I applied through university. I interviewed at Applaud (Hyderābād)
Interview
There was a written test which included - Programming (Java/C), Aptitude/Reasoning, Vocab & Javascript. The written test was fairly complex which had a mixture of easier and tough ones. Candidates clearing the written test were asked to appear for the Personal Interviews. Total rounds were around 3 or 4 based on the candidate. I had 3 rounds of interview. The interview was mainly to check on the basics and fundamentals on what I have learnt in my curriculum. The interviewers were trying to understand my understanding levels in Algo, DS, DBMS & OS. The questions were relatively tough but the interviewers were trying to give hints and push me towards to solving the problems. Once the logic of the solution seems to be fine, then I was asked to write the code for the same. I really enjoyed the interview process even though I was not offered a job, it was a good learning experience.
I applied through university. I interviewed at Applaud
Interview
It was a really bad experience. The company kept saying they hire only talented people throughout their presentation but in the end they've rejected students saying they're overqualified.
The interviewer didn't seem to have good knowledge of the questions he was asking.He said it's been a long time he graduated and hence doesn't really remember much.He had only 2 questions which he asked to 5 students.The interviewer took almost 15mins to ask every question and at the end it was a simple question related to "prime numbers" which could be answered in 2mins. The 2nd personal interview round lasted for about 1hr 10mins but the number of questions asked were only 3 which were already asked to the previous person before me. No questions related to sql ,java, databases etc were asked because he had only 2 questions with him. They didn't shortlist me to the next round in spite of answering them correctly.
They didn't seem to hire people who fulfill their requirement. They've rejected people with sound knowledge in data structures,algorithms, databases and web technologies which they've stated as their requirement. People who got selected were not tested in most of these fields.
The interview consists of 4-5 rounds. The first round was a written test where they've tested basic aptitude and outputs of C programs.
The shortlisted students were called for PI immediately. There were about 6 panelists interviewing each student. Every round was an eliminator.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
1. Write a program to print the greatest prime number lesser than a given number.
