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Why are you looking for a new job? What do you look for in a job? How do you feel about switching from a manager to a ic?  What's your experience with selenium and python?  Jenkins and aws?  What did you learn out of mentoring other people?  Have you ever tested a ps4 or ps5?
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Senior Software Development Engineer In Test

Interviewed at PlayStation

4.2
Feb 28, 2023

Why are you looking for a new job? What do you look for in a job? How do you feel about switching from a manager to a ic?  What's your experience with selenium and python?  Jenkins and aws?  What did you learn out of mentoring other people?  Have you ever tested a ps4 or ps5?

How do you get involved in CI/CD? How do you test the scalability of a service? How does HashMap work? How do you handle network latency in Selenium Automation? What are the challenges faced in UI testing?
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Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET)

Interviewed at Coupa Software Inc

3.5
Sep 9, 2025

How do you get involved in CI/CD? How do you test the scalability of a service? How does HashMap work? How do you handle network latency in Selenium Automation? What are the challenges faced in UI testing?

Round 1: SDET Director It wend pretty well. Interviewer was knowledgeable and asked the questions around past projects and managerial skill Round 2: SDE Director Focus was on algorithmic questions. 1. Print tree in zigzag manner 2. in 2D-array if elements are in increasing order in Row and column then find the particular element Interviewer was calm and cool. I couldn't give the answer for questions as I was not prepared well I was happy with the interview experience till this point Round 3 : Sr SDET Manager Was asked mainly around the processes followed in my company and couple of random questions. In this round interviewer was talking more than me. Round 4 : Sr SDET Manager Interviewer had some questions and was expecting the same answers which he had in mind. I was expecting maturity level for person with such designation And as usual no feedback from HR team.
Nov 4, 2017

Round 1: SDET Director It wend pretty well. Interviewer was knowledgeable and asked the questions around past projects and managerial skill Round 2: SDE Director Focus was on algorithmic questions. 1. Print tree in zigzag manner 2. in 2D-array if elements are in increasing order in Row and column then find the particular element Interviewer was calm and cool. I couldn't give the answer for questions as I was not prepared well I was happy with the interview experience till this point Round 3 : Sr SDET Manager Was asked mainly around the processes followed in my company and couple of random questions. In this round interviewer was talking more than me. Round 4 : Sr SDET Manager Interviewer had some questions and was expecting the same answers which he had in mind. I was expecting maturity level for person with such designation And as usual no feedback from HR team.

Round 3: - Explained the API framework I've developed and answered the questions on enhancing it. - Given an array find the equilibrium index of that array - Make sure that you give O(n) solution for the same. - Given a problem statement, design the validation framework for the same.
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Senior Software Test Engineer

Interviewed at Myntra

3.7
Jul 1, 2018

Round 3: - Explained the API framework I've developed and answered the questions on enhancing it. - Given an array find the equilibrium index of that array - Make sure that you give O(n) solution for the same. - Given a problem statement, design the validation framework for the same.

2. Write python code to count the no. of occurrences of list elements. 3. Linux command to transfer a file from one server to another server. 4. Linux command to check for no. of ports connected 5. Linux command to list down all the files and folders recursively 6. Linux command to list down the files and directories sizewise 7. Inheritance question - Class A, B, C, D , all have test(), B and C are inheriting A, D is inheriting B and C, then which test() will be called. 8. What is the difference between an instance method and a class method? 9. Difference between list and set. 10. Difference between list and tuple. 11. Types of inheritance. 12. Types of testing, Difference between System and Integration testing 13. Components of an E-commerce grocery site. 14. Write down test cases for Login functionality.
Apr 29, 2020

2. Write python code to count the no. of occurrences of list elements. 3. Linux command to transfer a file from one server to another server. 4. Linux command to check for no. of ports connected 5. Linux command to list down all the files and folders recursively 6. Linux command to list down the files and directories sizewise 7. Inheritance question - Class A, B, C, D , all have test(), B and C are inheriting A, D is inheriting B and C, then which test() will be called. 8. What is the difference between an instance method and a class method? 9. Difference between list and set. 10. Difference between list and tuple. 11. Types of inheritance. 12. Types of testing, Difference between System and Integration testing 13. Components of an E-commerce grocery site. 14. Write down test cases for Login functionality.

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