Round 2 (Technical Interview)

The interview was online and the duration was around 35 minutes. The level was Easy-Medium.

Panelist/Interviewer: Sandhya Mam Tell me about yourself.

• Share a 5-minute discussion on your project, briefly explaining the workflow.
• Discuss your internship and teaching experiences as mentioned in your resume.
• Which programming language do you favor the most, and what’s the reason behind your preference (C++, Java, Python)?
• Outline the core tenets of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) and elucidate them using real-life examples.
• On a scale from 1 to 10, rate your proficiency in Java (rated 7.5), and provide the rationale for your rating.
• Define JVM, JRE, and JDK. Is Java a compiled or interpreted language?
• Can a class in Java be designated as abstract even when it has no abstract members?
• Enumerate the algorithms you’ve worked with.
• Explain and code both Merge Sort and Quick Sort, highlighting their disparities and time complexities.
• Elaborate on the Merge Sort algorithm (which you didn’t mention earlier).
• Define JavaScript and expound on its purposes.
• Highlight some inbuilt JavaScript functions such as slice and map.
• Assess your familiarity with UNIX and respond to questions about basic Linux commands (ls -l, cat, echo, grep, man).
• List the subjects you’ve been instructed on in your recent semester.
• Expound on the different types of networks.
• Conclude the interview with any queries you may have for the interviewer.

Tips: The interview was around 35-40 mins. I wasn’t asked much about DSA problem because she saw my LeetCode profile during my interview and she was impressed ,through out my interview she was looking at my coding profiles by the links I provided in my resume. So yes having a good coding profile does matter in the Interview. Apart from this I mentioned everything related to my DSA achievements in my introduction so she knew my strong area was DSA and maybe that’s the reason my interview was more focused on theory-based questions but most of my friends were asked DSA problems as well,so be confident about your problem solving along with your Computer Science fundamentals.

Results :

Out of the 132 students who participated in the interview, only 11 managed to secure a spot in the next round. It was an incredibly emotional moment for me as I found myself at the top of that list. The reason for my elation was that everyone had anticipated around 20 to 30 candidates making it to the next round, given that this was the first time the company had interviewed such a large number of candidates

Greetings, everyone!

I’m Amit Koushik currently pursuing my MCA and expected to graduate in 2024 from IIPS-DAVV, Indore. I had the privilege of participating in the recruitment process at my college, where FICO was the second company to visit for hiring for Dev and QA roles.

The exciting part was that nearly 500 to 550 students took part in the recruitment process, and the majority of us made it through to the Coding Round. My journey through the FICO interview process consisted of four rounds, and I’d like to take you through each of them.