Round 1(Aptitude, MCQ): Duration: 30 mins
- The first round consists of 30 MCQs to be solved within 30 minutes in the Eduthrill platform.
- The topics covered were mostly Data Structures, Operating Systems, Database Management Systems, Networks, and general aptitude.
- The questions were of Medium level difficulty.
- I got selected for the next round as I had been well prepared in the concepts.
Round 2(Coding Round): Duration: 1 hour
- The second round consisted of a single question of medium level. It went on the Codelyser platform and the question was somewhat similar to this :
- https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/count-minimum-steps-get-given-desired-array/amp/
- I solved the question within 30 minutes and got selected for the next round.
Round 3(Technical Interview 1): Duration: 1 hour
The Technical interview happened via Google meet conferencing. The interviewer was very friendly and I was able to answer the questions with ease. The questions asked by the interviewer were from Data Structures and other topics specified in my resume as Area of interest. Then I was given some coding questions of easy level to be solved. Some of them are :
- https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/program-for-armstrong-numbers/amp/
- https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/reverse-a-linked-list/amp/
I solved it with ease. Soon after the interview, I got a mail stating I got selected for the next round on the next day.
Round 4(Technical Interview 2): Duration: 1 hour
- The second round of the technical interview also happened via Google meet conferencing.
- The Questions asked were from Data Structures (mainly Tree concepts, Sorting and Collections framework ), Operating Systems, and OOPs.
- Then the interviewer asked about my projects and I explained it.
Questions:
- Explain the difference between an ArrayList and LinkedList.
- Different Sorting algorithms and which one has the lowest stability.
- Paging, Segmentation and thrashing concepts .
- Abstraction and why do we need abstraction in day-to-day life.
- Preferred language of coding.
- Finally a coding question was given to be solved . The link for the question is: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/look-and-say-sequence/amp/
- Explaining the time complexity of the given coding question.
I solved the coding question and a few hours later I got a call for the final HR round on the same day.
Round 5(HR Interview): Duration: 30 minutes
- The final HR round began with self – introduction and went around asking about my hobbies and how I work under pressure.
- Questions about the company were asked and I was able to answer all of the questions.
- Certain scenario based questions were asked and after that the interview was over.
Final Verdict: Selected
Takeaway :
- Always be well-prepared with the basics.
- Interview Etiquette matters.
- Don’t be tensed during the interview .
- Wear a smile despite whatever the result.