Release management, unix, autosys and SQL, java
Senior Applications Developer Interview Questions
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Do you like to work as a Team or as an individual
The process was pretty complex and it was simplified a bit since then, and it was pretty impressing. They don't do any silly gotcha coding questions. They do test basic CS fundamentals pretty heavily, but they are smart about it. Mobile platform questions. Simple coding question in Java, Objective-C and C++, questions about platform API (basics to check if you really code in it), and multithreading concepts. Take home assignment - optimization problem (I believe they don't do it any more) with elements of OOD. On-site coding round (leetcode style puzzles, basic CS concepts, data structures, threading, memory management, code review). On-site design round. Designing complete mobile app, frontend and backend (architecture, no visuals). Discussing various constraints, changing requirements as you go, to check if your design is adaptable. On-site company culture fit round with manager. HR round with compensation expectations. On-site team culture fit round with direct team lead.
Phone Screening (contd...) 4. When will you use an ArrayList vs a Linked List? 5. Given an Array, ArrayList - how would you add elements and set elements 6. What is a Map? What is a Set? Different types of Set 7. Given a list of employees, how will you find out employees with age greater than 50 years 8. If the list of employees, is a huge list, how will you find out employees greater than age 50
questions about the skills included in the profile
What was the most difficult situation you have had with a co-worker and how did you handle it ?
Basic database questions. What's are the different types of joins? Explain difference in dimensional bs normalized approach. What are facts in DSW?
Generally, both interviews were informal and far more 'two way conversation' than 'candidate sits in suit on small chair and is grilled by interviewing panel sitting behind tall table' (see: Spud's interview in Trainspotting) High level questions about: - my background and engineering journey - my familiarity with various part of the tech stack in use in my current team at Forcepoint - my experience with building front/backends from scratch
explain your job titles in your current company, which was weird to ask in the midst of technical questions
Basic Java knowledge, small codility task
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