HackWithInfy SES(Systems Engineer Specialist) Interview Experience 2020
Difficulty level: Easy
Round- 1 Coding Round
The Coding round was held on the HackerEarth platform on 30th March 2020. It comprises 3 questions that vary in difficulty level. The time allotted to solve these questions is 3 hrs. I solved 1.5 questions and received invitation for 2nd round.
Round-2: Coding Round
This Coding round was held on the same HackerEarth platform on 31st May 2020. It also comprises 3 questions but the level of the questions increases. In this round, you won’t able to see the number of test cases your code has passed while submitting . Based on the performance one can be offered System Engineer Role (SE) , Systems Engineer Specialist Role (SES) or Power Programmer Role (PP).
I solved 1.5 questions and received a Pre-Placement Interview call for Systems Engineer Specialist role.
Round-3: Interview:
Due to the ongoing pandemic my Interview was held virtually on 27th September 2020 on Infosys Meridian platform and it lasted for around 25 minutes. I was asked to show my college id before starting the interview .
Interviewer: Tell me something about yourself.
Me: Answered.
Interviewer: What are your favourite subjects in Computer Science & Engineering?
Me: DS,JAVA,OS,DBMS,OOPS, Software Engineering
Interviewer: What is DS and its types?
Me: Answered.
Interviewer: What is Stack and why is it called LIFO?
Me: Explained.
Interviewer: What are the applications of Stack ?
Me: Answered.
Interviewer: Which operations can be performed on Stack?
Me: Explained.
Interviewer: What is linked list , its types and what are its applications?
Me: Answered.
Interviewer: What are the differences between Array and Linked List ?
Me: Explained.
Interviewer: What is Queue, its types and why it is called FIFO?
Me: Explained.
Interviewer: Which operations can be performed on Queue ?
Me: Explained.
Interviewer: What are the applications of Queue?
Me: Answered.
Interviewer: How can we implement a stack using queue?
Me: Explained.
You can refer to this link for better understanding https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/implement-stack-using-queue/.
Interviewer: What tree is DS? What are the differences between binary tree and binary search tree?
Me: explained.
You can refer to this link https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/difference-between-binary-tree-and-binary-search-tree/
Interviewer: Do you know what is AVL tree?
Me: yes, and explained him.
Interviewer: What is SDLC and what are its basic stages?
Me: SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) is the process of developing software through business needs, analysis, design, implementation and Release and maintenance. It has 6 phases: Planning And Requirement Analysis, Defining Requirements, Designing Architecture, Developing Product, Product Testing and Integration ,Deployment and Maintenance Of Product.
Interviewer: What are the different models of SDLC?
Me: Waterfall model, Agile model, Iterative model, Spiral model etc.
Interviewer: Explain Waterfall model.
Me: Explained.
Interviewer: What is OS?
Me: Answered.
Interviewer: As a computer science engineer name a software which is very essential in real life?
Me: OS and explained.
Interviewer: Tell me about your extracurricular activities.
Me: Answered.
Interviewer: Do you have any plans for higher studies?
Me: I said not now as I want to explore myself in the corporate world and after 3-4 years I will think of it.
Interviewer: Are you comfortable with travelling and stay to different locations?
Me: yes
Interviewer: what is the meaning of your name?
Me: My name is Aishwarya and it means wealth.
Interviewer: Do you have any question for me?
Me: Thank you for giving me this opportunity. I would like to know what attributes does someone need to have in order to be really successful in this position.
I received my Selection Letter from Infosys for SES role after 2 months .
I prepared for my interview from this link: https://discuss.codechef.com/t/preparation-for-se-ses-pp-interview-hack-with-infy-and-infytq/70917
Tips:
- Prepare your Resume well enough as they mainly ask questions from it.
- Have a strong grip on core CS subjects like OOPS,DBMS,OS.
- Don’t panic before preparing.
- If you get any coding question to solve, apart from coding you try to tell each and every line to the interviewer it reflects your logical ability.
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