My Infosys Specialist Programmer Journey (HackWithInfy) – Assessment to Interview
I wanted to share my entire journey for the Infosys Specialist Programmer role through HackWithInfy, in case it helps someone preparing.
Registration
I registered for HackWithInfy through the placement cell at my university.
Online Assessment (OA)
The OA consisted of 3 coding questions.
- I was able to solve 2 questions completely and partially solve 1.
- A few weeks later, I received the shortlist email for the interview round.
Round 1 – Problem Solving (Offline Coding)
After about a month, the interview process started. The first round was an offline coding test conducted physically in front of interviewers.
- We were divided into groups of 5.
- We were given 2 coding problems on the Wingspan portal.
- We had to solve at least one problem completely.
Common topics included:
- Greedy
- Knapsack
- Dynamic Programming
- Trees
- Graphs
- Segment Trees
- Fenwick Trees
I managed to pass 14 out of 15 test cases (3 sample + 12 hidden).
Round 2 – Basic DSA / CS Concepts
This was a short DSA round to check basic problem-solving skills.
My questions:
- Climbing Stairs problem
- Swap two numbers without using a third variable
- Merge Sort
Other candidates were asked variations of:
- Fibonacci
- Longest Increasing Subsequence (LIS)
- Longest Common Subsequence (LCS)
- Other standard DSA problems
If you’ve cleared the OA, this round is usually straightforward.
Round 3 – HR + Technical Discussion (1:1)
This was a one-on-one interview, mostly focused on resume and fundamentals.
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The interviewer asked me to rate myself out of 5 on each skill mentioned in my resume.
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Then asked basic questions from:
- OOPs
- SQL
- HTML/CSS
This round lasted around 20 minutes and was quite relaxed.
Conclusion
That was the end of my interview process. Overall, the experience was smooth and focused mainly on DSA + basics of CS.
Good luck to everyone preparing for HackWithInfy and Infosys Specialist Programmer!
