Risa Labs

Role: Software Engineer (Fresher)

College: Not Specified

Interview Date: Not Specified (Applied in final year)

Interview Type: Off-Campus

Result: Selected (SDE Intern with full-time offer promise)

Difficulty: Easy to Medium

Rounds: 3 rounds (Online Assessment, Technical Round 1, Technical + HR Round)

Topics Asked: Data Structures, Algorithms (Arrays, Strings, Matrix), HR questions, Technologies learned, Puzzles

Experience:

The candidate applied for a Software Engineer role as a fresher via the company's careers email. After 8 days, they received a response with an Aptitude and Online Assessment (OA) link.

Online Assessment (OA): This round consisted of 5 coding questions of easy difficulty, primarily from topics like arrays and strings.

Round 1: Technical (30 mins): This was a Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA) round. The interviewer asked two DSA questions: to find if a given number is a leap year and to find the second largest element in an array. The candidate solved both problems quickly, leading to an early end to the round.

Round 2: Technical (1.5 hours): This was another DSA round with 4 questions of easy to medium difficulty, focusing on arrays and strings. The specific questions were not remembered.

Round 3: Technical + HR (1 hour): This round was with the team lead. It began with introductions and a 15-20 minute discussion on the technologies the candidate had learned and general HR questions. During the rescheduled round (due to a power cut), a DSA question regarding matrices was asked. The candidate provided a solution and self-corrected an error. A puzzle was also asked, but the candidate couldn't fully explain the approach, though the interviewer seemed satisfied.

Overall Experience: The candidate found the interviewer understanding. They received an offer for an SDE Intern position with the promise of a full-time offer after the internship.