NPCI

Role: Graduate Engineer Trainee (GET)

College: Not Specified

Interview Date: Applied: April 2022; Online Assessment: April 30, 2022; Preliminary Interview: May 12, 2022; Final Interview: November 1, 2022

Interview Type: Off-Campus

Result: Selected (Implied by progressing through all rounds and discussing offer details)

Difficulty: Overall Medium to Hard (Final interview was challenging)

Rounds: 3 rounds

Topics Asked: Aptitude, Reasoning, English, Pseudocodes (Python/Java/C++), OOPS, Python (slicing), Pointers, String Manipulation, Array Sorting, C++ Variables, Garbage Collection, Constructor/Destructor, Function Overloading/Overriding, Projects, HR (CTC, relocation, backlogs, knowledge about NPCI).

Experience:

The candidate applied through NPCI's official career site for the Graduate Engineer Trainee (GET) role.

Round 1: Online Assessment
The test had two sections. Section 1 (40 minutes, 40 questions) covered aptitude, reasoning, and English. Section 2 (20 minutes, 20 questions) involved pseudocodes, with language choices of Python/Java/C++. The candidate successfully cleared this round.

Round 2: Preliminary Interview
This online interview was conducted via Zoom with one interviewer. Questions included "Tell me about yourself," explanation of a Python project, OOPS principles, Python slicing, and pointers. The interviewer also asked "How do you rate yourself in coding, on a scale of 1-10." The candidate cleared this round.

Round 3: Final Interview
This interview took place on Ms Teams with a panel of 5 interviewers and lasted approximately 50 minutes. Each interviewer asked questions individually.

• Interviewer 1 (HR): Brief introduction, awareness of CTC and service agreement, relocation to Mumbai, backlogs, overall percentage criteria (60%), and knowledge about NPCI.
• Interviewer 2: Questions related to the candidate's projects and technologies used.
• Interviewer 3: Coding questions: write a program to check if a string is a Palindrome, reverse a string, sort an array in ascending order. Technical questions: types of variables in C++ (Static, Auto, Global), what is a Pointer and its uses, Garbage Collection, Constructor and Destructor, Function Overloading and Function Overriding.