Flipkart Interview Experience For Application Engineer (Off-Campus)

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.
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