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Role: Backend Developer

College: Not Specified (3rd-year college student)

Interview Date: 8 Jan 2023

Interview Type: Off-Campus

Result: Rejected (Hiring team felt the candidate might not fit well within their team or work environment)

Difficulty: Medium

Rounds: Not Specified (at least one technical round with coding and a salary discussion)

Topics Asked: Arrays, Linked List, Networking, Operating Systems, Web Security, Java concepts, ASP.NET concepts, Algorithms (sorting, binary search), Salary discussion.

Experience:

The candidate, a 3rd-year computer science student, applied off-campus for a Backend Developer role, believing they were a good fit due to multiple relevant projects. Their preparation included 6 months of study on Arrays, Linked Lists, Networking, Operating Systems, and Web Security.

Resume Tips: Make it concise and primarily focus on showcasing projects.

Interview Process:

• Duration: 90 minutes
• Coding Problems: 2
  • Problem 1: An algorithm to calculate "focus level" for players given room positions. This involved creating a vector for positions, sorting it, and then iterating to calculate focus as half the distance between adjacent rooms.
  • Problem 2: Finding the missing element in a sorted array that forms an arithmetic progression. The solution required an O(logN) runtime complexity, implying a binary search approach.
• Technical Questions (Java):
  • Which method is called when an object is destroyed?
  • How can you access a private method in C# from the main() function?
  • How to make a class so it cannot be inherited (Sealed class)?
  • Can we return multiple values from a function?
  • How to call one button click inside another button click event?
• Technical Questions (ASP.NET):
  • What are web methods?
  • Is it possible to have multiple web.configs under the same root folder? If no web.config, then what?
  • Routings and their types.
• Salary Discussion:
  • The candidate was asked about their salary expectations.
  • Tips: Research industry standards, average salaries for similar positions, and the company's compensation practices. Try to delay discussing specific figures until job requirements are clear. Show willingness to consider the entire compensation package.

Result: The candidate was rejected because the hiring team felt they might not fit well within their team or work environment.

Tips for success: Be confident in your skills, explain your projects clearly in the interview, and have a good resume showcasing strong projects.