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They described a pseudocode method signature on the whiteboard, and then asked me to describe and write how I would solve the business problem according to the available input and returning the proper output. The method requested was for String processing and parsing.
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Systems Applications Developer

Interviewed at Gallup

3.8
Aug 3, 2018

They described a pseudocode method signature on the whiteboard, and then asked me to describe and write how I would solve the business problem according to the available input and returning the proper output. The method requested was for String processing and parsing.

The questions were mostly on RTOS and its concepts. Questions ranged from what is a semaphore, difference between semaphore and mutex, how would you design a system where 2 threads are trying to access a shared resource at the same time. FInally i got a dynamic problem - write a program which accepts user data of any type ( it can be a variable, array, structure, pointers etc) and sorts it. I did not know the solution to this question
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Systems Software Engineer

Interviewed at NVIDIA

4.4
Mar 18, 2015

The questions were mostly on RTOS and its concepts. Questions ranged from what is a semaphore, difference between semaphore and mutex, how would you design a system where 2 threads are trying to access a shared resource at the same time. FInally i got a dynamic problem - write a program which accepts user data of any type ( it can be a variable, array, structure, pointers etc) and sorts it. I did not know the solution to this question

Written Test: 1. Object question based on Mutex, C puzzles, OS, Data Structures 2. Implement Producer Consumer Problems 3. Calculate the sum of two polynomials F2F: 1. Process Vs Threads 2. Why we need Process if we have Thread 3. What is Scheduler? How does it work? 4. Priority Inversion 5. Set the bits within a given Range 6. Memory allocation 7. Endianness
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Senior Systems Software Engineer

Interviewed at NVIDIA

4.4
Jun 14, 2018

Written Test: 1. Object question based on Mutex, C puzzles, OS, Data Structures 2. Implement Producer Consumer Problems 3. Calculate the sum of two polynomials F2F: 1. Process Vs Threads 2. Why we need Process if we have Thread 3. What is Scheduler? How does it work? 4. Priority Inversion 5. Set the bits within a given Range 6. Memory allocation 7. Endianness

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