VML Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
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Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at VML.
VML
Software Engineer
Mid Easy Positive experience Accept offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral Behavioral
The interview process was good, involving a technical discussion and a general chat. It was split into 3 interviews: one general, one technical but not focused on 'leetcode' style problems, and a final one that was more cultural.
Confirmed questions1 question
- What are your future aspirations.
VML
Senior Software Engineer
Senior Easy Negative experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Technical Coding Behavioral
A recruiter first called me, then I had an online technical interview for about an hour. After that, I had a final interview with my potential team lead and the engineering manager. The interviews focused on general theory like OOP, SQL, and concurrency, with some live coding in the first interview. It wasn't a hard LeetCode problem, but rather filling in gaps in a basic API definition and writing tests for it. The second interview was similar theoretically but without coding. The questions were pretty easy for an experienced dev, covering OOP, design patterns, SOLID, and SQL. They said they'd decide in about a week, but I heard nothing for over two weeks. I followed up, waited another week, and still got no response or feedback, which I found unprofessional.
Confirmed questions4 questions
- Can you explain design patterns, their purpose, and provide some examples?
- Regarding SQL databases, what are data integrity, ACID properties, and transaction isolation levels?
- Could you briefly explain the SOLID principles in OOP?
VML
Software Developer
Intern Difficult Neutral experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical
It was a Zoom call with the tech lead for the department I would work under. They asked me a lot more technical questions than what I was prepared for. I expected personality questions, and instead got hit with a lot of stuff about databases. I can't imagine it would be too hard to study, just wasn't ready for it. This reduced applicants from the 1300 that applied (from what I heard) to the 20 phone interviews, than to 8 on second stage. First round was a phone call with a tech recruiter based in San Fran. It was calm, almost entirely personality. Standard interview questions about who are you, what got you into programming, are you capable of working in a fast paced job.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- You have 8 identical balls and a measuring instrument. 7 balls are equal in weight and one is defective and weighs less. How do you find the defective ball in exactly two measurements?
- Can you construct an example database architecture using xyz?
VML Software Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from VML interview reports.
“You have 8 identical balls and a measuring instrument. 7 balls are equal in weight and one is defective and weighs less. How do you find the defective ball in exactly two measurements?”
Read reports →“Regarding SQL databases, what are data integrity, ACID properties, and transaction isolation levels?”
Read reports →“Explain concurrency and the difference between multithreading and multiprocessing, as well as async code.”
Read reports →“Could you briefly explain the SOLID principles in OOP?”
Read reports →“Can you explain design patterns, their purpose, and provide some examples?”
Read report →“Could you describe the life cycle of a Web Application?”
Read report →“Can you construct an example database architecture using xyz?”
Read report →“What are your future aspirations.”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 5 VML interview reports.