Role: SDE-1
College: B.E. Electronics from Anna University Guindy
Interview Date: February 2024
Interview Type: Off-Campus (Referral via LinkedIn)
Result: Not Specified (Implied positive outcome)
Difficulty: Not Specified
Rounds: 2 rounds (1 Online, 1 In-office)
Topics Asked: Data Structures & Algorithms (Arrays), SQL, NoSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, Computer Networks, System Design, Behavioral Questions.
Experience:
This candidate, with a B.E. in Electronics and 8 months of work experience, applied for an SDE-1 position via a LinkedIn referral and had two rounds of interviews.
Round 1: Online (1 hour)
- 3 coding questions:
- Single Number (LeetCode Easy)
- Find the Duplicate Number (LeetCode Medium)
- Rotate Array (LeetCode Medium)
Round 2: In-office (Chennai)
- Explanation of the product worked on in the previous company (C++ Application), including contributions and the application's lifecycle from Dev to Deployment, Testing, and Release.
- Difference between SQL and NoSQL.
- Write an SQL query for a given question.
- Behavioral questions:
- What would you do if a task takes 20 days but the deadline is 2 days?
- How would you approach a problem/issue in an application?
- What would you do if given a task you have no idea about?
- What if no seniors are available to help?
- What would you do if a customer wants an immediate solution within an hour?
- Since the candidate mentioned hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes:
- Write a DockerFile for a Python app.
- Write commands to build an image, run it as a container, and deploy locally using Kubernetes.
- Theory questions related to Kubernetes and Computer Networks.
- System design questions.
- The interview also included questions about personal life, hobbies, and family.