1. Phone screening: The recruiter will explain the roles and responsibilities and expects you to describe your skillset and your current roles and responsibilities.

2. Technical Telephonic (40 minutes to 1 hour):

   • 5-10 minutes: The hiring manager will discuss the on-board job roles and responsibilities, and be honest and frank about the work environment.
   • Expect a couple of questions on C++ and Algorithms.

3. Whiteboard Coding: If you have a valid reason for not being able to fly to their location, they are understanding and will arrange a Skype session. You are expected to write programs on Notepad and then compile using an online compiler.

   • They will review code on every line for any syntactical errors.

4. Cost Center Manager:

   • Behavioral assessment: Be prepared to discuss how you would resolve a dispute within a team, how you would handle a very opinionated team member, and how you would make your argument visible in a heated and highly debatable discussion.

Conceptual Understanding:

Tell the significance of virtual polymorphism with a real-time example.

Complexity of Algorithms:

Algorithm to find duplicates in a linked list. After I answered, the recruiter asked if I could improve the performance.

What are function pointers and what are their uses? Provide a simple pseudo-code program.

Skype:

Design Pattern Implementation:

1. Single Responsibility, Command, Reactor, Factory - Asked to choose any two, followed by a full ledge discussion.
2. String in-place reversal - entered into memcpy, memset, etc.