I dropped off my resume at the career fair held at my university and also applied separately. I received an email scheduling two face-to-face interviews on campus on the same day.

The first face-to-face interview, which lasted 30-45 minutes, included a combination of basic Core Java questions (which I had listed as my top skill) and many behavioral questions.

I prepared using past intern experiences from Glassdoor, which was very helpful.

The second face-to-face interview focused on Spring and Maven, which were required for the specific team I was interviewing with. Seeing I was not very familiar with those, I was asked a simple whiteboard question: the ransom note problem. The interviewer was very helpful and friendly, and assisted me in optimizing the solution.

After this, I heard from them the next day with an invitation for a HackerRank challenge. It was moderately difficult, with two questions in 90 minutes.

I received the results the following day, which led to a final Skype video call. During this call, I was asked about the projects on my resume, many SQL and Java questions, system design (specifically to design a shopping site), questions about scalability, race conditions, and current university projects.

Overall, it was an easy interview that lasted another 30-45 minutes. I received the offer a week later.

Tech:

• Inheritance vs. Composition
• OOPs
• Linked List vs. Array List
• String vs. String Buffer
• Multithreading
• Multiprocessing

Behavioural:

• How would you resolve conflict with a coworker?
• Will you work 24/7?
• Your long-term goal?
• Why should we hire you?
• How would you handle a negative client?
• Describe a time you went over and beyond, etc.