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Associate Software Engineer
Accenture
4 rounds | 5 Coding
problems
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Preparation
Duration: 5 months
Topics: Data Structures, Algorithms, OOPS, DBMS, Operating System, Networking.
Tip 1 : Solve quality questions of DSA.
Tip 2 : Prepare well for Aptitude Test, if you're not confident of clearing it without any Preparation. (I applied Off-Campus & didn't prepared, because I had good command over Aptitude, so no preparation was needed. But I have seen students getting out in First Round itself for Aptitude even in On-Campus Placements)
Tip 3 : Focus on Computer Science Fundamentals - OS, Networking & DBMS.
Application process
Where: Other
Eligibility: 70% above and no backlogs
Tip 1 : Only write skills & projects you are confident, on Resume, and be prepared for cross questions on anthing mentioned in Resume.
Tip 2 : Make a clear & concise ATS free resume.
Interview rounds
01
Round
Easy
Online Coding Interview
Duration90 minutes
Interview date5 Mar 2021
Coding problem0
It is an elimination Round consisting of 90 MCQ questions to be completed in 90 minutes. You must meet sectional & sub-sectional cut off to proceed ahead in the recruitment process.
Questions were mainly from topics -
1. Numerical Ability
2. Logical Reasoning
3. English Ability
1. Pseudo Code
2. Common Applications & MS Office
3. Fundamentals of Networking
4. DBMS
5. Operating Systems
Overall Test Environment was good, It is a proctored Assessment. Also, you cannot switch sections, you have to attempt sections in the given order itself.
02
Round
Medium
Online Coding Test
Duration45 minutes
Interview date5 Mar 2021
Coding problem2
1. PostFix To Prefix
Easy
20m average time
70% success
0/40
Asked in companies
You are given a string denoting a valid Postfix expression containing ‘+’, ’-’, ’*’, ‘/’ and lowercase letters.
Convert the given Postfix expression into a Prefix expression.
Note:
Postfix notation is a method of writing mathematical expressions in which operators are placed after the operands. For example, "a b +" represents the addition of a and b.
Prefix notation is a method of writing mathematical expressions in which operators are placed before the operands. For example, "+ a b" represents the addition of a and b.
Expression contains lowercase English letters, ‘+’, ‘-’, ‘*’, and ‘/’.
Example:
Input: abc*+
Output: +a*bc
Explanation:
For the given postfix expression, infix expression is a+b*c. And it's corresponding prefix expression is +a*bc.
Problem approach
We can use stack for this problem. Below can be the implementation steps
1. Read the Post-fix expression from left to right
2. If the symbol is an operand, then push it onto the Stack
3. If the symbol is an operator, then pop two operands from the Stack
4. Create a string by concatenating the two operands and the operator before them.
5. Push the resultant string back to Stack
6. Repeat the above steps until end of Post-fix expression.
2. Maximum Difference
Easy
15m average time
85% success
0/40
Asked in companies
You are given an array 'ARR' of the 'N' element. Your task is to find the maximum difference between any of the two elements from 'ARR'.
If the maximum difference is even print “EVEN” without quotes. If the maximum difference is odd print “ODD” without quotes.
For example:
Given 'ARR' = [1, 10, 5, 2, 8, 1 ] , answer is "ODD".
Here the maximum difference is between 10 and 1, 10 - 1 = 9
Problem approach
We can Traverse the array & store the index of each element in a list (This is done to handle duplicates).
Then we can Sort the array.
After sorting, traverse the array & keep track of the maximum difference of i & j.
For j consider the last index from the list of possible index of the element & for i consider the first index from the list.
Keep updating the max difference till the end of the array.
03
Round
Easy
Assignment
Duration20 minutes
Interview date7 Mar 2021
Coding problem0
Communication Skills, Sentence mastery, Vocabulary related Questions.
04
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration60 minutes
Interview date9 Mar 2021
Coding problem3
It's not only a HR round, but include technical questions as well. There were 3 Interviewers in the Penal (One Technical Manager, second HR & other likely be some Technical Developer). Also, This is a Face-to-Face Video Call Interview.
Firstly I Introduced myself then the three Interviewer's Introduced themselves.
Then we had deep discussion on projects, skills, that I mentioned in resume with the Interviewer. They asked some questions related to Projects, Tech Stack used in the project and all.
Then the second Interviewer asked 2-3 DBMS, OOPS questions. That's it for Technical Part.
Tip: Other Technical questions may be asked (depends on candidate-to-candidate basis).
Then the HR asked some cultural fit questions & about relocation preferences.
In the End, I asked what its like in day to day work of ASE at Accenture.
1. DBMS Questions
What is a cursor?
What are ACID properties?
2. OOPS Questions
What is inheritance and its types?
What is data abstraction?
3. Basic HR Questions
Why do you want to work for our company?
What are your relocation preferences?
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