Smartprix Interview Experience | Set 5 (On Campus for Internship)
Interview Experience
Smartprix visited our campus for software developer interns. The company gave a skype ppt after which the process had three rounds.
Round 1 Aptitude and Technical testIn t...
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Smartprix visited our campus for software developer interns. The company gave a skype ppt after which the process had three rounds.
Round 1 Aptitude and Technical test In this round, there were 30 questions that had to be completed in 60 minutes. Out of the 30 questions, 20 were aptitude questions and 10 were technical questions in C++ and Java(code output, debugging, etc.). This test was on their own platform. Around 40 students were shortlisted for the
next round.
Round 2 Coding test This round had 2 coding questions which had to be done in 3 hours. Again, this test was on their own platform. Also, the interesting part of this test was, browsing the internet to solve questions was allowed. The questions were practical problems rather than standard coding questions. The first question was based on string formatting. It was for 50 points. The second question was to parse given lines of code that are written in a new language whose syntax and rules were given in the question and processing the code to generate the corresponding output. It was for 150 points. They shortlisted 6 students for the
next round.
Round 3 F2F Interview This round took place in their Noida office. They asked questions from my resume and on previous projects and technologies that I had used. They analyzed the results of the coding round and told me all the test cases and asked me to make corrections in my code for incorrect test cases. They asked to write a simple C++ program to evaluate infix arithmetic expressions. (Hint: Ask for different test cases, convert expression to postfix and then evaluate) Lastly, they asked to write a program to add two numbers that are represented as a linked list.
About This Question
This is a candidate experience report from a smartprix interview for a swe role (intern level) during the phone screen round reported in 2018.
It covers the following topics: Strings, Linked List .
Difficulty rating: Easy
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This question was reported by a candidate who interviewed at Smartprix. 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 Smartprix are the higher-signal extractions to take from this report.
For broader preparation context, the Smartprix 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 Smartprix reports consistently are the ones worth investing in; one-off niche problems are not.
During Your Smartprix 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 Smartprix 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.