What to expect at an entry level Software Engineer Interview in Bangladesh?

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What to expect at an entry-level Software Engineer Interview in Bangladesh?

Here is a complete guideline for typical Software Engineer Interview in Bangladesh.


Section-1: Self-introduction

A typical SE interview generally starts with this section. Candidates are required to introduce themselves in English within a small duration of around 2 to 4 minutes. It is a very common but important point for both the interviewee and interviewer. Here candidate gets a good chance to impress the board members.




Section-2: Learning Curve Test

In this section, the following skills of a candidate are usually tested by the interviewer:
  1. Which technology/technologies you've learned in recent days?: This is a very common question asked by almost all the interviewers. Basically, from this question he figures out which way the interviewer should go during the technical test section.
  2. Listen to Project Works: Interviewers asks about recent project work from the candidates and then forward to technical questions to verify candidates work.

Section-3: Analytical Ability Test

In this section, the following skills of a candidate are usually tested by the interviewer:
  1. Basic Mathematics: High school level mathematics are often asked by the interviewers in SE interview. To make a good score, this is like sweet balls to a computer engineer I think. 
  2. Quiz and Puzzles: Sometimes the interviewer asks some very tricky but small quiz or puzzles. This is basically puzzles taken from our daily life or mathematics. Interviewers test the candidate's sharpness in this section. 
  3. Geometry: This is basically the fundamental or elementary school level geometry.

Section-4: Technical Skills Test

  1. Solve a Basic Programming Problem: Candidates are asked to solve some basic programming problems. Problems given are generally from 
    1. Number Properties
    2. String Processing
    3. Recursion
  2. Fix bug of a small code: Candidates are often given a buggy source code and asked to fix it. Remember, no matter you could fix it or not "Don't lose your confidence". If you can't solve it then say boldly "I'm sorry" and if you can then say boldly that "It is the solution & my solution is correct". And you should always ask for clarification of ambiguities.
  3. Data Structure: 
    1. Stack
    2. Queue
    3. LinkedList
  4. Algorithm:
    1. Searching
    2. and Sorting 

Section-5: Communication Skills Test

Last but not the least, this is one of the most important section the interviewer will test a candidate during the session. He/She won't ask about any particular questions regarding communication skills. But during the whole interview, the interviewer will measure the following communication skills of the candidate. 
  1. Punctuality
  2. Fluency in English
  3. Confidence
  4. Positivity
  5. Overall Manner
  6. Interest

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