VMware Interview Experience | On-Campus 2021

Duration : 100mins

• Aptitude 
• Computer Basics(OS,DBMS,CN) total 30 questions 
• 1 coding question 
• Any 2 sections of (C, C++, Java, Python) consists of 5 questions each

Coding Question: 

1. Given a matrix of integer, you have to find one 'I' and one 'T' such that sum of elements lying on it becomes maximum.

   I:

   * * *

   *

   * * *

   (3 * top row 1 * in middle row middle column 3 * in bottom row)

   T:

   * * *

   *

   *

   *

   (3 * in top row 1 * in 2nd row 2nd column 1* in 3rd row 2nd column 1* in 4th row 2nd column)

Duration: 45-50 Mins

• Tell me about yourself
• 3sum: https://leetcode.com/problems/3sum/
• no of rotation in sorted rotated array: https://leetcode.com/problems/find-minimum-in-rotated-sorted-array/
• ACID Asked deeply on durability to give an example
• Synchronization
• Little bit about project(It was in my case, but I was totally prepared for project. So be prepared, they may ask you.)

Duration: 30-35 Mins

• Why VMWARE(Better to concentrate during PPT to get answer for these questions)
• Quick sort Time complexity
• Given a huge array, you can't store this in your system at a time. You need to sort them. How will you do this.
• Do you know about multithreading?
• Can we use multithreading in above problem?
• How to synchronize different threads(Read such language specific things)
• Some managerial question like if there is conflict to choose among multiple solution for a problem how will you deal with this?
• Suppose some members are refusing to work with that finalized approach, how do you deal this?

(Waited for nearly 1hr).

Duration: 12-15 Mins

• Basic discussion. 
• Family background? 
• Why VMWare? 
• What did you learn from PPT? 
• He also asked me to give a feedback for interview process?