Western Digital Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

I had applied for the cloud architect role. In the first round of the interviewer took some medium levels. DSA question and asked me to solve.
Since I am a architect, I really do LLD, in my day to day activity. Due to which I couldn't solve the DSA problem fully. I gave a high level pseudo code.

The interviewer politely said that even if you're good architect, your fundamental should be strong.

For the interview next day I got a email confirmation that I have successfully rejected :-)

Q1. Why to join WD?
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WD offers exciting opportunities for growth and innovation in the software engineering field.
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies

• Collaborative and supportive work environment

• Career development and growth opportunities

• Strong company culture and values

• Global presence and diverse projects
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Q2. Detect loop in linked list
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Use Floyd's Tortoise and Hare algorithm to detect loop in linked list.
• Initialize two pointers, slow and fast, at the head of the linked list.

• Move slow pointer by one step and fast pointer by two steps.

• If they meet at any point, there is a loop in the linked list.
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Q3. What are different product of WD?
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WD offers a variety of products including external hard drives, internal hard drives, SSDs, and network attached storage devices.
• External hard drives

• Internal hard drives

• SSDs

• Network attached storage devices
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Q4. Do you want to ask any questions?
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There were aptitude questions and c language output questions and embedded system questions

Q1. Linked list and bit manipulation and one puzzle
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Q1. Bits manipulation and 3 mental ability or you can say aptitude questions
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Q1. Questions with linked list were asked
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Questions on bitmap were asked in round 2