Iqvia

Role: SDE - 2

College: Not Specified

Interview Date: September 2020

Interview Type: Not Specified

Result: Not Specified

Difficulty: Hard

Rounds: 3 rounds

Topics Asked: Palindromic numbers, DB design, Minimum steps taken by knight to reach target, Basic HR questions, Achievements, Type of work handled.

Experience:

This interview experience for an SDE - 2 role involved three rounds, with the technical rounds being difficult.

Round 1 (Duration: 20 Minutes, Video Call)
Difficulty: Hard.
Coding Problem: Given an integer 'N', find all palindromic numbers from 1 to 'N'. The order of numbers should be non-decreasing. For example, if N=12, output should be.

Round 2 (Duration: 45 Minutes, Video Call)
Difficulty: Hard.
Technical Question: Problems related to DB design.
Coding Problem: Minimum steps taken by knight to reach target on a 2D N x N chessboard, given starting and target positions.

Round 3 (Duration: 20 Minutes, HR Round)
Difficulty: Easy.
Questions: Basic HR questions, final discussion on the type of work handled with the Senior Manager, and questions about achievements.