Hike Recruitment Process

This article will give you information about the company, its recruitment process, sample questions that have been asked previously, lots of experiences shared by other aspirants, and the portal where you can apply.

About Company:

Hike Messenger is an Indian messaging app. Launched on 12 December 2012. Hike Messenger (stylized as hike M E S S E N G E R) is a cross-platform instant messaging service for smartphones that uses the internet for communication. In addition to text messaging, users can send each other graphical stickers, emoticons, images, videos, audio, files, voice messages, contacts, and user location. Hike is a joint venture between Bharti Enterprises and SoftBank. Hike’s founder is Kavin Bharti Mittal.

Recruitment Process:

Hike conducts 6-8 rounds to select freshers as SDE in their organization.

• Written Round
• Technical Round 1
• Technical Round 2
• Technical Round 3
• Technical Round 4
• CTO Round
• CEO Round
• HR Round

Academic Criteria:

• 70 percent or above in B.Tech, Class X and XII.
• No backlogs at the time of the interview

Written Round:

The Written round consists of four major sections namely General Aptitude / Logical Test, the second section is Software Knowledge (Questions like the latest version of iOS, Windows, Android. Operating Systems, etc), the third section is Database and Linux, and the last section on Computer Programming (Output questions of java/c/c++, generic questions related to programming).

Technical Rounds:

The students who clear the written round are called for a Technical Interview. To clear this round you should be clear with your basics. You should be prepared with Data structures and Algorithms, DBMS, design pattern problems, OOP concepts, and a programming language of your choice. Students will be expected to write codes in the interview. They also ask questions about resumes. You may be asked puzzles in this round.

CTO Round:

The CTO round is technical plus the HR round. You can expect questions from the resume. Sometimes, this round is either telephonic or on Skype.

CEO Round and HR Round:

CEO round is also an HR round. Sometimes, the CEO round is either telephonic or on Skype.

You can expect HR questions like :

1. Tell me about Yourself
2. Why hike?
3. How do you see yourself after five years from now?
4. What are your strengths and weaknesses?

Interview Experiences:

It is always beneficial if you know what it is to be there at that moment. So, to give you an advantage, we provide you Interview Experiences of candidates who have been in your situation earlier. Make the most of it.

• Hike Interview Experiences

Questions Asked in Hike:

1. LRU Cache (Function Problem)
2. Kadane’s Algorithm
3. Search in a Rotated Array
4. Nodes at given distance in binary tree (Function Problem)

Where to Apply?

• Hike careers
• Hike Official Website