Neudesic Interview Questions
& Process

It was about 6 rounds and a whole day process. The first round was an aptitude test with 15 questions, needing more than 9 correct to pass. The second round was a DSA problem called 'Single Number'. They asked to write code for an array problem like arr=[1, 2,2,3,3] where the output should be 1. You had to write the code and an instructor would check it. The third round was DSA for valid parentheses. The fourth round was a DSA problem involving decoding integers into sequences. For input 226, the decodings are (2, 2,6), (22, 6), (2, 26), giving an output of 3. For input 2268, decodings are (2, 2,6,8), (22, 6,8), (2, 26,8), output 3, but (2, 2,68) is invalid since numbers map to alphabets 1-26. The fifth round was a Problem Solving question based on recursion, dealing with speed and acceleration. The sixth round was a GD with the company team, asking team and scenario based questions.

We had two rounds in just one week. The first one was with a Principal Consultant and it went pretty well. They mostly asked basic stuff, like Net Angular and some Azure PaaS questions. The second round was a disaster. It was with a Solution Architect who had poor communication skills and seemed to lack knowledge. He asked if I had experience with AKS, Service Bus, and Event Grid DevOps pipelines. He wasn't really listening to the answers, just seemed to be going through a list of questions and answers.

The interview was pretty strange. The tech stack was .Netcore, Angular, and SQL. It started with me rating myself on those technologies, and then separately on .NetCore and C#. The first question was about CLR, which is the very first thing you find when you google '.Net interview questions'. I immediately got a sense of the interview style - expecting word-for-word answers. Questions like 'managed vs unmanaged code' followed. This is not a good way to interview. I'm okay with DSA or theoretical questions based on coding scenarios or relevant theoretical questions, but not this approach of looking up questions online and expecting 100% matching answers. Some good questions were asked, but my answers apparently didn't satisfy her, with just 'hmm, hmm, okay' responses and no discussion. I wasn't given any coding programs to solve, wasn't asked about my project accomplishments, and wasn't asked to write an SQL query. The interviewer had over 15 years of experience, but I felt I knew more. Anyway, best of luck to the company.

Had a screening call with the recruiter, then two video interviews, one with another Principal Consultant and one with the Director. Had to reschedule the video interviews twice, even though I picked times from their provided options. The interviews were pretty chill and conversational, not super technical, mostly about my experience, past projects, and what I'm seeking. I thought I'd get an offer or move forward. The recruiter texted me with the rejection, saying feedback was good but others were 'further along.' I asked if it was about my skills or experience, but they said no, just that others were ahead. After two weeks of back-and-forth, rescheduling, and doing the interviews well, I was passed over because they likely already gave offers to others and were just using me to fill out the process. Seemed like a power play to see how much I'd jump through.