Barclays Software Developer Internship interview questions

Round 1: The Online Test We had a two-hour window to complete the test, with 45 minutes allocated for the actual test. The test was divided into two parts: the first part consisted of multiple-choice questions (MCQs), and the second part was a coding test. The MCQ round included 30 questions covering various topics such as Python C++ Java SQL MongoDB Database Queries OOP Computer Networks and Security The second part of the test was the coding section, which had 2 questions of easy to medium difficulty level Round 2: The Interview Round It was online through Microsoft Teams, which lasted for approximately 30 minutes. My interviewer had a significant background in IT and possessed expertise in Software Project Management. The interview began with a brief introduction about myself, followed by technical questions. Here are the questions I was asked: Explain various data types along with examples. Discuss various data structures and their applications. Share my preferred programming languages (for which I chose Python) and then code on a notepad. I was asked to calculate the number of occurrences of a word in a paragraph (ignoring letter case) and modify the code to count the occurrences of each letter. Implement any pillar of OOP in any language I felt comfortable with (I opted for C++ this time). Answer two SQL queries, one of medium difficulty and another slightly tricky.