Online assessment: The test link was available from 11 May 2023 – 21 May 2023 and was on the Mettl platform. The assessment consists of 4 sections :

1. There were 15 MCQs assessing your skills in aptitude, logical reasoning, data interpretation, and English.
2. There were 20 MCQs based on Java, C, and C++ programming, where you’ll need to predict the output of given code snippets.
3. There were 10 MCQs based on SQL queries.
4. There were 5 MCQs related to Software Testing.

Technical Interview: The interview was offline at the PTC Weikfield office at 10 June 2023. I was interviewed by two different persons, one asked me questions related to my resume and the other person asked me questions related to CS fundamental subjects. The interview was around 1 hour and 15 min. There are different teams (Creo, Windchill, Navigate) at PTC, out of which I was interviewing at Windchill. The interview started by introducing myself.

What is a process, what is a thread, and what are the different types of memory?

What is a deadlock and why it occurs? What are the techniques to avoid deadlock?

Basic Linux commands.

What are the types of databases, which one you have used?