Interview Experience by Devinder Kumar | On Campus - Nov 2020

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Junior Engineer Associate

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3 rounds | 5 Coding problems

Devinder Kumar

Fresher | Nov 2020

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Interview preparation journey

Preparation

Duration: 2.5 Months

Topics: Java, Data Structures, OOPS, HTML5, DBMS

Tip

Tip 1 : Be well prepared about your projects and their workings, as they will be giving attention to even small details of your projects.
Tip 2 : You must have good aptitude as interviewer will be asking a couple of puzzles.
Tip 3 : Focus on Data Structures and Algorithms.

Application process

Where: Campus

Eligibility: Above 6.50 CGPA

Resume tip

Tip 1 : Be Honest with your Resume and don not write stuff that is false about you as most of the questions are asked on things you have written in your Resume.
Tip 2 : In your Resume have at least 2 major projects that you are confident about, as initially questions will be on your projects.

Interview rounds

Round

Medium

Online Coding Interview

Duration120 Minutes

Interview date24 Nov 2020

Problems1

Round 1 online test started in evening at 5 p.m on Hirepro platform. It was Video and audio proctored exam.

STRING KA KHEL

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Round

Hard

Video Call

Duration60 minutes

Interview date26 Nov 2020

Problems3

Interview started at around 10am on Microsoft Teams meeting. The Interviewer was very friendly. First he asked about me so as to ease my interview stress. Then he started with questions on my projects.

Reverse Linked List

Given a singly linked list of integers. Your task is to return the head of the reversed linked list.

For example:

The given linked list is 1 -> 2 ->...

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Puzzles

Seven unit Gold bar puzzle
An employee works for an employer for 7 days. The employer has a gold rod of 7 units. How does the employer pay to the employee, so that the number of employee’s units increases by one at the end of each day. The employer can make at most 2 cuts in the rod.

How do we measure 45 minutes using two identical wires, given each one takes an hour to bu...

DBMS Questions

Questions were asked based on Joins in DBMS.

Round

Medium

HR Round

Duration60 minutes

Interview date26 Nov 2020

Problems1

HR round started on the same day as Technical round.

Basic HR Questions

If you won a Rs.10-crore lottery, would you still work?

Give me an example of your creativity.

What makes you happy?

Problem approach

Tip 1 : Be honest with whatever you say. If they ask you a situation based question and ask you if anything has happened with you in real life then be honest as they check honesty.
Tip 2 : Be confident in what you say.