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Updated 8 Jan 2025

DE Shaw Sdet Automation Test Engineer Interview Experiences

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Round 1 - Coding Test 

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Interview experience
3
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Less than 2 weeks
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Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Mainly related to JAVA programming
  • Q2. Selenium project reviews
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Reverse the string
  • Ans. 

    Reverse a given string

    • Create a new empty string to store the reversed string

    • Iterate through the original string from end to start and append each character to the new string

    • Return the reversed string

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Scenario based questions

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Jun 2021. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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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 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Machine learning and Java programming questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Have a good knowledege about the work you are presenting in front of them.

I appeared for an interview in Jan 2021.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. One Program with c#
  • Ans. 

    A C# program to demonstrate basic concepts like variables, loops, and conditionals.

    • Use 'int' for integers: int number = 5;

    • Implement loops: for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) { Console.WriteLine(i); }

    • Use conditionals: if (number > 0) { Console.WriteLine('Positive'); }

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Wasting of time i feel when I joined interview with him. One Program he asked when i answered it properly/not he said done his interview

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Cucumber advantage against testng ,api basic question like status code.selenum question related to xpatha type and usages.selenum actions class methods. Excel reader Apache poi jar how you are implementing...

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: If your have CGPA >7 and AIEEE rank is good then you will be shortlisted .

Round: Test
Experience: Test was similar to CAT there were 3 sections qunat, logical reasoning and verbal ...question were easy ...test was hosted at cocubes .
Tips: Don't try to open other tab during test because that will be recorded.
Duration: don't remember minute

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Interviewer was very straight forward, he ask many question and puzzles. One puzzle he asked was ... You have 2 rats and 4 glass. ..in each glass you have some liquid which is taste less, smell less cl,colorless ...but one glass contains poision... We are allowed to use rats only once and at the same time ...identity the poisened glass.
He also asked candel and bridge puzzle and sone question about me like why do you want to join our conpany, tell m le something about yourself etc

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Interviewer asked 3 questions
1) you have 3 glasses each contain 1 balls of different color .. You have to identify which galss has which color ball .
I answered several time and he make changes every time. ..
1 coding question and 1sql query. I answered all the questions correctly

College Name: NIT Delhi

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: An online test covering Quant, logical reasoning, DI and coding lasting for 1-1.30 hr. It also included essays on yourself

Round: Interview
Experience: Skype Interview of around 30-45 minInterview:Interview will consists of HR questions, project details and case studies.HR will be a standard affair and they will quiz you on BTP and internshipsOne of the last year case study was on ‟Amount of petrol used by Autos in Chennai‟.Other one was „calculate average salary of people in a room, who are not supposed tospeak about the salary‟.
Tips: Solve puzzles, quant and logical reasoning questions

College Name: IIT Madras

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. What was your GRE score?
  • Ans. 

    I did not take the GRE exam.

    • I did not apply for a program that required GRE scores.

    • My focus was on gaining practical experience through internships and projects.

    • I have excelled in my academic and professional pursuits without a GRE score.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. How was CAT?
  • Ans. 

    CAT was challenging but I managed to do well.

    • CAT was a difficult exam but I prepared well for it.

    • I had to manage my time effectively during the exam.

    • I am confident that I did well in the exam.

    • The exam tested my analytical and problem-solving skills.

    • Overall, I am satisfied with my performance in CAT.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Convince me that you won't go for higher studies?
  • Ans. 

    I am committed to gaining practical experience and contributing to the growth of the company.

    • I believe that practical experience is just as valuable as academic knowledge

    • I am excited about the opportunity to contribute to the growth of the company

    • I am committed to continuously learning and improving my skills through on-the-job training and professional development programs

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Project-related questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: CPI cut-off was 8.0 and I easily cleared as I had a CPI of 9.4

Round: Test
Experience: Questions included:
1. Basic programming questions (to find output, basic SQL, java, C)
2. Basic stats questions (mean, median, mode)
3. Two essay questions (one was 'Why Axtria?').

Round: Other Interview
Experience: This was a skype interview conducted by IITK alum. By this time, I had enough experience of giving interviews so HR was well prepared. I didn't took GRE, so I said that. I didn't opted for CAT either as I didn't wanted to go for MBA. He said we are convinced with your quantitative and writing skills through test, just convince me that you won't go for higher studies-I justified, since I didn’t enabled the video feature so couldn’t know whether he was convinced or not. projects. My Interview was about to end, but I asked him some question and he started describing the work at Axtria and finally asked me to solve a case study.

General Tips: 1. Prepare HR well and before the actual Interview&#44; give at least 2-3 dummy interviews.
2. Go through company website carefully; and prepare 2-3 good questions to ask in the end.
College Name: IIT KANPUR

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. What is your area of interest?
  • Q2. What are the other companies you have applied for and how many rounds did you clear?
  • Ans. 

    I have applied to a few companies, but I prefer not to disclose the names. I have cleared multiple rounds in each of them.

    • I have applied to a few companies, but I prefer not to disclose the names.

    • I have cleared multiple rounds in each of them.

    • I believe that each company has its own unique hiring process and requirements.

    • I am confident in my abilities and qualifications, and I am open to exploring opportunities with any...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Explain transportation problem.
  • Ans. 

    Transportation problem is a linear programming problem that deals with minimizing the cost of transporting goods from sources to destinations.

    • It involves determining the optimal way to transport goods from sources to destinations

    • It considers factors such as cost, capacity, and demand

    • It can be solved using various methods such as the North-West Corner Method, Least Cost Method, and Vogel's Approximation Method

    • Example: A...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. How will you solve a trans-shipment problem in excel solver software?
  • Ans. 

    Trans-shipment problem can be solved in Excel Solver by setting up a linear programming model.

    • Define decision variables for the amount of goods to be shipped between each pair of locations.

    • Set up constraints to ensure that the supply and demand at each location are met.

    • Add constraints to limit the amount of goods that can be shipped through intermediate locations.

    • Define the objective function to minimize the total cost...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: It was an “open to all branches” company. Around 70 students were shortlisted based on resume. Shortlisting was mainly on CGPA basis and on an average 5 top students were shortlisted from each branch.

Round: Test
Experience: The written test was on logical reasoning, verbal ability and quantitative aptitude. The test comprised of 2 sections. 1st section comprised of 3 HR questions:
Why do you want to join this company?
Tell us about yourself.
Describe a situation where you displayed leadership skills.
These 3 questions were to be typed in 150-200 words each in total of 20 min. 2nd section started immediately after this. 25 minutes, 35 multiple choice questions consisting of questions from various sections including 10 coding based questions.
Duration: 45 minutes
Total Questions: 38

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Interview was through a video call on Skype. The interview started with the basic HR question and then the interviewer asked about my area of interest. He asked 2 questions from that field and then asked one guesstimate question
The last question was related to what do I understand about data analysis.
Other candidates were asked some puzzles and several other HR questions as well.
My area of interest was Operations Research. So he asked me some technical questions as well.

College Name: IIT ROORKEE

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Shortlisting based on AIEEE RANK and cgpa
Experience: they shortlisted 150 people based on the aieee rank and cgpa .

Round: Test
Experience: the test was on cocubes.com
Tips: do attempt each section to clear cutoff

College Name: MANIT,bhopal

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How many rounds are there in DE Shaw Sdet Automation Test Engineer interview?
DE Shaw interview process usually has 1 rounds. The most common rounds in the DE Shaw interview process are Coding Test.

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