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Shell Software Developer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 27 Nov 2024

Shell Software Developer Interview Experiences

4 interviews found

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Normal aptitude test containing behavioural, mathematical, English questions

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Oopc, dbms, sql, se concepts were there with few os, dsa and got related questions

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Go through your resume and question about project backend functionality
  • Q2. Code asked for backend application developed by me which was there in resume
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Behavioural questions were asked

Software Developer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Innamuri Ahalya

posted on 27 Nov 2024

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Oct 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Basic two coding questions will be and also apptitude questions also included.

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is the difference between virtual function and friend function
  • Ans. 

    Virtual functions enable polymorphism in classes, while friend functions allow access to private members of a class.

    • Virtual functions are declared in a base class and overridden in derived classes to achieve runtime polymorphism.

    • Friend functions are not members of a class but can access its private and protected members.

    • Example of a virtual function: `class Base { virtual void show(); };`

    • Example of a friend function: `...

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  • Q2. Explain your projects

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I applied via Campus Placement

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 - Assignment 

Based on cs subjects, DS Algo and Aptitude

Round 3 - HR 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. See yourself in 5 years
  • Q2. About teamwork and leadership qualities
  • Q3. Strength and weaknesses
  • Q4. Long term vision of your life

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - be confident and true while answering every question.

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Aug 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. Introduce yourself
  • Q2. What is normalization what are joins
  • Ans. 

    Normalization is the process of organizing data in a database to reduce redundancy. Joins are used to combine data from multiple tables.

    • Normalization involves breaking down a table into smaller tables to reduce data redundancy.

    • Joins are used to combine data from two or more tables based on a common column.

    • Types of joins include inner join, left join, right join, and full outer join.

    • Normalization and joins are important...

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  • Q3. About constructors in oops

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - it was great. They made us feel very comfortable

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
Selected Selected
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 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic c# threading
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. STAR pattern related question
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What are deecorators in Python
  • Ans. 

    Decorators in Python are functions that modify the behavior of other functions or methods.

    • Decorators are denoted by the @ symbol followed by the decorator function name.

    • They are commonly used for logging, authentication, and memoization.

    • Example: @staticmethod, @classmethod, @property

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  • Q2. If the object is defined with "const" keyword, then in future can it be modified?
  • Ans. 

    No, if an object is defined with 'const' keyword, it cannot be modified in the future.

    • Objects defined with 'const' keyword are read-only and cannot be reassigned.

    • Properties of a 'const' object can still be modified, but the object itself cannot be reassigned.

    • Example: const obj = { key: 'value' }; obj.key = 'new value'; // Valid, but obj = { newKey: 'newValue' }; // Invalid

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Shell HR Interview Questions

56 questions and answers

Q. What are your reasons for wanting to work at this company?
Q. What challenges did you encounter during the project, and how did you resolve th ... read more
Q. Describe a project you have worked on and what you would do differently now.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

30 technical questions

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Technical process
  • Q2. What are oops concept
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Oops questions Database SQL Logic building along with case study
Are these interview questions helpful?
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Aug 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
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Round 2 - Coding Test 

There were 20 MCQ and 2 coding questions related to dsa

Round 3 - Group Discussion 

We were given a topic and we're divided in team of 6 and 3 members from each team were selected for next round

Interview experience
2
Poor
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Project explaation
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

60 aptitude que in 30 mins

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Coding test- with 2 coding que

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