Seven Lakes Technologies Interview Questions
& Process

The interview process started with an aptitude test consisting of 20 questions to be finished in 35 minutes. After passing the aptitude, there was a technical interview which was delayed. The technical interview covered SQL, functional testing, and the developer-to-tester ratio in a project, along with writing queries on employee and department tables. The interviewer was looking for someone who could work independently, despite the lead title. I was asked to stay for a manager round, but the manager was busy. The plan was to arrange a Skype or WhatsApp call instead, and I was allowed to leave. I didn't hear back for four business days. After emailing HR and calling, I was eventually told, two weeks after the interview, that I did not clear the technical interview.

The interview process started with an aptitude test, which felt irrelevant. This was followed by three technical interviews and a final HR round. Many Glassdoor reviews seem accurate regarding the lack of HR or employee care, with a culture focused heavily on work and long hours, including weekends, implying poor work-life balance. The company justified this by stating they are a startup and productivity relies on hard work and dedication, though this overlooks the importance of a proper environment and personal time for employee effectiveness.

The process was pretty straightforward. There was a screening round which was an aptitude test, followed by a 45-minute round with a Sr. SDE focusing on domain fundamentals. Then there was a 60-minute round with a panel of 3 interviewers who went through my entire experience. After that, there was a CTO round, and finally an HR round. The interviews were conducted in a timely manner, and most of the technical folks were friendly and conducted great interviews. The only issue was that even though I did well in all technical rounds, I never heard back, not even a rejection. My HR conversation was strange, with the HR person calling my career 'unstable', which is funny because some of my job changes were beyond my control, and I'm not that experienced yet, so I don't know what stability they expect or how I could have prevented things like layoffs or company closures.

It was 4 rounds. First round was mcq questions checking overall skills. Then an iOS basics round to know your grasp on iOS. After that an algo round focusing on data structures and questions on arrays and linked lists. Finally, a design problem where they asked how would you approach a problem in your own way.