The first interview or first job is always a memorable moment in everyone’s life, same with me. My first interview was for an Operation Executive role in Infosys. I was so nervous before my interview but well-prepared with some questions from ‘Geeksforgeeks‘.
There was a total of 3 rounds and each round was eliminated.
Round 1: An online written aptitude test. Around 39 MCQs to be written in 100 min. It consists following questions:
- 15 MCQs of reasoning ability,
- 10 MCQs from mathematical ability,
- 20 MCQs from verbal,
- 4 MCQs were puzzles.
I was able to clear the first round and got qualified for the interview.
Round 2:Technical Interview: The whole interview process is done virtually. It started with a self-introduction for both of us. Then he asked me around 10-12 technical questions by reviewing my resume. These questions were like this :
- Explain the OOP concept.
- What is inheritance and real-life example.
- Explain Memory allocation.
- List of header files in C language.
- Difference between Call by value and call by reference.
I gave all answers with confidence and he was impressed .then he asked me to explain my project. then I gave a presentation on the project ‘Face Detection Using OpenCV and Python ‘ & explained how it works.
- Then he asked what difficulties or bugs did I find doing this project?
Well, I was not prepared for this question. I remain silent for some minute then he repeated his question.
I gave some answers like a syntax error in coding. I became so nervous at that movement, I lost my confidence. Before ending the interview, he told me not to get confused.
I lost all hope for selecting the next round. but after someday, I received another mail for an HR interview.
For this round, I made preparation very well and also practiced some HR questions.
Round 3: HR Interview: This interview is also done virtually and he asked me some HR questions Like Why our company, Life goal, strength /weakness, etc. In short, he checked my ability to work in a team and how I am fit to work with his organization. And the interview ended.
Overall, it was a pleasant experience for me.
The lesson I Learned :
- Never lose confidence in difficult questions.
- Learn to say no instead of giving false answers. It can make a bad impact on the overall interview
After someday I received a mail from the company saying configuration and accepting offer letter. Yeah, I was really happy 🙂
Some Tips :
- Be Confident in yourself
- Look professional.
- Don’t be shy to ask repeated questions.
- Prepare Common Interview Questions.