Newton School

Role: Trainee Technology

College: Not Specified

Interview Date: August 2020

Interview Type: Full-Time

Result: Selected

Difficulty: Medium

Rounds: 3 rounds

Topics Asked: Data Structures, Algorithms, Coding Problems, General Technical Concepts, Behavioral Questions

Experience:

The candidate interviewed for a Trainee Technology role at Newton School in August 2020. The selection process involved 3 rounds, during which 3 coding problems were presented. The candidate was successfully selected for the role.

While specific coding questions were not detailed in this particular experience, based on typical Trainee Technology roles and Newton School's own interview guides for backend and web developers, topics likely included Data Structures and Algorithms. General questions such as "Tell us about yourself," "What's your greatest strength as a coder?", and "How do you stay current with latest development trends?" might also have been part of the discussion. Technical questions could have covered areas like the seven layers in the OSI system model, the concept of a reverse proxy, differences between threads and processes, steps to use mysqldump to restore MySQL, and definitions of various server response error codes (e.g., 200, 404, 500). Practical implementation might have involved solving problems using a preferred programming language, such as working with strings, doubly linked lists, linked list implementation, or sorting algorithms.