Dwarak - FreshDesk Interview Experience

Name : Dwarak Govind Parthiban.
Company Details :  
     Company Name : Freshdesk
     Designation : Product Developer
     Salary : 4.5 lpa

Round 1 : 3 Programming problems in HackerRank [If you are an average programmer you can clear it]. They would filter many candidates in this round as they don't need many people. I think 21 were shorlisted among 700 odd students.

Round 2 :

F2F technical interview that was long. Paper and Pen problem solving. [Easy programming puzzles and Datastructures based problems]. OS,Web based questions. And few more areas.

Round 3:

F2F with CTO. Questions related to areas mentioned in resume.

Round 4:

F2F with CEO. General chat with him. [I dunno what they tested in this round ]

Points to remember during interview:

* If you have an intern offer at any other better companies and if Freshdesk also offers you intern+FTE, say that you would join at Freshdesk after completing internship [This is to convince them and get the offer].

Suggestions about the company:

* Heard that company is good with pretty decent workplace and free food .Free cab service is about to be launched. But regarding career growth wherever you go it entirely depends on the team you are put into.

Regarding preparation:

*Understanding of basic fundamentals of CS and an average programming ability. 

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Dwarak - Amazon Interview Experience

Name : Dwarak Govind Parthiban
Company Details :
          Company Name : Amazon
          Designation : QAE intern
          Stipend : 20 k pm

The recruitment was for the roles SDET,QAE,SE [FTE and interns].

Round 1:
20 MCQ and two DS and Algo problems. Around 60 were shortlisted from 450 odd.

Round 2:
One DS and Algo question . Pen and Paper round. Half an hour was given. You should write and explain it to mentors assigned to you. Around 30 were shortlisted

Round 3:
One programming problem[Competitive coding style question]. One DS and Algo problem. Few Testing Questions. Around 15 to 20 were shortlisted

Round 4:
One programming problem[Competitive coding style question]. One Testing based Question.

Round 5:
All testing questions.

Round 4,5,6 were cumulative. Few had 6 rounds , few 5 and few 4.

Though the recruitment was for SDET,QAE,SE. One guy[Sivakumaran Manoharan] was offered SDE fulltime. Wait for his interview experience.


Regarding Company:
Great minds surrounded. Good network can be established. You can get inspired a lot from people around you.

My Preparation:
*Little exposure to competitive coding and GFG.

You must prepare well in Algo and DS kind of problems. Spend most of your time into it. Though if you are not excellent programmer and you are not highly rated competitive coder in your batch, you can crack it by preparing well. Keep your mind free and calm. Don't think that you can't clear because person X,Y are competing with me [X,Y are great programmers]. You have hardly two months. Don't look into any one else. Prepare,prepare,prepare. Preparing for Amazon can land you in other product companies too though if you don't clear Amazon.

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Gopinath - Rockwell Collins Interview Experience

Name:  Gopinath

Department: BTECH CSE

Company Name: Rockwell Collins

● Company Details:

● Designation: Software Developer

● Package: 4 LPA + incentives

● Round details

○ No. of rounds: 3

○ Topics to concentrate on :

Areas of interests must be concentrated. For CSE people, concentrate on DS,DAA,DBMS. 

● Questions asked in each Round :

1st round:
Aptitude and C questions, you can surf the net and u ll get the questions directly. (mostly same questions ll be repeated the next year also, Secret :P)

2nd Round: 
Technical Interview:

I was late after the first round, so Chandra shekar sir scolded me a lot infront of them, 
so the first question for me was "You were the Gopinath , HR was scolding ryt ? " yes sir!
next he asked me to introduce. Then asked areas of interests. Mine was DS and DAA. He asked me to explain How we design and analyze algorithms. I explained all the Notations. He was satisfied by then. He asked me few simple questions from resume. Thats'It don't try to bluff. 

3rd Round: Hr round, Hr was so cool, He just asked basic Hr questions like would u like to join our company.

● Interview Experience

○ What did they ask from Resume?

I was the member in conducting a workshop on Python and Pygame. So he asked me about Python. Then i explained what all Topics i knew. 

Next he asked about the areas of Interests mentioned in my resume.
Have a very simple resume. I really prefer a Single page resume.

○ From where to prepare?
If you are planning to crack coding interviews then i suggest "Data structures and algorithms made easy " book by karumunchi. and also the book "crack the coding Interview"

If you are aiming for normal technical interviews then just be good in areas of interests.

● I think I was selected because?

I dint bluff in the interviews and accepted if i dont knw any questions. be very polite and try to ask some questions when given a chance. 

● My advice to aspirants:

                  Try looking for the coding questions in GFG and I went till the last rounds in many companies but dint get through because I use to forget "tell me about yourself" so please prepare that well.

