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Ist round consisted of 3 sections–>
- Aptitude(30 mins)—> WAS A TOUGH NUT TO CRACK GIVEN THE TIME CONSTRAINTS.
- Technical Aptitude(30 mins)
- One coding question(20 mins).
12 were shortlisted for the next round.
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1st round( F2F Technical):
- Tell me something about yourself.
- A lengthy discussion on my summer project(and some questionnaire on that)
- What is virtual memory and real memory in Windows OS?
- Proc file-system in Linux.
- Why do we use & in scanf and not in printf?
- Some queries in SQL like Find top n rankers in the class of students.
- What is normalization? why required? Normal forms with examples?
- Deletion, insertion and detect a loop in a linked list?
- Function overloading concepts?
- TCP/IP stack with the functionality of each layer.
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2nd round(F2F HR):
- Tell me something about yourself.
- Was asked to write a paragraph on a given topic.
- Where do you want to see yourself after 5 years?
- Why DE Shaw?
- What is your vision?
- Some commonplace puzzles.
After this round 3 were shortlisted for the final round.
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Final round(F2F technical):
- Tell me something about yourself?
- A coding problem similar to sum tree.
- Implement Set class in C++.
- What are different protocols you are aware of?
- What are DNS,DHCP,etc.?
- Is DNS a protocol or a service?
Finally they selected 2 out of 3 and I was the one not selected.
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Tips:
Only Hard work and Practice helps.Please be thorough with the OS,DBMS,N/W.
Luck plays its role too on interview day 🙂
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D E Shaw Interview Experience | Set 14 (On-Campus)
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