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The candidate underwent four rounds: an online assessment, a psychometric test, a technical interview focused on cloud technologies, and a managerial round. The candidate was selected for the SDE1 role at IBM ISL in Bangalore.
Hackerrank test with 2 easy questions to be solved in 60 minutes. First question involved counting servers that failed 3 times consecutively from an array of logs. Second question was related to strings and dynamic programming, requiring the identification of strings meeting specific conditions.
Conducted on Hackerrank with two coding questions. First question required analyzing server logs to count servers with three consecutive failures. Second question involved string manipulation and dynamic programming.
Given an array of server logs with statuses (failed or successful), return the number of servers that failed three times consecutively.
Given a list of strings, find the number of strings that meet specific conditions using dynamic programming.
A personality assessment round with approximately 50 questions. Candidates had to choose between two questions to answer for some items. The test aimed to evaluate personality traits and alignment with team requirements.
A 45-minute interview focused on cloud development. The interviewer asked in-depth questions about microservices, Docker, and Kubernetes, given the candidate's projects. Additional questions included basic data structures and algorithms (DSA) such as binary search, reversing a list, finding the majority element without extra memory, and recursion-based problems.
Explain microservices, Docker, and Kubernetes in depth based on practical experience.
Implement binary search.
Reverse a list.
Find the majority element in a list without using extra memory.
Explain recursion with a stack diagram.
Print numbers from 1 to n and n to 1 using recursion.
A 40-minute discussion with a senior manager covering the candidate's internship project, family background, short-term and long-term goals, and future academic aspirations (e.g., pursuing a master's or PhD).
Describe your family background.
What are your short-term and long-term goals?
Do you plan to pursue a master's or PhD in the future?
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