QAD Intern Interview Questions and Answers

Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

It was on online objective test consisting of 4 sections: Aptitude, Technical MCQs, Code snippet based MCQs and Coding part.

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Valid Parentheses Problem Statement
Given a string 'STR' consisting solely of the characters “{”, “}”, “(”, “)”, “[” and “]”, determine if the parentheses are balanced.
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The first line contains an...read more
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Palindrome Linked List Problem Statement
Determine if a given singly linked list of integers is a palindrome. Return true if it is a palindrome, otherwise return false.
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Input:
1 -> 2 -> ...read more
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Check if a given singly linked list of integers is a palindrome.
• Use two pointers to find the middle of the linked list.

• Reverse the second half of the linked list.

• Compare the first half with the reversed second half to determine if it is a palindrome.
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Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

This was a technical and managerial round. The interviewer gave me a situation where I am in testing team and I found that customer requirement was drop down list at a place but developer has used bullet selection, and is not ready to change it. How will you manage? I gave some good replies and he was convinced.

Q1. What is a virtual function?
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Q2. Can you explain how to perform a level order traversal of a binary tree in spiral form?
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Q3. What are abstract classes in C++?
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Abstract classes in C++ are classes that cannot be instantiated and are designed to be base classes for other classes.
• Abstract classes may contain pure virtual functions, making them incomplete and unable to be instantiated.

• Derived classes must implement all pure virtual functions from the abstract class in order to be concrete classes.

• Abstract classes can have non-virtual functions and member variables like regular cl...read more
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Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

This was also a technical round. He asked to optimize the code I wrote in coding round. Then he asked me a few puzzles and questions on OOPS, OS and DBMS.

Q1. Can you explain the ACID properties in the context of database management systems?
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Q2. What is the difference between paging and segmentation in operating systems?
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Paging and segmentation are memory management techniques in operating systems.
• Paging divides physical memory into fixed-size blocks called pages, while segmentation divides logical memory into variable-size segments.

• Paging allows for efficient memory allocation and management, while segmentation provides protection and sharing of memory.

• Paging is simpler to implement but can lead to internal fragmentation, while segmen...read more
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Q3. What is concurrency control?
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Concurrency control is a technique used in databases to manage simultaneous access and modification of data by multiple users or processes.
• Concurrency control ensures that transactions are executed in a way that maintains data consistency and integrity.

• Techniques like locking, timestamp ordering, and optimistic concurrency control are used to implement concurrency control.

• For example, in a banking system, concurrency c...read more
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Q4. What is the difference between String Buffer and String Builder in Java?
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String Buffer is synchronized and thread-safe, while String Builder is not synchronized and faster.
• String Buffer is synchronized, making it thread-safe for use in multi-threaded environments.

• String Builder is not synchronized, resulting in faster performance but not thread-safe.

• String Builder is preferred for single-threaded operations, while String Buffer is preferred for multi-threaded operations.
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Q5. What are smart pointers in C++?
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Smart pointers in C++ are objects that act like pointers but provide automatic memory management.
• Smart pointers help prevent memory leaks by automatically managing memory allocation and deallocation.

• Examples include unique_ptr, shared_ptr, and weak_ptr.

• unique_ptr is used for exclusive ownership, shared_ptr for shared ownership, and weak_ptr to prevent circular references.
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Q6. What is the difference between a mutex and a semaphore?
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Create an API using Notepad to check if a string is a palindrome or not.

Q1. Solid principal
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Logical Reasoning, Questions on distances, Questions on directions

1- Difference between array list and linked list.
2- Reverse the linked list

1-Difference between Arraylist and Linked list.
2-Check if strings are anagram.

Q1. Technical questions that includes coding as well
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Q1. Technical and Managerial discussion
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Q1. Salary discussion
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Q1. List tuple python memory management Codig question RestAPIs HTTP methods State Management UI
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Q1. What is VTable and VPtr
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Q1. Current company project and tech stack related
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Q2. Very basic selenium and java interview questions asked verbally
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Q3. 30 min interview
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Q1. Write code in java for following input String s = "abdc112kg45ldy4p9" to get output sum = 170.
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Extract and sum all numeric values from a given string in Java.
• Use a loop to iterate through each character in the string.

• Check if a character is a digit using Character.isDigit().

• Build numbers from consecutive digits and add them to a sum.

• Example: For 'abdc112kg45ldy4p9', extract 112, 45, 4, and 9.
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Q2. Some basic selenium, testng, cucumber bdd questions
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Q3. Its a 40 min coding round
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Q1. Java code in order to find the day if we give jan 1 as monday. then what day is sept 14.
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Calculate the day of the week for September 14, given January 1 is a Monday.
• January 1 is a Monday.

• Count the total days from January 1 to September 14.

• Days in each month: Jan(31), Feb(28), Mar(31), Apr(30), May(31), Jun(30), Jul(31), Aug(31), Sep(14).

• Total days = 31 + 28 + 31 + 30 + 31 + 30 + 31 + 31 + 14 = 31 + 28 + 31 + 30 + 31 + 30 + 31 + 31 + 14 = 245.

• Calculate the day of the week: 245 days from Monday = 245 % 7 =...read more
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Q2. Selenium Xpath related questions to find it in website of flipkart sellers page.
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Q3. Show nullpointer error using java code.
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Q4. Selenium, TestNG, Cucumber Questions
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Q5. 45 min high level technical round
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Q1. General discussion related to current company tecstack and work.
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Q2. General Managerial Round/HR Round questions related to cultural or behavioral fit.
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Q3. 30 min short discussion
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