Newgen Software Technologies Interview Experience (GURGAON)
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Newgen Technologies visited our campus to recruit candidates for the role of Software Engineer, open to Computer Science and IT students.
Round 1 The initial round compris...
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Newgen Technologies visited our campus to recruit candidates for the role of Software Engineer, open to Computer Science and IT students.
Round 1 The initial round comprised 75 questions to be answered within 90 minutes. The questions were divided into three sections: Aptitude (25 questions), Verbal (25 questions), and Technical (25 questions). Candidates were shortlisted based on sectional cutoffs.
Round 2 Technical Interview (50-55 minutes) The interview began with a brief introduction followed by a discussion on my project, the search engine 'e' for Data Optimization. I was asked to find the third largest or kth largest element from an array, which I implemented in Python. Explained DML, DCL, DDL commands in SQL. Discussed time complexities of various sorting techniques. Drew the ER diagram of my project and explained concepts like primary key, foreign key, candidate key, and super key. Differentiated between linked lists and arrays, and solved linked list-related questions like reversing a linked list and traversal. Explained priority queues and the difference between binary trees and BST. Defined RDBMS and elucidated various types of joins in SQL. After a wait of 3 hours, I was called for the HR round, feeling both happy and nervous.
Round 3 HR Interview (15-20 minutes) Introduced myself. Discussed why I chose Newgen technologies and talked about areas of improvement. Answered questions about family background, academic achievements, and extracurricular activities. Described my strengths and weaknesses. Final
Result 21 candidates were selected, including myself. Tips: Maintain composure and respond politely throughout the interview process.
About This Question
This is a reported interview question from a newgen interview for a swe role during the recruiter round reported in 2024.
It covers the following topics: Linked List, Heap, Trees, Binary Tree, Sql, Sorting, Arrays .
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This question was reported by a candidate who interviewed at Newgen. LeakCode aggregates interview reports from 10+ sources, including 1Point3Acres, Glassdoor, LeetCode Discuss, Blind, Reddit, Indeed, and Nowcoder. Each report is translated where necessary, deduplicated against existing entries, and tagged by company, role, round type, and reporting date.
Use this question as one calibration data point, not a memorization target. Companies typically rotate their question pools every 2-4 months; the exact wording of a 2024 question may differ from what you encounter today. The underlying pattern, difficulty level, and follow-up depth at Newgen are the higher-signal extractions to take from this report.
For broader preparation context, the Newgen interview process typically includes a recruiter screen, one or two technical phone screens, and a 4-5 round on-site loop covering coding, system design (at L4+ levels), and behavioral. Reports tagged on LeakCode show the round-by-round distribution and typical difficulty calibration. To browse questions filtered by round type and seniority, use the company hub linked above.
How To Practice This Type of Question
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 Newgen reports consistently are the ones worth investing in; one-off niche problems are not.
During Your Newgen 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 Newgen 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.