SMB Systems Interview Experience for Software Developer

SMB Systems Interview Process: There were 3 rounds of Interviews for Software developers (PHP, JS)

First Technical Round: Basic round with questions based on the technologies mentioned in the CV

• Sort String problems, swap value without 3rd variable
• HTML5 new elements
• CSS box model, CSS Flexbox
• SQL Queries questions of Alter, Distinct, Image upload in the database, Aggregate Functions
• PHP questions, Which engine is being used in PHP
• How to get the length of a Multi-Dimensional Array
• Laravel Eloquent, ORM, DB builder, Facades, Middleware, scheduler, etc

Second Technical / Manager Round:

• Convert String to an array with Group of Element Occurrence
• Using Base Class Protected Function Outside of class
• Using Private Member Function in the child class
• Abstract Classes vs Normal Class
• Intermediate Questions based on Associative, Multi-dimensional arrays, sets, list
• Scenario-based questions, code refracting
• PHP Questions on Traits, Interface,
• SQL Join Queries questions like outer join, and self join, Indexing in SQL, GroupBy, and having clause
• React, components, states, hooks, lifecycle
• Questions on code optimization and code complexity

HR / Delivery Manager Round:

• Discussion about the experience in PHP, JS Stacks
• Technologies like Angular, Laravel, React questions, and PHP Versions were asked
• Questions on previous projects or domain
• Previous Projects Overview and Roles