Software Engineer Interview Experience

Interview process

Round 1: HackWithInfy Duration : 3 hours Format : 3 coding questions Easy to Medium Medium to Hard Hard I managed to solve: 60% of the test cases in Question 1 100% of the test cases in Question 3 Result: Shortlisted for the SP Role Interview Round 2: In-Person Interview at the Office Duration : ~1 hour 30 minutes Interview Flow : Self-introduction Discussion on the projects listed in my resume Reasons for choosing those projects Justification for the tech stacks used SQL: Join operations DSA: Question 1 (Medium) – Leetcode 54: Spiral Traversal (Explained the approach and wrote the pseudocode). DSA: Question 2 (Hard) – Leetcode 32: Longest Valid Parentheses (Started with the brute force approach and then gave the optimal solution). Puzzle – Pair of Socks (Was unable to give the correct answer on the first attempt, but later provided the correct solution with the interviewer's hint). Asked for feedback on areas of improvement Discussed relevant tech stacks to learn next I had mentioned in my resume that I teach DSA to my friends through online sessions. The interviewer appreciated this and encouraged me to continue.