Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Persistent Systems with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 77% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 6 days to get hired, when considering 115 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Persistent Systems overall takes an average of 11 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Persistent Systems as a Software Engineer according to 115 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 26%
Skills test: 21%
Personality test: 10%
Background check: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 10%
Presentation: 8%
Group panel interview: 7%
Phone interview: 5%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 1%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Persistent Systems in Nov 2010
Interview
I was selected through campus recruitment. There first round was a test involving technical and aptitude questions. The level was moderate with some good programming questions. out of around 5000 who appeared, about 150 were shortlisted for interviews. Interview process began for top 50 people (including me) and there was another round to filter from the remaining where they were asked to implement data structures program.
There were three rounds on interview:
1 st round: There were two people in panel who asked very technical questions from C++,SQL,OOPS etc. basically everything from my CV. They are me to write a couple of programs and some SQL queries. In the end they are some reasoning questions. It lasted for about 1 hour.
2nd round: It was a f2f with an Project/Account manager. The asked about my interests in technology. Some normal technical questions, academics etc. It lasted about 45 minutes.
3rd round: It was an HR round where HR type questions were asked. Strength, weaknesses, hobbies etc.
After all the rounds my name was announced in the final selection list. About 40-45 people were selected from my city. 17 were from my college.
The interview process includes resume screening, an initial HR call, technical rounds, coding or system design tasks, a managerial interview, and a final HR negotiation before the offer made overall.
There was online Assessment test, once you clear that you will you shortlisted for interviews.
There was 2 Technical Interviews & Final HR Interview and all rounds are elimination rounds
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They mainly asked OOP related concepts and some easy to medium level DSA questions in an interview.
Good technical qs asked cpp basics write a pattern code and some easy logical questions
It was mostly conversation and it included just testing my basic coding and problem-solving skills
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a code for a pattern which he gave me in the chat box. What are pointers what are dangling pointers? What is SQL, some forms for SQL and its coded functions of SQL joint water joints, inner joins outer joints, et cetera.