Apps Associates Interview Experience for Software Engineer

A total of 150-200 students from CS/IT appeared for the On-campus recruitment process, Out of which 5 were selected. The process involved a total of Four rounds. I will try to walk you through my experience and also give you some tips/advice for each round.

Round 1: Online Test

• There are three Sections.
• The First Section was Based on Aptitude and covered some of the Topics like Quants..etc.
• The Second was Computer Fundamentals and also covered programming concepts in Data structures, DBMS, and other concepts
• Pseudo Code based MCQ Questions on Java and SQL only.
• The Best part is there are no coding questions in the test and all are mcq based questions.

Tips for this round: 

• You must be very good at Programming Concepts and aptitude.
• Must have a strong knowledge of Core Java, and SQL.
• Stay calm at the time of the test. Just do your best.

Round 2: Technical Interview – 1

Time: 50 mins

• 1 . Self Introduction – Based on the mentioned programming languages questions were asked.
• 2 . Questions on Project – What are your role and responsibilities
• 3 . Asked me to write the code of the project. – Abstract Code is written and Explained to TR.
• 4 . What is C?
• 5 . Call by Value and Call by Reference.
• 6 . Dynamic Memory Allocation
• 7 . OOPS concept and Entire Classification of the concepts with examples.
• 8 . Asked about my Certifications.
• 9 . Asked questions on my strengths.
• 10. Data Structures and Entire Classification of every concept with examples.
• 11. Difference between Malloc() and Calloc().
• 12. Constructor
• 13. Inheritance
• 14. Access Specifiers
• 15. Pointers and uses
• 16. Asked questions about my achievements.
• 17. Asked questions about my hobbies.
• 18. Data Types and their differences.
• 19. Is Python a Pure Object Oriented Programming language? Explain why?
• 20. Method Overloading v/s Method Overriding
• 21. #include and <iostream> means
• 22. SQL definition and various commands in SQL brief classification Like – DML , and DCL.
• 23. Create table syntax.

Tips for this round: 

• Prepare the core subjects (DBMS, OOPS).
• Prepare everything mentioned in the resume and SD.
• The panel has Two TR’S. One had the experience of 10 years and another TR has an experience of 4-5 years.
• Technical Interview 1 is the most important many candidates were rejected in this round.
• Be confident and accept your mistake humbly if you don’t know a few answers or you tell wrong answers.
• The TR was very friendly our interview went like a discussion and also he supported me when I get fumbled.

Round 3: Technical Interview – 2

Time: 20 mins

• Self Introduction
• Questions on Project
• Role in the project
• Various software installations and any commands used to install the software
• How did you connect the databases?
• Why did you choose the software industry?

Tips for this round:

• Prepare everything mentioned in the resume and SD.
• The panel has Two TR’S. One had the experience of 10 years and another TR has an experience of 4-5 years.
• Compared to Technical Interview 1 this round is quite easy.
• Be confident and accept your mistake humbly if you don’t know a few answers or you tell wrong answers.
• The TR was very friendly our interview went like a discussion and also he supported me when I get fumbled.

Round 3: Vise President Round

Time: 30 mins

• Tell me about yourself and your family background
• What are your hobbies
• Do you have any offers in hand
• Are you planning to go abroad for higher studies
• What languages are you familiar with
• Why python
• The logic for the vowel-consonant count and reverse of string (without inbuilt functions)
• Garbage collection in Java
• Dcl & tcl commands
• All SQL commands
• Role of Rollback and commit
• Primary key, unique key, and foreign key
• Drop, delete, and truncate
• Need of pass statement in Python
• Namespaces in Python and types
• What are various applications which we will be using in our everyday life
• What are the applications of SAAS, PAAS, IAAS
• What is SAAS
• What is the functionality and operations of SAAS
• Order by clause
• Difference between drop, delete, Truncate
• Among drop, delete, and truncate which commands will be rollbacked
• What are commit and rollback and their importance
• What is cloud
• Advantages of cloud
• Importance of indentation in Python
• Data mining and data warehousing
• Are you willing to relocate?

Tips for this round: .

• Prepare everything mentioned in SD.
• The panel has Vise President.
• Research about the company and Responsibilities.
• The company is very particular when selecting candidates.
• Be confident and Genuine more important accept your mistake humbly if you don’t know a few answers or you tell wrong answers..