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Two highly unprofessional guys took my interview. It was looking like they were taking interview first time. didn’t even know how to take interview and how to behave properly during interview. I would request the organisation to give training to these kind of people so that they can learn how to take interviews. Both were very very rude. They had asked to open my webcam but their cameras were off. I think its both way communication, it doesn't mean the candidate is giving an interview should be demotivated while asking questions. It's very easy to sit on the other side of the table and treat the candidate badly without respect.
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Principal Software Engineer

Interviewed at Dell Technologies

3.7★
Oct 27, 2021

Two highly unprofessional guys took my interview. It was looking like they were taking interview first time. didn’t even know how to take interview and how to behave properly during interview. I would request the organisation to give training to these kind of people so that they can learn how to take interviews. Both were very very rude. They had asked to open my webcam but their cameras were off. I think its both way communication, it doesn't mean the candidate is giving an interview should be demotivated while asking questions. It's very easy to sit on the other side of the table and treat the candidate badly without respect.

1. Git fetch vs git merge 2. Git webhook 3. Git command to check current git branch 4. Docker file with example 5. Docker architecture 6. Ansible playbooks 7. ansible module with example 8. Ansible template 9. Terraform basic commands 10. Terraform code with AWS cloud for creating ec2 11. Jenkins ci/cd pipeline in depth
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Principal Infra Developer

Interviewed at Cognizant

3.1★
Jun 26, 2023

1. Git fetch vs git merge 2. Git webhook 3. Git command to check current git branch 4. Docker file with example 5. Docker architecture 6. Ansible playbooks 7. ansible module with example 8. Ansible template 9. Terraform basic commands 10. Terraform code with AWS cloud for creating ec2 11. Jenkins ci/cd pipeline in depth

Oracle OCI principal engineer interview process 1. screening round - past projects done and a coding question (LC easy to medium) sum 2 large decimal numbers 2. class design question - Mine sweeper game 3. managerial interview - purely behavioral and past projects 4. coding round (LC easy to medium) - sliding window log ratelimilter based duplicate rejection 5. Bartender round - behavioral question 6. HLD design round - IOT data collection system
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Principal Software Engineer

Interviewed at Oracle

3.5★
Dec 8, 2023

Oracle OCI principal engineer interview process 1. screening round - past projects done and a coding question (LC easy to medium) sum 2 large decimal numbers 2. class design question - Mine sweeper game 3. managerial interview - purely behavioral and past projects 4. coding round (LC easy to medium) - sliding window log ratelimilter based duplicate rejection 5. Bartender round - behavioral question 6. HLD design round - IOT data collection system

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