Student 11
Software Engineer at Trimble
Information Technology
SelectedBatch: 2021-2025
DifficultyMedium
Interview Experience
Technical Round
Job scheduling algorithm, sorting complexity, multiprocessing vs multithreading, and OOPS implementation
Questions Asked:
- Self Introduction
- Write a program to find the maximum number of jobs that can be completed such that no two jobs are overlapped
- Explain the time complexity of sorting algorithms and factors need to be considered while reducing the time complexity
- Explain and give the difference between multiprocessing and multithreading
- Explain the OOPS concepts and implement it in the classroom scenario
Managerial Round
Project discussion, SQL implementation, and data structure conversion
Questions Asked:
- Self Introduction
- Project explanation
- Write SQL code for the mentioned project (creating table, inserting table, etc.)
- Convert the SQL table into data structure and perform the same operations
HR Round
Personal background, company knowledge, behavioral questions, and career goals
Questions Asked:
- Self Introduction and about the studies
- About the company and PPT
- Behavioral question on handling your previous tough situation
- What is your goal?
Tips for Juniors
- Practice job scheduling algorithms - Activity Selection Problem, Interval Scheduling
- Know time complexity of all major sorting algorithms: Bubble (O(n²)), Merge (O(n log n)), Quick (O(n log n) avg), Heap (O(n log n))
- Understand factors affecting time complexity: input size, data distribution, algorithm choice, implementation details
- Know multiprocessing vs multithreading: separate memory vs shared memory, CPU-bound vs I/O-bound tasks, GIL in Python
- Be ready to implement OOPS with real-world scenarios like classroom (Student class, Teacher class, inheritance, polymorphism)
- Practice writing complete SQL DDL and DML statements for your projects
- Understand how to convert SQL tables to data structures: HashMap for key-value, ArrayList for rows, nested structures
- Research the company before interview - know their products, services, and recent news
- Prepare STAR method answers for behavioral questions about tough situations
- Have clear short-term and long-term career goals
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