortlist.
How to prepare for VMware Software Software Engineer interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at VMware Software. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at VMware Software expect are VMware, Python, Automation, C++ and Open Source.
What are the top questions asked in VMware Software Software Engineer interview?

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