Go to your seniors and ask for help if required. Don't hesitate.

go to this link to know about my Experience in Amazon Interview 

http://www.geeksforgeeks.org/amazon-interview-set-124-campus/

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Chekka Lalitha - Rockwell Collins Interview Experience

Name:  Chekka Lalitha

Department: BTECH CSE

Company Name: Rockwell Collins

● Company Details:

● Designation: Software Developer

● Package: 4 LPA + incentives

● Round details

○ No. of rounds: 3

○ Topics to concentrate on :

data structures
operating systems
digital electronics
embedded systems
C, C++, embedded C (if interested)

● Questions asked in each Round :

first round has both technical and apti ( i don't remember the number of questions exactly). Technical was having all C and C++ questions, those were good, some were quiet deep, like what all we leave when they study overall subject. However, we can go through it easily. Apti was general.

second round... there was a technical interview conducted for about an hour. It was all started with my area of interest - data structures, questions related to those were asked..what all you have implemented in the project you have done recently?
what was the advantage of using this particular data structure upon the others?
what will be the flaw if others are used?
complexity and efficiency of the one you have done?
(make sure you are thorough with algorithms too if so you keep data structures as your area of interest).
The next one was.. they asked me to write a code for a single ton class.
( you need to implement mutual exclusion also there).
Some questions on digital electronics..like drawing truth tables..full adders and half adders using logic gates and universal gates.
(all were basic questions)

HR round was like..
what makes you different from others?
comfortable with the location?
comfortable with extra working hours?
tell about yourself..
any higher studies plans?
why this company and why passionate towards this?

In this company all they expect is your passion to join this company and also long term commitment

● Interview Experience

○ What did they ask from Resume?

mostly from resume they asked about the papers published and projects done so far or currently doing (be very thorough of what all you have done for project).

● I think I was selected because?

be strong in your basics,
be confident in whatever you say
mostly passion towards aeronautics and aerophysics

● My advice to aspirants:

                  unless yu r nt sure of the one you did..dont put it in resume
good luck..

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Santhosh Karthik - WIPRO Interview Experience

Name:  Santhosh Karthik

Department: BTECH IT

Company Name: WIPRO

● Company Details:

● Designation: Project Engineer

● Package: 3 to 3.6 LPA

● Round details

○ No. of rounds: 4

○ Topics to concentrate on :

C, C++, Java and Data Structures. 

● Questions asked in each Round :

Round 1:
Group Discussion 
Topic : Civilization in India. 
Round 2:
Online test :
   It consists of four sections. 
   1. English
   2. Logical Reasoning 
   3. Aptitude 
   4. Technical (C, C++ and         Data Structures) 
Round 3:
Technical Interview :
    Concentrate on your area of interest. 
Be strong in any one language (C, C++ or Java) 
 I had questions from Data Structures.. 
Implementation of single linked list,  double linked list and operations performed in Double linked list. They told me to write code for everything in C. 
Round 4: 
HR interview 
  As I performed well in the technical interview I was not called for the HR interview.. I was directly selected. 

● Interview Experience

○ What did they ask from Resume?

From resume they asked questions from my area of interest. 

● From where to prepare?

Ansi C for C programming. 

● I think I was selected because?

I was very good in technical side. 

● My advice to aspirants:

                 Be strong in any one language and data structures.

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Sharmila - WIPRO Interview Experience

Name:  Sharmila, A

Department: BTECH CSE

Company Name: WIPRO

● Company Details:

● Designation: Project Engineer

● Package: 3 to 3.6 LPA

● Round details

○ No. of rounds: 4

○ Topics to concentrate on :

Basics of c, c++, java, operating system, networks, software engineering.
Basics of all subjects you hav completed so far.. Only basics is needed..
Simple basic programs.. Be thorough in any one of the programming languages.

● Questions asked in each Round :

1st round: (group discussion)

He we were formed into 15 members for each group. Topic will be on spot. 2 Min will be given to prepare. Dont try to argue. Deliver atleast 3 points. No one will give space for you to speak. So you have to be fast.

2nd round: (online test)

We had 4 sections in it. Verbal, aptitute, technical and logical. It will be very simple but each question will last for only 1 or 2 min for each section. So you have to be fast in reading the question and selecting the answer. After each section 2 min break will be there to relax. So be thorough with all these topics

3rd round: (Technical interview)

1: Tell me about yourself?
2: What are the subjects you have learnt so far from the 3 year?
3: Which is your favourite subject? (and he asked quesitons that subject)
4: Tell me about one of your life incident that made you to overcome your weakness in public like school or college etc.?
5: Have you ever thought "why i have computer science , it is seriously mental stress" ?
6: Which programming language you are comfortable to work with?
7: What is the difference between testing and debugging?
8: What should be the testers mentality?
9: Why your grades were low compared to your school performance?
10: Will your personal problems disturb your mind while working?
11: Are you ok with relocation?
12: Any questions? (dont leave the room without asking questions.
ask questions about their current project. Ask as if you are interested in knowing stuffs about their company. It will impress them)

4th round: (HR interview)

I didn't attend HR interview. But most my questions in technical interview are HR.

