Flipkart Interview Experience For Application Engineer (OffCampus) (original) (raw)

Last Updated : 20 Oct, 2024

I had the chance to interview for the Application Engineer I position at Flipkart through an off-campus recruitment process.

The Hiring consists of a total 4 rounds;

Round 1: Online Assessment [60 mins]

• The Round Consists of 2 Sections
  • MCQ Section
  • Coding Section

Coding Section

• It consists of 2 Coding Questions
• There were public and hidden test cases.
• Results for the Hidden Test cases are not shown, they are verified after the test by the company itself.
• Verdicts for the Public Test Cases are shown.
• At least one question should be solved completely passing all public test cases and the second question should be solved partially to get an interview Call for the next round.
• The first question is on Array which is an Easy question
• The second Question is based on Mathematics which is of Medium-Hard Difficulty.

MCQ Section

• There are 10 MCQ's
• Topics asked in MCQs are Time Complexity, Pseudo Codes, and Algorithms.

Round 2: Problem Solving & Data Structure [ PSDS]

• After 15 days of Online Assessment, an invitation for the PSDS Round is received.
• The round is of 45 minutes.
• They require an approach and working solution, not pseudo codes.
• Two Coding Questions were asked, both are standard leetcode Questions.
• Should solve at least 1 Question with an optimized solution to move to the next round.
• **Question 1 :
  • Find the Union of Two Sorted Arrays.
  • Discussed Time and Space Complexity
  • **Follow up: What if the Arrays are not Sorted, then how does time Complexity Change?
• Question 2:
  • Group Anagrams
  • Discussed Time and Space Complexity

Round 3: Managerial Round

• After 2 days of the PSDS round, an invitation for the Managerial Round is received.
• The round is of 40 minutes.
• Introduction.
• Project Discussion.
• Internship Discussion.

Round 4: HR Round

• After 2 days of the Managerial round, an invitation for the HR Round is received.
• The round is of 15 minutes
• Introduction
• Family Details
• Behavioral Questions.

After 2 days received a call from HR, that I got the offer.

15 days later received the offer Letter.

**Suggestions:

• Be confident about the project, better if the project is deployed, and they are interested in a demo of the project.
• Practice all Standard DSA Questions.
• Be prepared for the Data Structures and Algorithms theoretical Questions.