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Aptitude Test: ~20 minutes, no negative marking—focus on attempted answers and educated guessing works. Coding Round: (~75 minutes) included: Second maximum in array Prime number–based math puzzle Decoding count using Dynamic Programming Technical Interview 1 (45 min): ML/statistics fundamentals, SQL, cloud basics Conceptual scenarios using statistics (e.g., confidence parameter) Random Forest: 'random' rationale Classification vs regression A friendly, conversational style—resume/project-focused Technical Interview 2: NLP-specific focus (stemming vs lemmatization, vector representations, LSTM architecture) Deep learning fundamentals like backpropagation, gradient descent Statistics: skewed data comparison (mean, median, mode), repeat on Random Forest question HR Round: Formal, focused on feedback, relocation willingness, salary negotiation, and general fit question
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Senior Staff Engineer

Interviewed at Nagarro

3.9
Sep 1, 2025

Aptitude Test: ~20 minutes, no negative marking—focus on attempted answers and educated guessing works. Coding Round: (~75 minutes) included: Second maximum in array Prime number–based math puzzle Decoding count using Dynamic Programming Technical Interview 1 (45 min): ML/statistics fundamentals, SQL, cloud basics Conceptual scenarios using statistics (e.g., confidence parameter) Random Forest: 'random' rationale Classification vs regression A friendly, conversational style—resume/project-focused Technical Interview 2: NLP-specific focus (stemming vs lemmatization, vector representations, LSTM architecture) Deep learning fundamentals like backpropagation, gradient descent Statistics: skewed data comparison (mean, median, mode), repeat on Random Forest question HR Round: Formal, focused on feedback, relocation willingness, salary negotiation, and general fit question

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