Indus Valley Partners Interview Experience for Associate Software Developer | On-Campus 2021

Eligibility Criteria: Throughout 65% (10th,12th, UG, and PG individually)

Round 1: The first round comprised of 65 MCQ questions (Test Duration: 65 minutes):

• This round consisted of objective Single choice questions on 4 sections – SQL, OOPS, C#, JavaScript in the Mettl Test platform.
• You can shift to any section.
• There was no negative marking.
• The test was not procured.

Round 2(Technical Interview Round-1): The interview started with Tell me about yourself.

• Explain OOPs Concept.
• Why are abstract classes needed over interface? (Explained with real-life example)
• I was asked to share my screen and write a code of merge sort on online ide.
• A is Base class and B is Derived Class Then which are valid Statements?

      A a1=new A();  //Valid
  
      A a2=new B();  //Valid
  
      B b1=new B(); //Valid
  
      B b2=new A(); //Invalid        

• How to get a third-last element of the linked list? ( You are not given the size of the linked list.)
• Every element appears thrice except one element. Solve it in 0(N) Time complexity with no restriction on space complexity.

      Input: [2,2,2,1,3,3,3]
  
      Output:1

• How will you fetch your name using the MongoDB query? (I have mentioned MongoDb in my resume.)
• What is left join on these two tables?

            Table A       Table B
  
            1              1
  
            2              2
  
            3              3
  
            3              4
  
           Ans:
  
            1               1
  
            2               2
  
            3               3
  
            3               3

• You have to distribute 17 horses to three persons where A gets 1/2 horses B gets 1/3 and C gets 1/9.

  A=ceil(17/2)=9 horses
  B=ceil(17/3)=6 horses
  C=ceil(17/9)=2 horses
  9+6+2=17

The interview Duration was 35-40 minutes.

Round-3 (Technical Interview Round-2)

• I was asked which programming language I am comfortable with. ( I told Java)
• Why do you need a protected modifier and explain with real-life examples?
• Why do you need interfaces in java?
• Can you create an object of the parent class with reference to the child class? (Ans: No)
• What is function overloading?
• Can we overload the function with the same name and signature but a different return type? (Ans: No)

      int fun(int a);
  
      String fun(int a);

• Sir shared his screen and I need to tell the output of the Program. (Question was on Dynamic polymorphism).
• Difference between centralized and noncentralized Databases?
• I was asked to write a join query. Sir has shared his screen to show me tables which I need to join.

The interview Duration was 20-25 minutes.

Round 4(HR Round): I was asked to read my resume for her.

• I was asked do I know what will be my job responsibilities.
• She asked me do I know the names of my interviews in Round 1 and Round 2.
• Explain Academics projects.
• Explain Internships.
• Have you ever worked in a team? Then what do you do in case of conflict?
• I was asked if I have any questions for her. (I asked one).

The interview Duration was 10-15 minutes.

Tips: Read your resume before the interview. Be calm & answer politely.

Verdict: Selected