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I am an ECE student hence based on my resume these question were asked.
Round 1 Online TestAptitude 10 questions for 14 minsverbal 4 question 4 minutesTechnical 15 questio...
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I am an ECE student hence based on my resume these question were asked.
Round 1 Online Test Aptitude 10 questions for 14 mins verbal 4 question 4 minutes Technical 15 questions around 10 on SW Testing and 5 on SQL/DBMS 15 minutes Coding questions C/Cpp/Java/Python 57 minutes, easy ones q1: ex:
input: a2b3c4 output: aabbbcccc https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/dsa/expand-the-string-according-to-the-given-conditions/ q2: based on number conversions (x) a to y to the base (y) b https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/dsa/convert-base-decimal-vice-versa/ q3: permutation based example: given number 4017 , find the next highest permutation of the given numbers. https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/dsa/find-next-greater-number-set-digits/
Round 2 Technical Interview Asked about my interest and project , thorough questions on that. I was asked if i prefer hard core coding or testing side, I prefer testing based on that my questions were moderate basics. Asked about banking based questions
Round 3 Technical interview Resume based questions, about project and all the topics mentioned. SQL, DBMS , basic data structures, basic python. basic operating system questions.
Round 4 Managerial About the company and post being offered what have u done in the recent times, what impact or change have u brought about in a technical field . a friendly informative talk, just be confident
Round 5 HR Tips: Just be confident , if you dont know anything tell you dont know or ask time to think if you think you can recollect. Be confident. It's okay to not know few questions. I dint know a few questions yet managed to go to
next round because I answered all the questions with confidence. Be firm with your mentioned topics - basics and a little banking basics.
About This Question
This is a reported interview question from a societe generale interview for a swe role during the oa round reported in 2025.
It covers the following topics: Sql, Strings, Os, Backtracking .
Difficulty rating: Easy
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This question was reported by a candidate who interviewed at Societe Generale. 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 Societe Generale are the higher-signal extractions to take from this report.
For broader preparation context, the Societe Generale 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 Societe Generale reports consistently are the ones worth investing in; one-off niche problems are not.
During Your Societe Generale 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 Societe Generale 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.