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Programming Q's : Print a 2 dimensional matrix spirally, Rotate Maadi, Chess problem(to find number of moves that rook and bishop can make when its position is given) Interview Q's: Algorithm for Zig Zag traversal of a tree, Find middle element of a linked list in O(n) time, How to find a loop in a Linked list etc.
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Member of Technical Staff - QA

Interviewed at Nutanix

3.8★
Jul 16, 2015

Programming Q's : Print a 2 dimensional matrix spirally, Rotate Maadi, Chess problem(to find number of moves that rook and bishop can make when its position is given) Interview Q's: Algorithm for Zig Zag traversal of a tree, Find middle element of a linked list in O(n) time, How to find a loop in a Linked list etc.

1. how will you manage when there is high stress at work 2. How will you fix conflicts with developers 3.sql queries -distinct on multiple columns, duplicates on 3 fields -how will you display distinct on all 3 fields, replace null with '4' without using update -using select query 4. Failed in production, passed in test -how will you handle this as a QA member 5. 1 million records ,but 100K mising in destination table, how will you find where its missing . 6. Agile/JIRA 7. unique creative way of doing wokr-in past with eg
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Senior Staff Software Engineer-QA

Interviewed at Blackhawk Network

3.3★
May 29, 2015

1. how will you manage when there is high stress at work 2. How will you fix conflicts with developers 3.sql queries -distinct on multiple columns, duplicates on 3 fields -how will you display distinct on all 3 fields, replace null with '4' without using update -using select query 4. Failed in production, passed in test -how will you handle this as a QA member 5. 1 million records ,but 100K mising in destination table, how will you find where its missing . 6. Agile/JIRA 7. unique creative way of doing wokr-in past with eg

All of the interviews were technical. some gave flow chart diagram and asked to come up with test plan and testcases. Asked Unix networking questions,SQL command queries.Some gave sample programs and asked how I will test the app etc...
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Staff QA Engineer

Interviewed at Qualcomm

3.8★
Mar 22, 2012

All of the interviews were technical. some gave flow chart diagram and asked to come up with test plan and testcases. Asked Unix networking questions,SQL command queries.Some gave sample programs and asked how I will test the app etc...

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