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Telstra for Associate Software Engineer Interview Experience

Last Updated : 16 Oct, 2025

Around 400+ students registered for this OA and there was cgpa cutoff of 8.

Round 1: Online Assessment (OA)

The first round was conducted on Incruiter and consisted of two parts - an AI Interview followed by an Aptitude Section

Part 1: AI Interview

The AI interview began with a few project-based and technical questions , followed by HR and scenario-based questions.

and all answers should be finished in 2 mins max time and 10 seconds given to think

The system recorded my video and audio responses automatically.

Some of the questions I remember:

  • Explain about your projects.
  • What is an algorithm? Give a real-world example.
  • What do you know about Microservices? give real world example
  • About CI/CD pipeline?
  • Scenario-based: How would you handle a problem in a web application if the API suddenly stops working?
  • What is term Software Engineering?
  • Explain what happens when you type www.google.com in your browser.

Overall, this section tested communication, clarity of thought, and conceptual understanding

Part 2: Aptitude Test

After the AI interview, I moved to the next section. a 17.5-minute aptitude test with 10 questions.

The topics included:

  • Logical reasoning
  • Analytical ability
  • Basic mathematics
  • Direction and distance problems
  • Scenario-based puzzles

Shortlisting Results

After about 5 days, the results were announced. 48 students were shortlisted for the virtual interview rounds.

They mentioned there would be two rounds of interviews followed by ppt:

Round 1: Technical

Round 2: Technical + Behavioral

(HR-related questions were mostly covered in the AI interview itself.)

Round 2: Technical Interview 1

Date: October 9, 2025

Mode: Virtual (2 Interviewers)

Duration: ~1 hour

The interview started with a quick introduction and questions about hackathons I had participated in. Then, it moved into core technical and resume-based questions.

Topics Covered:

  • What is a network?
  • Types of network threats
  • What is encryption? Explain types of encryption.

Since I had mentioned Docker, Git, GitHub, and Linux in my resume, I was asked:

  • What is an image in Docker?
  • Difference between Git and GitHub.
  • Common Linux commands: explain about chmod, chown, ping
  • Port numbers of HTTPS and SSH
  • How to check CPU and memory utilization in Windows and Linux
  • What does the term Software Engineering mean to you?
  • Difference between DELETE and TRUNCATE
  • Difference between WHERE and HAVING
  • Types of SQL statements
  • What is indexing?
  • What is normalization?
  • Types of joins
  • Create and use a database in MySQL (I had to write SQL queries live via screen sharing).
  • What is self in Python?
  • How do you connect MongoDB with Python?
  • What is Jira Work Management? (I had this certification on my resume.)
  • What is Cloud Computing?
  • They gave a string-based problem:
  • “Given a string, print the most occurring character and its count.”
  • I had to write and explain the code in VS Code via screen sharing.

After the interview (about 1 hour later), I received a mail saying I was selected for Round 2.

Round 3: Technical + Behavioral Interview

Same Day: October 9, 2025 (After 4 hours)

Candidates Selected: 22 students (≈ 50% male and 50% female)

Interviewer: 1 (very friendly and calm)

This round was quite conversational and project-focused.

  • Tell me about yourself.
  • What hackathons have you participated in? What challenges did you face and how did you overcome them?
  • What is Jira Work Management (again)?
  • Tell me something that’s not in your resume.
  • Explain the certifications/achievements you’ve mentioned.
  • Discussion about my projects - purpose, tech stack, and impact.
  • A few simple scenario-based questions related to projects.
  • Where do you live?
  • Questions about extra-curricular activities.

Finally, he gave me a logical coding problem:

There are multiple JSON documents like { code: "400", label: "hello" } (about 1000+).

Write a pseudo-code to search for the word “hello”.

If found → return “Found”, else → “No”.

He said I could use any language and didn’t need to run it. I wrote the pseudo-code using JavaScript.

The interview ended on a positive and friendly note.

Final Results

After 4 days (on October 13, 2025), we received the final results.

Out of 22 candidates, . 8 girls and 6 boys.

I’m happy to share that I was one of the selected candidates! 🎉

  • Focus on your basics. especially DBMS, CN, OS, OOPS, SQL and DSA.
  • Be ready for resume-based questions (whatever you mention can be asked).
  • AI Interview might seem simple but is used heavily for shortlisting, so speak clearly and confidently.
  • For technical rounds, they check both concept clarity and practical understanding.
  • Stay calm and be genuine during behavioral questions . it really helps.
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