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You have a pile of coins. One of them is counterfeit, and its weight is different from the other coins. All of the other coins weigh the same. You are given a balance. How would you find the counterfeit coin? Now code it up.
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Software Development Engineer

Interviewed at Microsoft

4
Sep 8, 2010

You have a pile of coins. One of them is counterfeit, and its weight is different from the other coins. All of the other coins weigh the same. You are given a balance. How would you find the counterfeit coin? Now code it up.

It was very high-level technical round logical/automation/software testing questions. There required a high-quality resource for QA position. It is not easy to select. Interview questions are very high level not easy to answer them. The interviewer asked questions which were very technical in both rounds of interview.
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QA Engineer Interview

Interviewed at VMock

2.9
May 31, 2018

It was very high-level technical round logical/automation/software testing questions. There required a high-quality resource for QA position. It is not easy to select. Interview questions are very high level not easy to answer them. The interviewer asked questions which were very technical in both rounds of interview.

Problem Statement : 18 Ralway Stations from Tamil Nadu are given. A passenger need ticket. Upto the 5 stations journey, fare is 10 Rs. After the 5 stations, for every 5 stations, 5 Rs extra will be charged. For the full stretch journey i.e. From 1st to the last station, fare is 20 Rs. Input 1 : StationFrom - Guindy, StationTo - Kadambakkam Output 1 : Print ticket. i.e. StationFrom : Guindy, StationTo : Kadambakkam, Total Stops : 3, Total Fare : 10 Input 2 : StationFrom - Guindy , StationTo - Chennai Fort Output 2 : Print ticket. i.e. StationFrom : Guindy, StationTo : Chennai Fort, Total Stops : 8, Total Fare :15 Code should follow design principles, patterns. Test Driven Development would be preferable, not mandatory though.
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Software Developer

Interviewed at Thoughtworks

3.3
Aug 28, 2015

Problem Statement : 18 Ralway Stations from Tamil Nadu are given. A passenger need ticket. Upto the 5 stations journey, fare is 10 Rs. After the 5 stations, for every 5 stations, 5 Rs extra will be charged. For the full stretch journey i.e. From 1st to the last station, fare is 20 Rs. Input 1 : StationFrom - Guindy, StationTo - Kadambakkam Output 1 : Print ticket. i.e. StationFrom : Guindy, StationTo : Kadambakkam, Total Stops : 3, Total Fare : 10 Input 2 : StationFrom - Guindy , StationTo - Chennai Fort Output 2 : Print ticket. i.e. StationFrom : Guindy, StationTo : Chennai Fort, Total Stops : 8, Total Fare :15 Code should follow design principles, patterns. Test Driven Development would be preferable, not mandatory though.

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