Software Engineer Interview Experience - Gāndhīnagar, Gujarat
Process
It was an on-campus interview for 2 roles: Aces and Striker. Initially, there was a 1-hour aptitude test with a 30-minute coding round with 2 easy questions. After that, there was a technical round. If the interviewer thinks you are good with new technologies, another tech round will be there for the Aces profile. Otherwise, there is only a single tech round for the Striker profile. Then, there is an HR round.
Questions
They gave a DBMS query regarding joins. You have three tables and you have to remove tuples which are common in all three from two of them and keep them in only one table.
Difference between PostgreSQL and MySQL
Difference between C, C++, and Java
Different types of classes in Java
OOPS concepts, explain them with examples
ACID properties of transactions in DBMS
And then we discussed projects, new technologies, etc.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the HSBC Software Engineer role in Gāndhīnagar, Gujarat.
Success Rate
HSBC's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Gāndhīnagar, Gujarat is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for HSBC's Software Engineer interview process in Gāndhīnagar, Gujarat.
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