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Summary
I interviewed for an SDE-1 Backend Developer role at Zinier. The round focused on Java, Spring Boot, design patterns, and a DSA problem, with a supportive interviewer.
Full Experience
Role: SDE-1 Backend Developer YOE: 1.4 years (Service-based company) College: Tier 1 Applied via: Referral
Round 1: Java + DSA (45min) The interviewer was supportive and gave hints where needed.
Introduction Started with a quick intro and background. Discussed past project experience and role responsibilities.
-Java & Backend Questions Spring Boot: What is the lifecycle of a request in a Spring Boot application? (Expected answer: explanatio including filters/interceptors if known.)
-Design Patterns:
Explain the Singleton pattern. Expectations: All common implementations including: Eager Initialization Lazy Initialization ...
-DSA Question Problem Statement: Given an integer array arr[], an integer k, and a threshold, return the number of subarrays of size k whose average is greater than or equal to threshold. Follow-up discussion on time complexity
Interview Questions (3)
What is the lifecycle of a request in a Spring Boot application? (Expected answer: explanatio including filters/interceptors if known.)
Explain the Singleton pattern. Expectations: All common implementations including: Eager Initialization Lazy Initialization ...
Given an integer array arr[], an integer k, and a threshold, return the number of subarrays of size k whose average is greater than or equal to threshold. Follow-up discussion on time complexity