Initial Selection:
Role Offered: System Engineer (SE)
Recruitment Mode: On-campus drive
Upgrade Opportunity: Infosys provided options to upgrade to Digital Specialist Engineer (DSE – ₹6.25 LPA) and Specialist Programmer (SP – ₹9.5 LPA) roles through further assessments.
SP Role Assessment
Coding Round – HackWithInfy Style Test:
Format: 3 coding questions with increasing difficulty (Medium, Hard, Very Hard)
Performance:
Solved Medium and Hard questions completely
Partially solved the third question (5/12 test cases cleared)
Onsite Coding Round (Noida DC):
Format: 2 questions, 45 minutes (Solve any 1)
Performance:
Fully solved one question using Two Pointers, Hashing, and Sliding Window approach
SP Role Interview:
Experience:
Interviewer was unengaged and distracted in meetings
Gave one DP-based question, did not allow proper interaction or discussion
No follow-up questions, interview ended abruptly
Result: Not Selected for SP role
DSE Role Interview
Notification: Received interview call for DSE role 15 days after SP interview
Format: Direct Technical Interview (No coding round) at Noida DC
Interview Focus Areas:
Project Discussion:
Explained complete project flow
Drew flow diagram
In-depth discussion on Transaction Module
Technical Subjects Covered:
DBMS: Advanced topics like Locking, Concurrency
Operating Systems: Memory Management concepts
OOPS: Implementation of Linked List using OOP principles
SQL: 3 queries based on Joins (Level 2 difficulty), 1 easy-level query
Computer Networks, DSA: General discussions
HR Question:
"Why should we hire you?"
Gave a standard answer emphasizing hard work and dedication
Interview Duration: ~1 hour
Result: Selected for Digital Specialist Engineer (DSE) role
The OA had medium difficulty. they asked to solve 3 out of 4 questions. 1q was of array, 1 of dp, 1 of graph and 1 of strings. DSA questions and project- based questions, mentioned on the resume are asked in the interview which is held in the offline center
The process was started with 2 coding questions and required to solve 1 and then we have to one on one interview on oops dbms or sql and go through basics of cloud is additional
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic sql queries, leetcode based problem other than 2 coding given
Total hiring process is divided in 3 rounds, as I am selected through the HWI. First round was the coding round (I am talking about the OA). Second round is during interview one more time there is coding round after that you will have the single round of one on one interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In the interview coding round we have to sit in the front of the interviewer and do the questions given to us. I got the DP problem medium level Leetcode. But sitting in front of interviewer and doing it easily make it hard.
Digital Specialist Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Infosys with 2.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Digital Specialist Engineer roles take an average of 33 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Infosys overall takes an average of 14 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Infosys as a Digital Specialist Engineer according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 31%
One on one interview: 23%
Background check: 15%
Personality test: 15%
IQ intelligence test: 15%
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