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Commonwealth Bank of Australia, India Platform Engineer Interview Questions and Answers for Experienced

Updated 16 May 2025

Commonwealth Bank of Australia, India Platform Engineer Interview Experiences for Experienced

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Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
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I appeared for an interview in Apr 2025, where I was asked the following questions.

  • Q1. BGP Question - There are 2 routers in your organisation each connected to different ISP via EBGP. And your 2 routers are connected each other using IBGP. What is the problem in the setup. Expected Answer -...
  • Ans. 

    IBGP setup can lead to unintended transit AS issues; implement route filtering to prevent this.

    • IBGP routers do not advertise routes learned from one IBGP peer to another, preventing loops.

    • Without proper configuration, internal routers may inadvertently become transit AS for external traffic.

    • Use route filtering or prefix lists to control which routes are advertised to prevent transit behavior.

    • Implementing a route reflec...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. On what layer of OSI model does BGP operate?
  • Ans. 

    BGP operates at the Application layer (Layer 7) of the OSI model, facilitating inter-domain routing between autonomous systems.

    • BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) is used for routing between different autonomous systems on the internet.

    • It operates at the Application layer, which is responsible for end-user services and application-level protocols.

    • BGP uses TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) for reliable communication, which ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. What are benefits of VXLAN?
  • Ans. 

    VXLAN enhances network scalability, flexibility, and isolation in virtualized environments through encapsulation and overlay networks.

    • Scalability: Supports up to 16 million unique segments, far exceeding VLAN limits.

    • Overlay Networking: Allows for the creation of virtual networks over existing physical infrastructure.

    • Multitenancy: Provides isolation between different tenants in a cloud environment, enhancing security.

    • Mo...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare on basics
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Difficulty level
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Process Duration
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Result
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Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Write a script in python

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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Nov 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Moderate level aptitude with basics

Round 3 - Coding Test 

Moderate level data structure questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident and what what u speak because that is most important

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed in Oct 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. I was mostly asked about the process. First round was technical, mostly on Java
  • Q2. JVM Architecture, Java 9 new feature, collection framework, hibernate
  • Q3. 2nd round was mostly on tools and processes.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Always come prepare with whatever you have mentioned in your resume, if you talking about any tools, you should have end to end knowledge on that, you can't say I used Jenkins and then while answering, you would say I don't know how to create a job or pipeline. That kind of answer is not acceptable.

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Mar 2021. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. All were Ds and algo questions?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be prepared on DS and algo section. Also keep practising on online competitive coding.

What are the roles & responsibilities of a Platform Engineer at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, India?

Platform Management

  • Manage and maintain cloud-based platforms and infrastructure
  • Collaborate with product engineers to design and run reliable systems

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Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Asked many Dbsa questions. You need to be thorough about the joins in the databases.

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Practice questions on Indiabix.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Operating Systems basics, Dbsa basics

General Tips: 1: Be Confident.
2: Keep Smiling.
3: Do not be Panic.
4: Remember they are here to hire you but not reject you.
5: Do not loose hope.
6: Believe at yourself.
7: Start preparing early.
8: Do demo interviews with your friend.
Skill Tips: Make sure you do a course on object oriented programming
Skills: C, Sql, Java
College Name: BITS PILANI
Motivation: Every body joins a comapny for making a software or earning money. But I was always motivated to MAKE MONEY. I have taken this job because they have very extensive work in Share Market and they have lots of MBA from IIM's, Lots of CAs, CS. Thats why i have choosen Edelweiss. I have rejected epic System USA for this profile.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia, India HR Interview Questions

5 questions and answers

Q. Are you open to relocate?
Q. Introduce yourself.
Q. What brings you here today?

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: The written test was quite similar to the typical CAT pattern. It contained sections on Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation and Mathematics.

Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: There were 2 interviewers in the first interview, one was a technical guy and the other was from HR. They asked me a few very simple puzzles, a few basic programming questions (swapping the value of two variables etc.), questions related to the development cycle of software products. The HR guy asked stuff like what do you want to achieve in life? Strengths, weaknesses etc.

Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: The third interview was the most important one (and I guess that was the deciding interview). The interviewer started with questions like why finance? Which companies are you sitting for? Then he gave me a case study:
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Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Oops, os, dbms, project
  • Q2. Why hsbc, why should I hire you.
  • Ans. 

    I have a strong background in software engineering and a passion for innovation, making me a valuable asset to HSBC.

    • I have a proven track record of successfully delivering high-quality software solutions in previous roles.

    • I am highly skilled in various programming languages and technologies, including Java, Python, and SQL.

