MicroFocus Interview Experience | Set 2 (On Campus)
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Round 1:It consisted of a written test, which had 50 aptitude questions (quants and Java programming related questions). It also had one Coding question which was related ...
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Round 1 It consisted of a written test, which had 50 aptitude questions (quants and Java programming related questions). It also had one Coding question which was related to Inheritance in C++.
Round 2 Round 2 was divided into two technical rounds. In the first one, the interviewer asked about these things : Difference between malloc and new. Difference between delete and free. About extern keyword in C. Use of static keyword and how static global variables are different from global variables. What is compiler and what is linking. Why do you need multiple inheritance. Why we don't have multiple inheritance in Java. Why you didn't learn Java. (As I was from non CS engineering background) What do you know about keyword virtual in C++. What is Dynamic Binding? Difference between Dynamic and Static binding. What is Polymorphism and give an example for the same. What is virtual memory? Where exactly it's present? Do we have any size restriction for Virtual memory or not? How you will print "Hello World" without using semicolon in C. What is your favourite Data Structure and why? Since, I went with lnked list, he asked me to represent linked list and explain it to him.
Coding question to be solved on a paper: How you will find the intersection point of two singly linked list. Find it out here https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/dsa/write-a-function-to-get-the-intersection-point-of-two-linked-lists/ In the second technical round these were the questions : How was your first technical round? How was your Aptitude round? Why MicroFocus? What is the difference between malloc and new? What is smart pointer in C++? What do you know about threading ? (As my project was based on that) Why threading? What are it's features? How you will communicate between threads? What are the different OS you know? What makes Linux different? and why Linux? (I went with "htop" command) What are processes and how they are different from threads? Methods of InterProcess Communication? Then he asked me if I had any questions to him or not. I asked how will be the environment at MicroFocus.
Round 3 HR round: About my family background. What are the different sports you are interested in? What do you do in your free time? What do you do at weekends? What was the cricket score when you entered? (It was Ind vs NZ and yes..it was #CWC semis) What are your hobbies? Which was the recent book you read? That's it. All three of the Interviewers were kind and encouraging. All the technical questions can be tackled if one reads GeeksforGeeks's respective contents very well and one needs to hold a strong grip on basics.
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This is a reported interview question from a microfocus interview for a data science role during the recruiter round reported in 2025.
It covers the following topics: Linked List .
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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.
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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.