Accolite Digital Interview Experience For SWE (On-Campus) 2023

Accolite Digital came to our college to hire FTE on 20 November 2023.

There were 5 rounds in total and only 3 branches were allowed (CS, IT, ENTC)

Round 1 (Online MCQ + 1 Coding Question):

30 MCQs (DBMS, DSA, OS, SQL, CN) + 1 Coding Question based on 2D Matrix.

Around 600 students registered for the drive, Out of that only 10 were selected for Interviews.

Round 2 (Technical Interview – 1):

This round lasted around 1 hour. Firstly, the Interviewer asked me to introduce myself. Then he started asking me CN concepts like What is IP address? and I was not able to answer it, I said “I don’t know”. He said, “Okay let’s move forward”. Then he asked some basic DSA Questions related to stack, queue, and BST. Then he gave me one coding question to solve. “Longest Common Subsequence”. I explained starting with brute force then he asked me to optimize it. But it took me a little long. Then he gave me another question “Maximum Subarray Sum”. I was able to solve it with both brute force and optimal. Finally, He asked me about my recent project. I explained about my Cloud computing project and how I used all the services provided by AWS. In that I explained how to extract IP addresses and use them to host applications, Out of Surprise he asked me why I was not able to answer What is an IP address then I concluded that Initially, I was nervous he gave a smile and said okay I am good with your interview and asked if I had any questions.

After this round 7 out of 10 were shortlisted for further rounds.

Round 3 (Technical Interview – 2):

This round lasted around 50 minutes. Starting with the Introduction, She asked me some Java and OOP concepts like Interface, Class, Inheritance, etc. Then she gave me one coding question on “Doubly Linked List”, then one question on “Number of Unique Characters” third on Interview on the same day, But I didn’t receive it. I waited for about 2 days and then out of a sudden, I received it around 2:00 pm and an Interview was scheduled for friends , at 4:30 pm.

After this round 5 out of 7 were shortlisted for further rounds.

Round 3 (Technical Interview – 3):

This round lasted around 45 minutes. Starting with Introduction, He gave me one coding question. In which he provided me with 2 requirements,

• I have to store the given strings in any Data Structure like a map, or a set.
• I have to find the key where it is present out of two strings. I was able to give him Brute Force Solution, But he was expecting an optimal solution. So the discussion on this problem lasted for more than 30 minutes. And last he suggested I work on my communication skills. After the interview ended, I got the mail for the HR round brute-force solution within 15 minutes.

In all the Interviews more focus was on DSA and not on Projects and Tech Stack used in Projects, Also the Interviewers were very supportive. They gave hints from point to point where needed.

After this round 3 out of 5 were shortlisted for further rounds.

Round 4 (HR Interview):

This round lasted for 20 minutes. Common HR Questions were asked like

• Introduction.
• Strengths and Weaknesses.
• Challenges faced in my life.

On the next day we got results. All 3 were selected. and I was one of them.

I am immensely grateful for the invaluable support that GeeksforGeeks Problem of the Day (POTD) has provided me. The majority of the questions I encountered were sourced from GFG, and solving them has significantly contributed to my learning journey. The structured and comprehensive format of the questions has been instrumental in enhancing my problem-solving skills. Thank you, GeeksforGeeks, for being an indispensable part of my learning experience!