    • I have experience working in agile development environments, allowing me to adapt quickly to chan...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: 4 sections, 15 questions each. Sections on apti, english, programming, technical.
Tips: Time management, complete english and technical first
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 60

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: We were asked which super hero would you like to be. Shared the information. Always present the positives and negatives and emphasize that despite of being negatives
Tips: Think everything through before speaking
Duration: 40 minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Prepare well, anything can be asked on the things written on your resume

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Sell yourself. Tell them why you would be the best candidate.
Tips: Tell your advantages of being a fresher that you would be comfortable in any technology

College Name: Acropolis institute of technology and research

I appeared for an interview before Mar 2021.

Round 1 - Face to Face 

(3 Questions)

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Technical round with questions on DSA and OS.

  • Q1. 

    LRU Cache Design Problem Statement

    Design and implement a data structure for a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache that supports the following operations:

    • get(key) - Retrieve the value associated with the...
  • Ans. 

    Design and implement a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache data structure that supports get and put operations with a specified capacity.

    • Implement a doubly linked list to keep track of the order of keys based on their usage.

    • Use a hashmap to store key-value pairs for quick access and updates.

    • When a key is accessed or updated, move it to the front of the linked list to mark it as the most recently used.

    • When the cache reaches...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. 

    Maximum of All Subarrays of Size K

    Given an array of non-negative integers and an integer K representing the length of a subarray, your task is to determine the maximum elements for each subarray of size ...

  • Ans. 

    Find the maximum elements for each subarray of size K in a given array.

    • Iterate through the array and maintain a deque to store the indices of elements in decreasing order.

    • Pop elements from the deque that are out of the current window.

    • Keep track of the maximum element in each subarray of size K.

    • Return the maximum elements for each subarray.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. What is virtual memory?
  • Ans. 

    Virtual memory is a memory management technique that allows a computer to compensate for physical memory shortages by temporarily transferring data from RAM to disk storage.

    • Virtual memory allows programs to use more memory than is physically available on the system.

    • It helps in multitasking by allowing multiple programs to run simultaneously without running out of memory.

    • Virtual memory uses a combination of RAM and disk...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Eligibility criteriaAbove 7 CGPAGoldman Sachs interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Coding Skills, Operating Systems , Data Structures, Algorithms, System Design, Aptitude, OOPSTime required to prepare for the interview - 5 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Must do Previously asked Interview as well as Online Test Questions.
Tip 2 : Go through all the previous interview experiences from Codestudio and Leetcode.
Tip 3 : Do at-least 2 good projects and you must know every bit of them.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Have at-least 2 good projects explained in short with all important points covered.
Tip 2 : Every skill must be mentioned.
Tip 3 : Focus on skills, projects and experiences more.

Final outcome of the interviewRejected

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview Questionnaire 

8 Questions

  • Q1. Find a number which occurs odd number of times and all number occurs even number of times
  • Q2. Some discussion about my minor project
  • Q3. Spiral order of binary tree and mattrix, print it
  • Q4. Some question about os,dbms
  • Q5. Find pair which have a given sum in a given array
  • Q6. Find total number of k element which have a given avg in a given array in minimum time complexity
  • Q7. Print all elements which in not boundary element in a given binary tree
  • Q8. Then some question about process synchronisation,error vs exception,and then 2-3 hr question

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: practice codes on paper
Tips:

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: very good
Tips: please try to explain each and every question in detail

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: my hr round is not taken by them,and some of face 3rd round ,which is HR
Tips: please prepare all types of problem from geeksforgeeks

Skill Tips: please try to understand every problem from geeksforgeeks
Skills: ds
College Name: NIT Bhopal
Motivation: best work culture,and a lots of learning opportunity in this company,and in every 6 month there is a appraisal

Skills evaluated in this interview

Commonwealth Bank of Australia, India Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Commonwealth Bank of Australia, India Platform Engineer interview for experienced candidates?
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, India interview process for experienced candidates usually has 1 rounds. The most common rounds in the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, India interview process for experienced candidates are Technical.
How to prepare for Commonwealth Bank of Australia, India Platform Engineer interview for experienced candidates?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, India. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, India expect are Information Technology, Python, Customer Service, Computer Networking and Continuous Improvement.
What are the top questions asked in Commonwealth Bank of Australia, India Platform Engineer interview for experienced candidates?

Some of the top questions asked at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, India Platform Engineer interview for experienced candidates -

  1. BGP Question - There are 2 routers in your organisation each connected to diffe...read more
  2. On what layer of OSI model does BGP opera...read more
  3. What are benefits of VXL...read more

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