Anchanto Interview Experience (On-Campus 2020)

The interview consisted of 4 rounds: MCQs + Coding + Technical + Technical and HR. The process was entirely virtual and took place on hackerrank platform.

Round 1: This round consisted of 50 Multiple Choice Questions. It was for 3 hours.

1. 25 aptitude questions
2. 25 technical questions from topics like C, C++, DBMS, OS, Networking, etc,

Around 49 out of 119 candidates qualified for the next round.

Round 2: This round consisted of 3 coding questions. It was for 3 hours.

1. Leetcode 741- Cherry Pickup – https://leetcode.com/problems/cherry-pickup/
2. Leetcode 221- Largest Square of all 1’s in a matrix – https://leetcode.com/problems/maximal-square/
3. Medium to hard graph problem (which could be solved by a little of observation + DFS or BFS)

Around 26 candidates were shortlisted for the next round.

Round 3: This was a technical interview round. It lasted for around 45-50 mins. It took place on codepair. The interviewer asked me about:

1. C++ and real-life implementation of OOP
2. DSA: a simple question on Linear Search which had to be improved to Binary Search (analyzing the time complexity is a must)
3. OS: Conditions for Deadlock and its prevention and avoidance
4. DBMS: Joins, intermediate tables, primary key, and foreign key
5. I was asked to explain the code of the first question of the coding round

Around 18 people are qualified for the next round.

Round 4: This was a technical+HR Round. This also took place on codepair. I was asked to explain my project. As I had done two major projects on react.js, I was asked technical questions on the same. The interviewer also asked me one puzzle and a few basic HR Questions. This round lasted for about 40mins.

Around 14 people were selected from my college, and I was one of them 🙂

My advice would be to be strong about the basics and be confident.