Cinpress

Role: PR-1 Software Engineer

College: Not Specified (B.Tech, Batch of 2024)

Interview Date: October 20-21, 2023

Interview Type: On-Campus/Full-Time

Result: Selected

Difficulty: Medium (Coding round had two easy, one medium question)

Rounds: 4 rounds

Topics Asked: Loops, 2D Arrays, Stacks, Trees, Recursion, Sorting Algorithms, Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts (interfaces, inheritance, overloading, overriding), MySQL, DBMS, Development, LinkedList (traversing, finding middle element), Behavioral questions.

Experience:

Cimpress conducted its on-campus recruitment for the Batch of 2024. The process involved four rounds.

Round 1: Coding Evaluation (October 20, 2023)
This round, conducted on HackerEarth, lasted 1 hour and 15 minutes and featured three questions: two easy and one medium. Topics included loops, 2D arrays, and stacks. Approximately 200-230 students participated.

Round 2: First Face to Face Interview (October 21, 2023)
Lasting 2-2.5 hours, this technical round covered over 10 coding questions on trees, recursion, and sorting algorithms. Emphasis was placed on coding, dry runs, and explaining time complexity. OOP concepts like interfaces, inheritance, overloading, and overriding were also discussed.

Round 3: Second Face-to-Face Interview (October 21, 2023)
This round, lasting about 1 hour, focused on the candidate's resume, projects, and tech stack. Deep dives into MySQL, DBMS, OOP, and development were conducted. Specific coding questions included traversing a LinkedList and finding its middle element.

Round 4: HR Round
This 20-25 minute round involved behavioral questions, discussions about motivations for joining Cimpress, strengths, skills, and their real-life applications.

Overall Experience: The candidate was selected along with 6 other students. The experience was described as challenging yet enriching, covering a broad spectrum of topics.