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Sunday, 14 June 2015

Balaji Gunya | AVNET Interview Experience



Name: Balaji G A
Department: B.Tech CSE (2015 batch)

Company Name: Avnet Services Private Limited ( Chennai )
Company Details:
Designation: Developer
Package: 5.4 LPA (CTC)
Eligibility Criteria: CGPA 7 and above with No standing arrears

Rounds Details:
Number of rounds: 3
Topics to concentrate on: Java, Data Structures & Algorithms, OOPs, Web Technologies, J2EE basics etc

Details about Each Round:

Round 1: Written Round ( Technical and Aptitude MCQs )

Questions  were categorized  into 4 or 5 separate sections.
- Aptitude
- Java
- JS,HTML,CSS
- etc ( I don't remember section names exactly )

Round 2: Face to Face Interview

Number of Interviewers: 1

Topics: Java, DS & Algorithms, Resume.

Details:
- Questions about Java Multi Threading, Java Exceptions, Java Collections, Java Generics etc
- Some simple  DS, Algorithm questions
- Questions based on your resume

Some Example Questions ( that I remember ):
- Say In a Java program 3 Threads are present. If an Exception occurs in one of the threads, will that particular thread will terminate OR All the 3 threads will terminate.
- Given a list of Strings , Return the list of unique strings ( order doesn't matter ). Try to use data structures in Java Collections If possible. 
- Basic questions about Generics and why Generics.
- In resume I had mentioned that I have knowledge about some Design Patterns. He asked some questions about that
- etc etc 


Round 3: Face to Face Interview (Final Round)

Number of Interviewers: 4. But only 2 of them asked most of the questions.

Topics: Java, DS & Algorithms, Resume

Some Example Questions:
- Java Multi-Threading and Thread Synchronization.
- Reverse a Linked List.
- Convert a Binary Tree into Linked List. ( I dont remember the exact question )
- from resume, they asked to write code for a design pattern.
- etc


General Details and Advices:

- I told the interviewers that I know J2SE and  am comfortable in that. So I was asked questions from core Java.
 For those who knew J2EE and Web stuffs,some questions will be probably asked from that.
 For some students they asked about the "Projects" mentioned in their Resume.

- Resume is one of the most important factor. Questions will be asked from resume. 

- Almost every face to face interview may start with questions like " Introduce yourself " or " tell me about yourself " or " what should I know about you ".
 Be ready with answer for that. And tell them about your "technical knowledges and strengths" Rather than your school name and 10th marks.

- You will asked to write code in A4 sheets in the Face to Face interviews.

- When ever you are asked a DS & Algorithm question. They will see your approach. Even if you don't get the exact solution, your approach and thinking capabilities matters. 
 And most of times, If you tell the solution or partial solution or approach running in your mind to them, They will give you some hints to make it more perfect and optimal. So don't say "I don't know the answer". Try to think of some solution or approach and tell them.
 
- Do not panic. Don't think about whether you will get selected or not. Keep your mind relaxed. Think well and answer the questions with out hurry. Sometimes you may tell wrong answer in a hurry. After coming out of the interview room , you will realise that you knew the correct answer. So keep you remind relaxed so that it can think and answer.
 
- Area of Interest and Projects matters. In certain rounds, most questions may be asked from that.

- If you are preparing java from Complete Reference book. Please make sure that you have latest edition. For us the text book was 5th edition of that book.
 Some parts of the book are out-dated. For Example the Java Collections chapter in the 5th edition does not use Generics since Generics was not there in java when that edition came. Also try to learn the latest features of Java. And your college syllabus is Not the boundary of that language. 
 

All the Best. You will get what you deserve. Make sure that you deserve more.Intuition, Knowledge should be the primary goal. Marks, Money ,all other stuffs are secondary. 

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