I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Persistent Systems in Jun 2010
Interview
I applied via referral. HR called on the same day and asked about my area of experience and CTC. And said only if am negogiable on the salary ( that to asking for exact numbers) then they will schedule for interview. Negogiated and scheduled for the interview aft 3 days.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Most of the questions were from the Java Collections- about Set, different types of set, difference between arraylist and vectors in detail. Questions on hashmap giving some senario.
Some of the questions were from swings like JprogressBar(by giving a scenario and asking for a logic, though i said i am unaware of Jprogress bar, he was keep on posting the questions on the same),
modeldialog how will you find its model or non-model. Design Patterns-MVC, singleton -i answered well.
About comparison of versions of Java. String handlers etc...
before asking questions he will ask if i have experience on that area, if no then he will ask questions that to by giving a scenario and asking for logic ( not even basics).
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.