Quinstreet recruitment process consisted of aptitude test followed by technical and then HR interview. Aptitude and interviews were held on the same day and result was declared in the same evening. Recruitment process had following format:
Aptitude Test Format (had 6 sections):
Aptitude test had following six sections. No negative marking.
1st section: 10 objective ques.
Analytical, Logical reasoning and Quantitative analysis.
2nd section: 10 objective ques.
Questions on C language.
3rd section: 10 objective ques.
Java (5ques) + OOPS concept (5ques).
4th section: 5 subjective ques.
Questions on Data Structures.
5th section: 5 objective ques.
On SQL
6th section: Subjective ques.
We were asked to write code for any two problem statements out of given four.
Problem statements were like “write a code for any scheduling algorithm”, “implement cache memory”, etc.
Paper was not lengthy, enough time was given. It was not very simple but not tough also. No obvious questions were asked, all were a bit logical and conceptual. In data structures, questions on AVL, sort, and search were asked. Result of aptitude test was declared within 2 hours.
Interview Rounds:
Questions asked in interviews were different from the topics asked in apti. Interview was all logical. Questions only on Web technologies were asked, all related to web. They don’t ask puzzles, so no need to prepare that :D. Following are few questions I remember which were asked:
Tech Interview: This was all logical.
-Started with How r u Apurva??
-Tell something about yourself.
-What r your negative points??
- Y Quinstreet??
-They asked how u will design a search engine.
-Questions on AJAX, page ranking.
-equals and hash codes in JAVA.
-How will u detect a new web page has come and add it into database...???
He gave a hint:-What will u do if your friend's number is unreachable...how will u contact him??
Answer: - Trigger when an event occurs, use callback() etc.............
-Which data structure will u use for storing keys and links?
-How will u store it in the memory?
And more questions n more................
-Last question: Do u have any question to ask??
HR Interview:
-What does degree/education mean to u?
-Are you placed?? Reply- no.
-Not any non dream company also?? Reply- yes.
-Then y r u here???
- About family.
-If you are an interviewer who do u think is the most deserving/potential candidate among other candidates.
-Few questions from resume.
-Any question to ask????????
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