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Updated 21 Oct 2024

Western Digital Senior Engineer Interview Experiences

3 interviews found

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Python overview and oops concept

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Microcontroller and other architecture
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Python coding quesions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Best Company to work.

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jul 2021. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Basics of Sequential circuit and logical questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Stick to the basics and never lose the ground.

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I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed in Jun 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Questions on OS Concepts like synchronization, race condition, deadlock etc. Questions on storage classifiers in C, Bit manipulation and data structures. Two coding questions: Power of 2, Reverse a string.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Focus on operating systems, basics of C, data structures. Domain knowledge is also important. Good knowledge of your projects.

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Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. All technical questions raised

Senior Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

HP India user image Abhishek Bandejia

posted on 5 Feb 2015

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Coding questions on data structures and oops
  • Q2. Various questions on cv, projects, por's, etc

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Questions were normal like any other aptitude or coding tests.
Tips: Time given was enough for other sections but you need to hurry a little in aptitude part.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 60

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The questions were basic, some where well known like reversing a link list using recursion, designing of car parking lot using concept of oops, find tree height/diameter, etc.
Tips: 1. They ask you to write complete code on paper. This sometimes turn out to be a challenging task when you don't have compiler to correct you on basic things. Practice writing codes on paper.
2. They surely ask questions on oops, like polymorphism, inheritance, etc. besides their definition, also practice writing sudo codes to explain them

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Mainly i was asked questions on my internship experience and POR's.
Tips: They will try to grill you on some questions like 'Why we should hire you?', have a clear reason in your mind. Your other answers should not contradict with your reasons

General Tips: I don't know about other colleges but HP recruits small number of students from my university. Coding questions were average level and can easily be tackled. Many students were rejected after HR interview so don't take it lightly. They do grill you in a very good style if they are in doubt about your selection
Skills: willingness, Enthusiasm, Coding skills, Aptitude skills
College Name: IIT Guwahati

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Stge concepts, vSAN, RAID, basic testing, OS concepts, NVMe, SATA, SAS

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed before Aug 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. About my last job description

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Says limited and point to point thing, and be clear....

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Oct 2021. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

They ask to many technical question and ask to code also

Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

They ask for your background and thing you learnt in your past

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - work hard on your interview. they ask too much technical question.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Feb 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

It was 1 coding question with 10 test cases. They asked a question based on binary search. I got 3 hrs to clear that test. I went in as a campus fresher. For lateral joinees, it is a much more difficult question that you have to clear in 4hrs.

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What's the best way to find majority element in an array?
  • Ans. 

    The best way to find the majority element in an array is by using the Boyer-Moore Voting Algorithm.

    • Initialize a candidate variable and a count variable.

    • Iterate through the array and for each element:

    • - If the count is 0, set the current element as the candidate.

    • - If the current element is the same as the candidate, increment the count.

    • - Otherwise, decrement the count.

    • After the iteration, the candidate will be the ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Reverse a linked list in K groups.
  • Ans. 

    Reverse a linked list in K groups

    • Iterate through the linked list in groups of size K

    • Reverse each group of nodes using a temporary pointer

    • Connect the reversed groups to form the final reversed linked list

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Samsung Research Senior Engineer interview:
  • DSA
  • Algorithms
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Have strong DSA skills.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

1. Revere Linked List
2. Maximum water in a container

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. 1. ArrayList 2. Types of locaters in Appium 3. D/b UI automator1 and ui Automator 2?
  • Ans. 

    ArrayList is a resizable array implementation in Java. Appium locators include ID, name, class name, xpath, etc. UI Automator 1 and 2 are tools for testing Android apps.

    • ArrayList is a dynamic array that can grow or shrink in size. Example: ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<>();

    • Appium locators include ID, name, class name, xpath, etc. Example: driver.findElement(By.id("elementID"));

    • UI Automator 1 is a t...

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Aptitude Test 

1. What is same for you and even for PM of US?

Skills evaluated in this interview

Western Digital Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Western Digital Senior Engineer interview?
Western Digital interview process usually has 3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Western Digital interview process are Technical and Coding Test.
How to prepare for Western Digital Senior 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 Western Digital. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Western Digital expect are C++, Embedded Systems, Firmware, Python and Circuit Designing.
What are the top questions asked in Western Digital Senior Engineer interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Western Digital Senior Engineer interview -

  1. Questions on OS Concepts like synchronization, race condition, deadlock etc. Qu...read more
  2. Basics of Sequential circuit and logical questi...read more
  3. Microcontroller and other architect...read more

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