ROUND 1 [Resume Shortlisting]

The standard resume shortlisting round is based on skills, achievements, and CGPA. They tried to shortlist those candidates who are hands-on in data structures and web development.

PeopleStrong Interview Experience for SDE-1

Requirements:- C++, DSA, Operating System.

  • Eligibility Criteria:- B.E/B.Tech (CSE/IT)
  • CGPA: 7.00 and above (throughout career 70% including 10th & 12th)
  • I appeared in the on-campus placement of PeopleStrong in September 2021 at the Birla Institute Of Technology, Mesra.

It was a total of 5 rounds of process:

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ROUND 2 [Online Coding Test]

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ROUND 3 [Technical Interview-1]

It started with a project discussion, and we talked about my project for around 20 minutes. The interviewer was very interested in my project and delved deeply into everything I had done. After that, he presented me with an easy-medium data structure question to find the longest increasing subsequence. I solved it in 10 minutes, and he was impressed as I initially used a brute force approach but then explained the optimized solution. Following that, he asked me 5-6 basic Operating System questions. I was able to answer almost every question about Operating Systems. I was selected for the next round, along with a total of 3 other candidates....

ROUND 4 [Technical Interview-2]

It began with a basic introduction and project discussion. This round mainly focused on the Data Structure part. The interviewer asked one medium-level question about graphs and another medium-level question about sliding windows. I could answer both questions, but I believe they were looking for candidates with knowledge in web development. Despite answering both questions, I got rejected in this round. Only one candidate was selected for the final HR round, who has a background in web development....

ROUND 5 [HR Interview]

I wasn’t able to give the interview, but the boy who did was selected....