SDS Interview Questions
& Process

The interview process for this User Experience Designer role is pretty standard. It involves a few stages to assess your skills and fit for the team. We want to see how you approach design challenges and collaborate with others.

So I interviewed for a Software Engineer job at SDS Inc. It was pretty intense but fair, they really dug into both my tech skills and if I'd fit in. Started with a recruiter call, where we talked about my background and why I wanted the job. Then I had a technical phone interview with a senior engineer, which included some coding on a shared screen, mostly testing my algorithms, data structures, and problem-solving abilities. After that, they had me come in for a full day of virtual onsite interviews. There were four parts to the onsite: a coding challenge with tough algorithm problems and time limits, a systems design part where I had to design a scalable system, a behavioral interview asking about past situations and teamwork, and then a final chat with the team lead about culture fit. It was tough but a good way to see if I was the right fit.

A recruiter called me about the job. After I said I was available, they explained the role and asked if I had any concerns. The first round was a phone call with a Senior Recruitment Manager who assessed my technical and functional skills. It was clear they knew what they were looking for and were willing to pay for the right person; it was a very honest interview with feedback provided at the end. I also had a short technical/IQ test. The final round was with the Global Head, lasting 15 minutes on Skype, and felt like a commitment check. They gave me time to think before answering questions. I liked how everything went.

I went to a walk-in interview last Saturday. There were two rounds of interviews, both about my previous project. The first round asked about my project, my daily activities, the purpose of sprint planning meetings, what testers do before a sprint starts, examples of high severity/low priority issues from my project, and the difference between test cases and test scenarios. The second round asked me to introduce myself and my project again, identify boundary values from given examples, understand and explain a given requirement, write test modules for my project, answer questions about testing paths and test cases for those modules, and some basic testing questions like smoke and sanity. There was also a machine test where I had to write test cases based on a requirement because they would ask questions from it later. Then, they gave me an application and asked me to take screenshots to show I understood its flow. The fifth round involved questions from the third and fourth rounds. Finally, there was a manager round and an HR round. The first two rounds were on the same day. They called a week later if I was selected.