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Applications Support Engineer Interview Experience

April 1, 2013
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Round 1: HR interview. Very basic questions. A date for the 2nd round of technical interview was set.

Round 2: Telephone interview

Maths:

  • (A ∩ B) U C
  • Summation from 1 to n
  • Summation i=0 to infinity (1/7)^i
  • Summation i=1 to infinity (1/i)
  • Difference between DFA and NFA
  • Pigeonhole principle
  • Four color theorem
  • Add and multiply O(n) and O(n^2)
  • Complexity of matrix multiplication (with an explanation as to why)

C/C++/Java/Programming Concepts:

  • OOPS definition and concepts
  • Exception handling mechanism
  • typedef
  • #define and const (gave a line of code and asked how it works differently)
  • What is a pointer?
  • malloc and its disadvantage
  • Difference between foo a; and foo();
  • Diff between .equals and ==
  • Operator overloading with an example; which operators cannot be overloaded
  • What is final?
  • Difference between struct and class
  • Can garbage collection be started in Java, and how?
  • Is the Java VM machine dependent or not?
  • Is the JVM machine dependent or not?
  • Abstract class
  • Hashtable explanation
  • Complexities for search operations of linked list, array, binary tree, and hashtable; changes when an index is provided.

They said they would contact in 2 weeks if they were interested in pursuing for the next round. Fingers crossed! :)

Questions

Nothing unexpected.

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