Quest Global software engineer candidates describe a timed online test of aptitude, coding and debugging, then technical interviews built around the resume stack, with a closing HR conversation for some. Experiences vary widely.
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Candidates describe Quest Global's software engineer process as fundamentals first and resume driven, though it varies by track and interviewer. Reported totals range from about two rounds to four stages.
Several reports start with an online assessment. One candidate described a proctored test of about 120 minutes with 10 aptitude questions, three coding problems and two debugging questions, including password validation. Problems touched on Kth largest element, GCD and LCM, matrices and the longest palindrome in a string. A fresher described a timed test of about an hour with mandatory aptitude, programming questions and some debugging. A senior Java candidate saw reasoning plus Core Java, Spring Boot, microservices and SQL.
Technical interviews follow the stack on your resume. The senior Java candidate was asked about Spring AOP, dependency injection by type versus by name, the N+1 problem, runnable versus callable and serialVersionUID, and stalled on N+1 and AWS. A fresher got string and palindrome snippets, then DSA, OOP, SQL and Python questions. An intern with a React background was asked front-end questions and to design a basic scalable system using AWS services.
Quality is uneven. Some candidates found the interviewers friendly and the process organized. Others had a ten-minute screen with no coding, an interviewer who kept cutting them off, or a position canceled after slow feedback. Be ready to explain every tool on your resume, practice debugging as well as writing code, and keep answers concise.
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| Bagging vs Boosting | |
| Google Maps Improvement | |
| Size of Joins | |
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| The Brackets Problem | |
| Triplet Counting | |
| Flatten N-Dimensional Array to 1D Array | |
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Synthesized from candidate reports. Individual experiences may vary.
Entry points vary. One senior candidate was approached through Naukri and said the interview was postponed twice before it happened. Another senior candidate described a consultant call and an HR call before testing. Fresher and intern candidates applied online or started directly with an aptitude round.
Candidates report a timed online test that combines aptitude, coding and debugging. Reported lengths were about one hour and about 120 minutes. Problems included Kth largest element, GCD and LCM, matrices, longest palindrome and password-validation debugging. An intern described a coding round with C programming questions. A senior Java candidate saw Core Java, Spring Boot, microservices and SQL in the test.
Technical rounds track the technologies on the resume. Reported topics include Core Java, Spring and AWS for a senior candidate, DSA, OOP, SQL and Python for a fresher, and React, coding standards and a basic AWS system design for an intern. Depth varied: one screen lasted about ten minutes with no coding, and another stayed on basic OOP and professional experience.
Some candidates report a closing HR round. A fresher was asked about strengths, career goals and willingness to relocate, and another candidate got logical, technical and grammar-related questions in HR. Outcomes were mixed: offers, rejections and one canceled position after the client gave no feedback.
