I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Nokia (Bengaluru) in Jan 2015
Interview
There were two technical rounds + 1 Managerial round + HR(telephonic), the panel was quite friendly and the biggest thing is they will respect the time value. I reached at Nokia office at 10 am and my interview started at 10:05 am.
Technical rounds went for around 1 and a half hour each
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Data structure in python
- Write a program to find square root of a number(without using math library)
- Write a program to find random number(without using math library)
- WAP to find next largest number in a 4 digit number e.g. for 1432 the next largest no will be 2134 then 2143 and so on.
- Difference between list, tuple and dictionary
- Can we modify a value in tuple
- What do you mean by range function in python ?
- Is there any alternative of range function ? What do you mean by xrange and what is the difference between xrange and range ?
- Exception Handling in Python ?
- Difference between append and extend in list ?
- What is __init__ in Python ?
- What is __new__ in Python ?
- When to use tuple in Python ?
- What are functional and keyword arguments in Python ?
- What are the different types of list methods ?
- How Robot Framework works(architecture explanation) and some library functionalities
- About previous projects and the problems faced
- Some UNIX questions
- They asked me about SONAR for static code analysis
The interview was engaging and professional. I appreciated learning more about the role, team expectations, and company culture while sharing my experience, technical background, and interest in contributing meaningfully. The interview was a positive and insightful experience. I appreciated the opportunity to discuss my background, technical skills, and interest in the role while learning more about the team, expectations, and company culture.
It is smooth and good learning experience, work life balance is good . There work in agile methodologies and hybrid methodologies . There used latest technologies. 3 rounds of technical interview are conducted
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Nokia (Bengaluru) in Feb 2025
Interview
They had 2 rounds , both rounds are technical and diculty is medium . They will ask you to write code. Coding questions are basic DSA . I was interviewed on Golang and kubernetes
R&D Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Nokia with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 86% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for R&D Engineer roles take an average of 11 days to get hired, when considering 46 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Nokia overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Nokia as a R&D Engineer according to 46 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 23%
Group panel interview: 14%
Phone interview: 12%
Skills test: 12%
Background check: 11%
Presentation: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Personality test: 5%
Drug test: 4%
Other: 3%
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