where I had the opportunity to participate in multiple technical and managerial rounds for the Software Development Engineer (SDE) role.
Although I wasn’t selected in the final list, the entire process was a great learning experience that strengthened my technical, problem-solving, and interview skills.
Round 1: Online Coding Test (2 hours)
Section 1: 8 DSA problems
Section 2: 15 CS Fundamentals questions
Section 3: 15 Puzzles & Aptitude questions
> Total: 131 students participated → 30 shortlisted (with me)
Round 2: Technical Interview (80 min)
Q1: Decode String (leetcode 395)
Q2: Three Sum (leetcode 15)
Q3:Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters (leetcode 3)
Q4: OOPS pillars
Q5: Http status Code
Q6: System Design:
- Load Balancing
- horizontal & Vertical Scaling
- solid Principles
Q7: Difference Between Python, C++ and Java
> 18 shortlisted for next round (with me)
⚙️ Round 3: Technical Interview (40-50 min)
Q1: Build Tree From preorder and postorder (vs code)
Q2: find minimum Cost in Grid from (Dp problem in vs code)
> 12 shortlisted for final round(with me)
Round 4: HR + Managerial Round (approx 70-80 min)
Self Introduction
Medium-to-hard level SQL Queries
Discussion on my projects
Draw the architectural diagram of the project on paper, showing how it works and how each component is connected, along with a brief explanation of their behavior and interaction.