Cimpress Interview Experience for Software Engineer (On-Campus)

Cimpress visited our campus on December 13, 2023, for the position of Software Engineer at a CTC of 12LPA(Fixed). It comprised 3 rounds. 1 coding round(1 hr and 15 mins) and 2 technical rounds. It was an offline drive.

Round 1: Coding Round (3 questions)

• The first question was an easy-level question based on array
• The second question was a two-pointer-based, easy question
• The last question was a priority-queue-based medium-level question

I was able to solve the first and third questions but missed one test case in the second question. Out of 350+ students, 40 were selected for the technical interviews to be held the next day.

Round 2: Technical Interview

The interview consisted of questions from various core subjects like Database Management System, Computer Networks, Operating System, and Object Oriented Programming. For coding, he asked me to implement Merge Sort and Quick Sort. The interviewer was friendly.

In Database Management System, he asked me to design the schema of a Car Distributor Company, Discussed Normalization issues with the schema that I made and asked to write relevant queries.

In Computer Networks, He asked simple questions regarding TCP/IP, OSI model and UDP.

In Opeating System, Questions related to Semaphores, Mutex and Locks were asked.

In Object Oriented Programming, Questions on the Pillars of OOPs and Diamond Problems were discussed

Round 3: Technical Interview

It is very dynamic and depends entirely on the interviewer. The interviewer can ask you anything in-depth. It can be about your project or system design or some decent coding questions. Be sure to know thoroughly about everything that you have mentioned in your resume.

I was asked thoroughly about my project and system design.

In terms of project, I was asked to draw to schema of the database, Questions regarding the approach and tech stack used.

In terms of System Design, I was asked both theoretical questions as well as to design an e-commerce website.