● Interview Experience

○ What did they ask from Resume?

What is your percentage in 10th and 12th?
About my college grades?
About area of interest?
About strength and weakness?

● From where to prepare?

For aptitude prepare from CAT books. Byjuus class booklets. It will contain all concepts. and solve many questions from the previous aptitude question papers for the particular company. (students3k.com)
      Study each subjects basics in online. 

● I think I was selected because?

I was not nervous. I was confident in answering each questions and had a strong desire to work with my area of interest. 

● My advice to aspirants:

                  Interview is very simple. Just 10 to 20 min. Prepare yourself. Dont speak with anyone at the waiting hall or anyone who have just finished. Just treat the interviewer as your friend and express yourself fully. Be simple, stay calm, and always think what you are going to speak to attract him. 
   
                   Thank you.

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Keerttana - WIPRO Interview Experience

Name:  Keerttana Damodaran

Department: BTECH IT

Company Name: WIPRO

● Company Details:

● Designation: Project Engineer

● Package: 3 to 3.6 LPA

● Round details

○ No. of rounds: 4

○ Topics to concentrate on :

R.S.Agarwal aptitude book and some basic technical knowledge in what we have studied so far and good coding skills(in whatever language you are strong) for computing students. For other branches, basic knowledge in coding(c,c++,java) and should know about current affairs in IT industry and about the company you are sitting.

● Questions asked in each Round :

Hai friends, My name is D.Keerttana. I have got selected in WIPRO in 2015 batch. I am very excited about my new job and want to share my experience for the same.

1st round - Group Discussion
            They have splitted as 15 members in a group. We made friends each other and planned for each one in our group has to give chance to speak so that 15 members in our group has to get selected. We cooperated each other as whatever the topic may be, 7 members has to speak positive and rest about negative. Then they have called our group. We went, a mam was a judge for our GD and she gave the topic as "Agriculture nowadays in India, whether it is destroying or improving". Each one opened our mouth and spoke out well. Finally, it was a miracle. 15 members got selected in our group and we are the only group like this.

2nd round - Aptitude Round
          It contains 4 sections. Numerical,verbal,logical and technical. For numerical R.S.Agarwal book is enough. For verbal reading daily newspaper habit is more than enough. Logical, you have to use your brain at that time. For technical, basic c,c++,java. They will ask as, giving a code and one line will be missing, which one is correct to make the program execute. And finding the error in a program. 

3rd round - Technical Round and 4th round - HR round
            For myself, they conduct both in a single stretch. In my panel, there was only one person. When I enter the panel, he asked me to take seat and take relax for 2 minutes. Thank God I prepared myself what to say if he questions me and my nervousness was reduced a little bit. Then he asked me to Introduce myself. When I am telling, he was very curious in listening and said "oh is it,super!!!'. It was very encouraging for me and my hands were dried. He asks about current leading technologies in IT industry. I said about SMAC. Then he asks me to write a code for one apti qn. (Two trains coming from opposite side to each other. He gave the distance in metres and speed in km/hr and asked the time to meet. He expected me the conversion from metre to kilometre or viceversa and returning type as float like that. I got that and did). If you couldn't solve just try to get atleast 75%. They will check your learning capability. Don't say "I don't know". Say as I will learn quickly. Finally, he said okay and asked me do you have any question to ask. I asked how will be the higher studies in WIPRO and what are all the colleges you provide for it. He explained and I said Thank you and returned.

● Interview Experience

○ What did they ask from Resume?

For myself, he didn't even open my resume. In introduce myself part, I said some part in my resume and activities done during college(like paper presentation, sports competition). Please always say also whatever the extra activities that you have done which is not in resume. Because they may have already read the resume. When you say the same, they will get bored. 

● From where to prepare?

R.S.Agarwal book for numerical aptitude and indiabix,geeksforgeeks(for coding) websites are the basics. This is necessary but not sufficient. But you will get idea by attending many interviews(Apti test by other companies). More than this, presence of mind plays a major role.

● I think I was selected because?

I think I was selected because I satisfied my panel judge in whatever manner he is expecting for an employee of WIPRO company.

● My advice to aspirants:

                  Don't get nervous.Don't show them too.I lost TCS because of this. But this was my first interview experience so I took a chance for WIPRO. Don't lose your hope when you didn't get TCS. Think positive and be bold. If you don't know about he is asking, tell frankly as I don't know,but I will learn quickly. Make  him to feel as you are quick learner. Well preparation and presence of mind  will give you a good job. All the best friends!!!

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