Increff Interview Experience for SDE(UI) Internship + FTE (On-Campus)

The cutoff was 7.0 GPA. I was eligible for the Online Test.

There were 4 rounds in total:

1. Psychometric Test
2. Online Assessment(Technical MCQs, Aptitude, and Coding)
3. Technical Interview-I
4. Technical Interview-II

Round 1 – Psychometric Test: The process started off with a Psychometric test(50Q in 12 minutes). Candidates who clear this test, have to go through the online assessment.

Round 2 – Online Assessment: It consisted of 10 Tech MCQs(OS, DBMS, CN) , 10 Quantitative Aptitude MCQs along with 2 coding questions. Aptitude questions were of easy-medium level. Managing time is the key here.

Coding questions:

1. Minimum number of 1s that are needed to express a positive number in terms of special number. A special number is a number that consists of only 1s. Example: 1, -11, 111… etc. 

Input: 32
Output: 7
Explanation: 11(2 1's) + 11(2 1's) + 11(2 1's) + (-1) (1 1's)
Input: 19
Output: 5
Explanation: 11(2 1's) + 11(2 1's) + -1(1 1's) + -1 (1 1's) + -1 (1 1's)

My understanding: It looked like a Coin Change problem with negative coins. Although I went in that direction, it didn’t work. I skipped this question.

2. Simple hashmap question

I cleared the online assessment along with 46 other students(who applied for various roles). I was shortlisted for a physical interview. 

Technical Interview – I: It lasted for around 30 minutes.

Questions: 

• Tell me about yourself
• Summary of my most recent project

Puzzle question: 
Print the sequence without using a loop
Input: 16
Output: 16 11 6 1 -4 1 6 11 16
Hint: Use recursion

Pairing problem: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/friends-pairing-problem/

Find Peak Element: https://leetcode.com/problems/find-peak-element

I couldn’t arrive at a solution for the Pairing Problem, even though the interviewer gave a few hints. He told me to give it another try for some 2 minutes, because he told me that I was close. When I asked him for feedback at the end, he told me “For the role you have applied, you have good DSA skills”. I thought I did well, until the moment they announced that I was rejected.

Technical Interview – II: I got to know this from my friend who cleared the previous round.

Apparently, it consisted of a design round. The question was to design an E-Commerce website. They asked only the approach and a few questions like “If a user hasn’t logged in and wants to buy a product, how would you redirect him?” etc.

My experience: It was my very first interview and I had hoped that I would clear it. Although I did around 290 problems on LeetCode, I was unable to solve just one question due to which I was rejected unfortunately.

Don’t give up and keep practicing : )