I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Appian (Chennai) in Aug 2025
Interview
The online assessment consisted of 3 coding questions to be solved in 1 hour
30 minutes. The timestamp of submission is considered during evaluation, so solving faster is an advantage.
1. Insert Interval - Leetcode
2. Find first and last position of element in sorted array - Leetcode
3. Find missing and repeating - GeeksForGeeks
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Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. React:
• Implement a list in a React functional component.
2. Project Discussion:
• I had mentioned three projects — he asked about every single line in the
descriptions.
3. API Questions:
• Explain what an API is.
• Types of API and their purposes.
• Additional: Explain about API fire/hit rate.
4. Project Purpose:
• Asked for the purpose of my project — I explained clearly.
5. Certification-Based Questions:
• I had listed Oracle SQL credential by IBM in my resume.
• What is the difference between schema and table?
• In DBMS, a many-to-many relationship can be resolved into how many
tables? (Answer: 3 tables)
• Write an SQL query to select the highest CGPA from each department (he
gave me the table schema).
6. LeetCode Experience:
• I mentioned 480+ problems solved.
• Preferred language? → C++
• Most interesting problem solved? → I explained constructing a binary
tree from inorder and preorder traversals.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Appian in Jan 2025
Interview
Skipped the OA because a recruiter reached out. Then had a recruiter phone call, technical (easy/medium), then a superday with technical, behavioral, and executive meeting. Technicals weren't too hard, drilled down quite a bit in behavioral.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Appian (Chennai) in Aug 2024
Interview
3 rounds.
OT - round 1
Technical interview -2
HR interview - 1
They shortlisted the people to attend the test based on CGPA. and after the OT they only shortlisted 12 people for the interview.
Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at Appian with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 24 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Appian overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Appian as a Software Engineer(Internship) according to 24 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 41%
One on one interview: 27%
Presentation: 16%
Skills test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Background check: 3%
Group panel interview: 3%
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