Infosys

Role: Associate Consultant

College: Not Specified

Interview Date: Not Specified

Interview Type: Full-Time (Experienced - 2.5+ Years)

Result: Received Offer

Difficulty: Not Specified

Rounds: 4 rounds (Technical Interview, Face-to-Face Project Discussion, Managerial Discussion, HR Discussion)

Topics Asked: Backend, Java concepts (Java 8 Stream API, Microservices & API Gateway, Spring Boot exception handling), Coding (K-th frequent element in an array), Project details, Behavioral questions

Experience:

This experience is for an Associate Consultant role at Infosys (Pune location) for a candidate with 2.5+ years of IT experience.

Round 1: Technical Interview (Virtual): This round focused on backend and Java concepts, including practical implementation. Key questions included: Java 8 Stream API (use cases, filtering, mapping, grouping), Microservices & API Gateway (communication patterns, advantages), and Spring Boot (exception handling using @ControllerAdvice vs @ExceptionHandler). A coding question was asked: "Find the K-th frequent element in an array" (an optimized solution was expected).

Round 2: Face-to-Face (Bhubaneswar Campus): This round involved a detailed discussion of the candidate's projects. The interviewer asked about features delivered, technical challenges faced, and solutions implemented.

Round 3: Managerial Discussion (Same Day): This round consisted of scenario-based and behavioral questions, such as "How would you handle a conflict within the team?".

Round 4: HR Discussion (After 2 Hours): A straightforward HR round covering typical HR questions.

Final Verdict: The candidate received an offer for the Associate Consultant role.