Position: Software Developer
Work location: Chennai
Eligibility Criteria: We do not have any criteria, students from any stream/department (UG/PG) even with Backlogs can appear for the test. Passion towards programming is our only criterion. (exact criteria given by ZOHO).
Day - 01
Round - 01:
- 20 Questions in 75 mins. For me, there was enough time to spare, and I completed the test in just 40 minutes.
- 10 Aptitude + 10 Programming questions fill in the blanks that are no choice given.
- Aptitude questions were Below the Intermediate Level.
- Programming questions include deriving the output for the particular code snippet.
- These were mainly C and Java code snippets which involved Recursion & Complex loops.
- You can practice for these objective-type questions online.
Notes:
- Please prepare for Aptitude questions I simply made a silly mistake for a question.
- " How many times do minute and hour hands overlap in 24 hours? "
- Correct Ans: 22
- My dumb Brain: 23
- Generally, Zoho programming questions have twisted pointer questions so prepare for the pointer concept.
Round - 02:
- There were 5 easy-to-use to medium programming questions that you may solve with your preferred programming language.
- 5 questions in 1 hour and 45 mins.
- After solving each problem we have to report to the Zoho faculty and explain him.
- Upon hearing your approach they will be providing you with some insights and ask you to update the code.
Notes:
- What I found interesting is that, unlike 1st round, round 2 has its influence till the final Interview.
- Hence solve as many problems as you can and also make sure u have explained your code to the faculty in the best manner possible.
- There they used a sheet for every candidate to track their coding performance that is every time u solve a problem they assess your code with its efficiency, understanding and how you can comprehend the faculty.
- According to this, they will be noting it to the list.
Day - 02:
Round - 03:
- 2 Command line Application design questions in 3 hours.
- Though normally they ask questions like a train booking system, food ordering system and so on...
- The problems we faced are quite different.
- Though I cannot disclose the exact question I can say one question involves an external .csv file and asks to perform certain tasks based on some 5 queries of the user's choice.
Notes:
- As same as round 2, they will be noting your coding performance as well.
- Even if you weren't able to solve all the problems keep on working or at least act as if you were up to something.
Round - 04:
- Most unpredictable interview round with technical hr + general hr.
- The only hope of clearing this round is based on three things.
- They are "Java Knowledge with OOPs and Threading concepts", "Absolutely good Resume", and "Communication Skills".
- Make sure u don't make a bad impression.
- Don't include what you don't know in your Resume.
- Don't include Irrelevant things in your Resume.
- Hope your Resume is not blank.
Finally, all of the recruiters who came to our college were extremely good and easy to approach. To my surprise, I got selected for this Internship.
