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1. Introduction 2. Interviewer Directly taken me to Coding Screen and asked to write a program to get maximum value of two number's multiplication from the given array of integers. 3. Difference between array & arrayList, List & Set
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Principal Software Engineer

Interviewed at Chargebee

3.9
Apr 14, 2021

1. Introduction 2. Interviewer Directly taken me to Coding Screen and asked to write a program to get maximum value of two number's multiplication from the given array of integers. 3. Difference between array & arrayList, List & Set

(2nd colleague): [scenario based session on the whiteboard, to see how you think when on the spot/pressured] 1. First question: on one of my first projects here at MS, I'm told I've got 2hrs before I have to present a genius test solution for our client's million pound project, given the following details: - migration project where an identity management software was used to populate SAP (using Active directory) - 2 env. setups (test & PROD) - Like-live test data is available - personnel resources: Architect, one third party test resource unfamiliar with the technology, client has 8man developer team offsite, you're on the team, systems support, network sme 2. Second question: you're given a WPF appl., having a single text box on it which receives 2digit numbers and processes them into a db on clicking a button. How would you test it (giving sample test data)?
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Principal Software Test Lead

Interviewed at Microsoft

4
Jan 21, 2016

(2nd colleague): [scenario based session on the whiteboard, to see how you think when on the spot/pressured] 1. First question: on one of my first projects here at MS, I'm told I've got 2hrs before I have to present a genius test solution for our client's million pound project, given the following details: - migration project where an identity management software was used to populate SAP (using Active directory) - 2 env. setups (test & PROD) - Like-live test data is available - personnel resources: Architect, one third party test resource unfamiliar with the technology, client has 8man developer team offsite, you're on the team, systems support, network sme 2. Second question: you're given a WPF appl., having a single text box on it which receives 2digit numbers and processes them into a db on clicking a button. How would you test it (giving sample test data)?

During phone interview basic JavaScript questions were asked and asked to write a function that sums up an array of numbers, the length of the array is not fixed. I believe the whole intention was to find if one know the concept of 'arguments'
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Principal UI Engineer

Interviewed at Walmart

3.4
Dec 14, 2015

During phone interview basic JavaScript questions were asked and asked to write a function that sums up an array of numbers, the length of the array is not fixed. I believe the whole intention was to find if one know the concept of 'arguments'

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