Apple Automation Test Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Round: Test
Experience: Written round: One programming question of 3 hours duration.All test cases were to passed.
Duration: 3 hours minutes
Total Questions: 1

Round: Technical Interview
Experience:
There were two rounds : tech PI and HR round.
A.Tech. PI: Firstly,interviewer went through my whole resume.He started asking questions from project done during summer internship.Questions were:
1.What is he project about?
2.Difference between 3G and 4G.
3.What is the aim of this research internship?
4.How much was i able to complete in two months?(I told that i am continuing as major project,since in two months time i could not get desired result).

Then, he went onto programming language i was comfortable. I answered C.
1.sizeof("shubham")
strlen("shubham")
I was asked to write output.Output would be 8 and 7. He asked why. Basic concepts should be clear.
2.Storage Classes in C-asked me concept and gave some questions to write output.
3.Constant pointers and pointers to constant. Asked to write output of snippets he gave.
4.malloc,caloc,realloc,free-syntax
5.Questions on pointers.

Basic concepts of let us C were asked mostly,that book is enough . Also see, GEEKSFORGEEKS, C section.

Operating System: Mutex and Semaphore,critical Section, Scheduling algorithms, Producer-Consumer Problem.
(Data Structures was not asked to me but others.)

Puzzles:
1. Maximum run a batsman can make in 50 overs.
2.There are 10 coins. 5 face head side and 5 as tail. You are blind folded.Make two piles of equal number of coins such that number of head in equal in both the piles.
Assumption:You can flip coin any number of times.

Question: Why do you want to join Samsung ,though placed in other company?

Questions: Any plans of future studies. I answered 'NO' only job.

Last question: Any question I would like to ask them. I asked what work would be doing in R&D. He explained me a lot of things.
Tips: 1.Be thorough with your project(done during internship or training) . You should be able to answer almost all the questions.
2.Study operating system very well if you plan to sit in samsung R&D.
3.Data structures and any one programming language.
4.Prepare puzzles as it can be asked by anyone. See programmerinterview.com etc.
5.Refer samsung archives of GEEKSFORGEEKS . Interview questions were mostly covering those.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: 1.Introduce yourself.
2.How would your friends describe you?
3.Tell the recent experiences of which makes you initiative.(i told that i am initiative,then he asked that question. So be ready with the examples,when u say any of your qualities.)
4.What is your weakness?
5.Puzzles.He asked me to fill the numbers from 1 to 8 in these 8 boxes, one number exactly once, such that no two consecutive elements are
adjacent(diagonally, horizontally or vertically) to each other.

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6.Which places in India have you been?


Skills: Solving Logic Puzzles, Basic C/C++, Data Structures, Operating Systems
College Name: NIT Raipur

Round: Test
Duration: 1 hour

Skills: General Coding And Problem Solving, Puzzle Solving Capability
College Name: NIT Jamshedpur

Round: Test
Experience: There was a np complete problem given. Brute force solution worked
Duration: 3 hours
Total Questions: 1

College Name: IIT Madras

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Initial criterion for shortlisting is of CPI(>7).

Round: Test
Experience: There were two written tests: Technical and Aptitude. This year technical test was not organized due to some reasons. In technical for Bangalore Center questions were based on C language and data structures.
Duration: 60+60 minutes
Total Questions: 50+50

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Panel of 1 person and lasted 10-15 minutes.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Panel of 1 person and lasted for 10 minutes.

General Tips: • Improve your aptitude skills
• Try to solve puzzles ( Shakuntala Devi maths puzzles )
Skills: Speech Signal Processing , Image Processing , Statistical Signal Processing , Mathematical methods in Signal Processing
College Name: IIT- Kanpur

Round: Test
Experience: One hour written test.
Objective questions related to C/C++/OS + 1 coding question .
Tips: Basic C/C++ reference material should be enough.
Revise basic OS, Networks, Data Structures and Algorithms.
Duration: 60 minutes

Round: Interview
Experience: Two Technical Interviews (20 minutes each)
 Questions on your B.Tech project, M.Tech project, Favorite subject, Programming ability.
 Discussion about the company, expectations from the company, future opportunities.
 Too much emphasis on the work done by you before. They require every explanation in
detail.
 If your B.Tech and M.Tech projects are in the field which company is looking forward for, it
is an added bonus.
Tips: Questions are mostly related to BTP as well as other work done in the Department.
 Prepare a compendium of the topics expected to prop up during interview.
 Revision of basic fundamentals of the field.
 Short report of the B.Tech as well as M.Tech project.
 Refer to placement sites for some tips.

General Tips: For non-core companies, only puzzle solving skills and accuracy are needed to be
sharpened. So practice standard interview puzzles available on net. Also revise of topics in
probability and permutation/combination.
College Name: IIT Madras

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: CGPA-9.55

Round: Test
Experience: Basic C Programming and Algorithms questions
Tips: General C programming knowledge is required. Nothing specific for the test
Duration: 60 minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Subjects tested: Signal Processing, Speech Technology, and Machine Learning

General Tips: Mostly they looked for Research experience, Project works and a good knowledge of Speech
Technology, Signal processing and Machine Learning and maybe CGPA. They were looking for work related to Speech Technology, Signal processing and Machine Learning. I had my BTP and several projects related to these subjects.
Skills: Signal Processing, Speech Technology, Machine Learning
College Name: IIT Madras

Round: Test
Experience: There was an aptitude test on Day 4 and the interviews on day 5.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: In my HR interview I was offered the job and they elaborated on their packages and job description.

General Tips: Overall just doing the basic questions of ANSI C and solving elementary coding problems can take you through.
College Name: IIT KANPUR

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Everyone who applied gets shortlisted for the test

Round: Test
Experience: 20 MCQs in each section
Tips: Try to not to waste too much time on English as other sections may take longer to complete.
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 60

Round: Test
Experience: Three coding questions
Tips: Practice some online coding test,know basic data structures and algorithms
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 3

Skills: Ability To Express Your Ideas, Communication And Confidence