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Updated 4 Apr 2024

Zendesk Senior Software Engineer Interview Experiences

1 interview found

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I appeared for an interview before Apr 2023.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Given a string with parenthesis, return if the parenthesis are balanced or not.
  • Ans. 

    Check if a string with parenthesis is balanced

    • Use a stack to keep track of opening parenthesis

    • Iterate through the string and push opening parenthesis onto the stack

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

    • If stack is empty at the end and all parenthesis are matched, return true

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Design an login/register authentication system.
  • Ans. 

    Design a secure login/register authentication system.

    • Use strong encryption algorithms like bcrypt for storing passwords.

    • Implement multi-factor authentication for added security.

    • Utilize HTTPS protocol to ensure data transmission is secure.

    • Implement rate limiting to prevent brute force attacks.

    • Use CAPTCHA to prevent automated account creation.

    • Store user credentials in a secure database with proper access controls.

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Culture fit questions

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Why are women still asked such personal questions in interview?
I recently went for an interview… and honestly, m still trying to process what just happened. Instead of being asked about my skills, experience, or how I could add value to the company… the questions took a totally unexpected turn. The interviewer started asking things like When are you getting married? Are you engaged? And m sure, if I had said I was married, the next question would’ve been How long have you been married? What does my personal life have to do with the job m applying for? This is where I felt the gender discrimination hit hard. These types of questions are so casually thrown at women during interviews but are they ever asked to men? No one asks male candidates if they’re planning a wedding or how old their kids are. So why is it okay to ask women? Can we please stop normalising this kind of behaviour in interviews? Our careers shouldn’t be judged by our relationship status. Period.
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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

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I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Sep 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Java OOPS, collections, and some basic SQL

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Just be relaxed and calm. The interview is easy checking your fundamentals.

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

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Jul 2018. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. As I was interviewed for dotnet developer so my intertview started with OOPS Fundamentals like Abstraction,Encapsulation, Inhertiance, and Polymorphism.

Interview Preparation Tips

General Tips: My interview experience was very smooth.
Went in morning and by Afternoon I was selected for the role.
Within 1 week got offer letter.

Always show your confidence while answering.
Explain all the questions with some real-life example(specially in case of oops principles).
Give as many interviews as possible as that's the best learning.
Skills: Communication, Problem Solving
Duration: <1 week

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jul 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Related to your technology.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Technical rounds would be based on the interviewer and the difficulty would be from good to higher side.
Would suggest the candidate should represent the actual experience with the interviewer.
Be real and emphasise on the challenges that you faced in your current company and how you handled it. It's not always that you have to show yourself as extra smart or hardworking candidate, do share your failure experiences and how it helped you to identify the reasons for the failures.
Lastly again I would say be real and true to your CV.

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
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I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Apr 2021. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Introduction to yourself.
  • Ans. First of all, we need to give a detailed introduction about yourself, explain your all projects and your roles and responsibility, it gives clarity to the interviewer to ask you relevant questions. if you don't remember something it's ok you can skip it by saying genuine reason, whatever is mentioned in cv you should be aware of it.
  • Answered by Antima Rai

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Wear your formal attire, briefly explain about yourself initially while giving an introduction, answer all questions even not able to answer don't panic, be patient and calm till the end, ask useful questions at the end, follow up after two days for interview feedback.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. All technical questions not even single irrelevant question.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Jan 2022. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - Coding Test 

Some medium level questions related to trees.

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Questions related to java and memory management
  • Q2. Question related to java and garbage collectikn
Round 4 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. More depth question related to technologies my previous projects
Round 5 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary and documents related discussion

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - The interview experience was good can rhing if you are technology lover. Hike here is a bit issue

Zendesk Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Zendesk Senior Software Engineer interview?
Zendesk interview process usually has 3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Zendesk interview process are Technical and HR.
How to prepare for Zendesk Senior 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 Zendesk. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Zendesk expect are Customer Service, Selection Process, Javascript, MySQL and Customer Experience.
What are the top questions asked in Zendesk Senior Software Engineer interview?

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  1. Given a string with parenthesis, return if the parenthesis are balanced or n...read more
  2. Design an login/register authentication syst...read more
  3. Culture fit questi...read more

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