Bounteous

Role: Software Engineer

College: Not Specified

Interview Date: Not Specified

Interview Type: On-Campus, Full-Time

Result: Pending (candidate opted out of further rounds)

Difficulty: Medium

Rounds: 2 rounds completed (out of 4-5 total)

Topics Asked: Code Debugging, Data Structures and Algorithms, SQL, Java/C++ Concepts, CS Fundamentals (Operating Systems, DBMS, Networking, OOPS)

Experience:

This interview experience is for an on-campus Software Engineer role at Bounteous x Accolite. The CTC offered was under 10 LPA, and there was a bond clause of almost 2 years. The candidate decided not to participate in further rounds due to the company bond.

Round 1: Online Assessment

The assessment had two sections. Section 1 contained 30 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) on code debugging and output analysis, data structures and algorithms, SQL queries, and concepts in Java and C++. There were no questions related to core computer science fundamentals in this section. Section 2 featured a single DSA problem to be solved within 45 minutes. The problem described an ant traveling on the x-axis from origin 0 to a target position x, with steps 'a' units forward or 'b' units backward, unable to move behind position 0. The task was to find the minimum number of steps using a Breadth-First Search (BFS) approach.

Round 2: Online Interview (Technical)

This round started with a self-introduction, after which the interviewer immediately began asking questions. The DSA problem asked was LeetCode problem #6: ZigZag Conversion. CS Fundamentals questions covered explained concepts of Deadlock and Starvation, deadlock avoidance methods, differentiation between Processes and Threads, Multiprogramming and Page Faults, Normalization in databases (1NF, 2NF, 3NF), Network topologies and their types, Deep copy and Shallow copy, and the use of a Copy constructor.