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They require a Social Security number from you before they will allow you to enter the hiring event. This is so they can check your Clearance. Everything about the event was setup "my way or the highway" feel to it, they were just looking for entry-level people with a Clearance.
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Senior Software Engineer/Team Lead

Interviewed at RTX

3.8
Aug 3, 2018

They require a Social Security number from you before they will allow you to enter the hiring event. This is so they can check your Clearance. Everything about the event was setup "my way or the highway" feel to it, they were just looking for entry-level people with a Clearance.

They gave me a scenario a day prior to interview based on their functionality and asked me to present my solution and alternatives on how I would implement. Led to very good discussion on the merits. Architect and Director on the call challenged some suppositions and gave some insights from their perspectives. They also asked me a specific logic question on a calculation for a UI situation.
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Lead Software Engineer

Interviewed at OutSystems

3.8
Dec 17, 2020

They gave me a scenario a day prior to interview based on their functionality and asked me to present my solution and alternatives on how I would implement. Led to very good discussion on the merits. Architect and Director on the call challenged some suppositions and gave some insights from their perspectives. They also asked me a specific logic question on a calculation for a UI situation.

2 rounds : Round 1 : 1. Coding round : 0 1 2 1 2 0 sort them optimally Android : 1. If we go to Activity A to Activity B which methods will be called? 2. Why can't we pass arguments in constructor 3. Disapatcher.IO vs Dispather.Default internal 4. How recycler view works internally 5. Why findViewid extension is deprecated 6. How viewmodel works internally 7. How suspend function works in android Architecture : 1. Create app which has list of users and login page, if it doesnt exist then it should show signup Round1 : Code LRU Android : 1. What is advantages of Room over SQlite 2. How can we observer value at room 3. How to handle error in Co-routines 4. What steps we will take to decrease APK size 5. How to handle backpressure in JAVA 6. What issue we get when using vector images 7. How do we use dagger2 clasess Architecture : We have given app tp build when has list of fruits and we need to show them in vertical list but with offline caching.
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Sr Android Developer and Team Lead

Interviewed at Skuad

3.8
Aug 21, 2024

2 rounds : Round 1 : 1. Coding round : 0 1 2 1 2 0 sort them optimally Android : 1. If we go to Activity A to Activity B which methods will be called? 2. Why can't we pass arguments in constructor 3. Disapatcher.IO vs Dispather.Default internal 4. How recycler view works internally 5. Why findViewid extension is deprecated 6. How viewmodel works internally 7. How suspend function works in android Architecture : 1. Create app which has list of users and login page, if it doesnt exist then it should show signup Round1 : Code LRU Android : 1. What is advantages of Room over SQlite 2. How can we observer value at room 3. How to handle error in Co-routines 4. What steps we will take to decrease APK size 5. How to handle backpressure in JAVA 6. What issue we get when using vector images 7. How do we use dagger2 clasess Architecture : We have given app tp build when has list of fruits and we need to show them in vertical list but with offline caching.

Write a mental health questionnaire application that asks you 5 questions. When you submit, return your results averaged against all of your previous results. Bonus: include another screen that compares your results to "others in your age bracket"
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Lead Software Engineer

Interviewed at Drone Racing League

3.4
Mar 4, 2023

Write a mental health questionnaire application that asks you 5 questions. When you submit, return your results averaged against all of your previous results. Bonus: include another screen that compares your results to "others in your age bracket"

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