This is a career advice for fresh grads students and even experienced engineers to prepare for their SDE interview. The talk was held at SJCE- Mysore hence large part is directed towards students.

1. Cracking the SDE
interview
Soumitra Bhattacharyya
www.linkedin.com/in/soumitra001

2. Aspirational Dream Job
“Success occurs when Preparation meets Opportunity “

3. Intent of Interview
Candidates
❖ Showcase your ability and skills
❖ Personality
❖ Work Experience
❖ Education
❖ Passion and Motivation
Organisation :
❖ Inform about business needs
❖ Work environment
❖ Activities
❖ What to expect
Requires hard work and Preparation not Luck
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4. Guiding principles for hiring
❖ Hire people who are smarter and knowledgeable
❖ Candidates who are eager to solve problems
❖ Who can learn and act fast, enthusiastic and decisive.
❖ Spark Curiosity Urgency and Drive
❖ Who can be interesting and fun to work
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5. Making a difference
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Accomplishments Confidence Advocate
Yourself
Standout
“Go the extra mile ! Stand out from the crowd”
Impressive
Resume

6. Preparing for your dream job
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Problem
Solving
Technical
Clarity in
Communication
Life Experiences

7. Preparing for Technical interview
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● Build strong Computer Science foundation
○ Data structure and Algorithm
○ Language constructs (C++/Java/Python) ,
OOAD
○ OS internals, Networking, RPC, Protocols ,
DataBase , Data Science algo, AI
● Applying CS knowledge in the given
situation
● Practice problem solving; Mock interviews
● Complete understanding of your Projects

8. What to expect in Tech Interview
● Open ended question
● Problem may not have one perfect solution.
● Expected to Interact,clarify and seek information
● Draw diagrams,write short bullet points.
● Simple → Improved solution → Closer to perfection.
● Explain the choices made and tradeoffs
● Time and space Complexity ( O(n) ), Performance,Corner case
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9. Avoiding during the interview
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❖ Being Unprepared
❖ Not being honest
❖ Too less/ Too much information
❖ Beating around the bush
❖ Manage your time
❖ Lack of clarity in communication.

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