Zscaler

Role: SDE Intern

College: Not Specified

Interview Date: Not Specified (circa late 2024/early 2025)

Interview Type: Internship

Result: Pending

Difficulty: Moderate (overall), Easy (coding questions)

Rounds: Not Specified (at least one technical interview after an OA)

Topics Asked: CS basics (normalization, OOPs, CNN, web browsing fundamentals), Data Structures and Algorithms (LeetCode easy), SQL.

Experience:

The candidate described their overall interview experience as moderate. They solved two coding questions but struggled with some basic computer science questions.

• Coding Questions: The coding questions were considered LeetCode easy, including problems like "given an IP address check whether it's valid or not" and "Palindrome".
• CS Basics: Questions covered topics such as normalization, OOPs (Object-Oriented Programming), CNN (Convolutional Neural Networks), and "what happens when you search something on Google".
• SQL: The candidate found SQL to be a weak area and was only able to write half a query.
• Tips: The candidate advised being clear with basics for every important topic in a tech interview.