Micro Focus Interview Experience | On-Campus 2022
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Micro Focus hire for 2 roles: Developer and QARound 1: First round was the HackerEarth test. There were 50 MCQ's which included Aptitude and Logical questions and 1 coding...
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Micro Focus hire for 2 roles: Developer and QA
Round 1 First round was the HackerEarth test. There were 50 MCQ's which included Aptitude and Logical questions and 1 coding question on binary trees. Out of around 200 students, 31 were shortlisted from my college.
Interview 1 : First interview was technical cum fitment interview. I was asked many scenario-based questions and some python questions(depends on which language you mention in your resume).
Coding Round:
Next round was coding round on HackerEarth. I was asked 2 coding questions in 1 hour. Both were mathematical questions but any topics could be asked depending on interviewer. You need to explain your thought process well even if you are not able to get the output of the program. Don't give up and keep trying till you get it as you have one hour. This round is the most important as your role will be determined here. If you perform extremely well you will be given DEV role. Hiring
Manager Round
Next round was hiring manager round, here your communication skills are important and many out of syllabus technical questions will be asked. Be prepared for any kind of questions, it all depends on your interviewer.
HR Round: Final round was HR round, kind of a formality round for 10 to 15 mins. If you have reached till here your place is all but guaranteed.
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This is a candidate experience report from a microfocus interview for a qa role during the recruiter round reported in 2021.
It covers the following topics: Trees .
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Solve similar problems on LeetCode under timed conditions (25-35 minutes per medium difficulty). The goal is pattern recognition: recognize the underlying technique (sliding window, two-pointer, BFS, memoized recursion, etc.) within 60-90 seconds of reading. Strong candidates verbalize their hypothesis out loud before coding, then iterate based on feedback. Weak candidates dive into implementation immediately, lose time on the wrong approach, and run out of time for follow-ups.
Companies update their question pools every 2-4 months. The exact wording of any given question may have been retired by the time you interview. Focus your prep on the pattern, not the specific problem. The patterns that appear in Microfocus reports consistently are the ones worth investing in; one-off niche problems are not.
During Your Microfocus Round
Apply the standard interview round template: clarify requirements (2-3 minutes), state your approach out loud and confirm direction with the interviewer (3-5 minutes), code with narration (15-25 minutes), test with concrete examples including edge cases (5 minutes), discuss optimization or trade-offs if time permits (5 minutes). This template is universally accepted across FAANG and adjacent companies; deviating from it produces weaker interviewer feedback signal.
The single most predictive failure mode in Microfocus reports tagged "no hire": not asking clarifying questions. Interviewers are explicitly trained to weight this. Strong candidates ask 3-5 clarifying questions even on problems that look obvious; weak candidates dive into code immediately. The clarifying-question check is often the first signal recorded in the interviewer's written notes.