Software Developer 2 Interview Questions

2,525 software developer 2 interview questions shared by candidates

2. Describe a process or procedure that you improved so your customers and/or coworkers would be better served. a. What was your approach to implementing the change; what was needed to achieve the operational/technical improvement and what educational/relational actions were needed to assure the new process was understood and followed consistently? b. How did you know whether, and when, the change was effective in achieving the desired outcomes?
avatar

Administrative Specialist 2

Interviewed at Oregon Health Authority

3.7
Feb 25, 2024

2. Describe a process or procedure that you improved so your customers and/or coworkers would be better served. a. What was your approach to implementing the change; what was needed to achieve the operational/technical improvement and what educational/relational actions were needed to assure the new process was understood and followed consistently? b. How did you know whether, and when, the change was effective in achieving the desired outcomes?

Q1. A street contains few light lamps with given intensity, we need to tell minimum bulbs required to light up the street. No. denotes the intensity of light, how many blocks it can light up along with itself. 0 -> lights up only itself 1-> lights itself as well as 1 before it and 1 after it. and so on. -1-> faulty lamp e.g. Input [1,0,2,2,-1,1] output minimum 2 street lamps are required to light this up. Explanation , only street lamps at index 2 and 5 are required to light whole street as their intensity can light other blocks as well. Q2. maximum area under a historgram Input : 2,1,4,5,3,2 (height of bar) output : 8 block area is maximum created by 4,5 values at index 2,3. Area is 2*4 blocks wide.
avatar

SDE-2 Backend

Interviewed at PayU

3.6
Aug 29, 2021

Q1. A street contains few light lamps with given intensity, we need to tell minimum bulbs required to light up the street. No. denotes the intensity of light, how many blocks it can light up along with itself. 0 -> lights up only itself 1-> lights itself as well as 1 before it and 1 after it. and so on. -1-> faulty lamp e.g. Input [1,0,2,2,-1,1] output minimum 2 street lamps are required to light this up. Explanation , only street lamps at index 2 and 5 are required to light whole street as their intensity can light other blocks as well. Q2. maximum area under a historgram Input : 2,1,4,5,3,2 (height of bar) output : 8 block area is maximum created by 4,5 values at index 2,3. Area is 2*4 blocks wide.

Array-based searching problem - Focus on optimizing from O(n) to O(log n) - Required understanding of modified searching algorithms Array manipulation/sorting problem (Leetcode Medium) - Started with basic approach - Asked to optimize space complexity - Required in-place solution - Simplified to a variant with fewer conditions
avatar

SDE 2

Interviewed at Loop Health

3.8
Feb 20, 2025

Array-based searching problem - Focus on optimizing from O(n) to O(log n) - Required understanding of modified searching algorithms Array manipulation/sorting problem (Leetcode Medium) - Started with basic approach - Asked to optimize space complexity - Required in-place solution - Simplified to a variant with fewer conditions

Viewing 1711 - 1720 interview questions

Glassdoor has 2,525 interview questions and reports from Software developer 2 interviews. Prepare for your interview. Get hired. Love your job.