Arcesium interview questions

472 questions from 41 candidate reports · 2016 to 2024

Online test → Technical → Technical → Technical → HR

CS fundamentals

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Explain the difference between a process and a thread.

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What is synchronization and how is it achieved in Java?

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Explain ACID properties in databases.

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What is thrashing in operating systems?

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What is the difference between HashMap and HashTable in Java?

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Write an SQL query to find the second highest salary from an employee table.

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What is virtual address space?

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Explain copy constructor in C++

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How to use cookies in REST APIs

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Normalize a given database table

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Explain shallow copy vs deep copy

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Explain virtual memory and paging

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Explain SQL joins and types of joins

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How are interfaces implemented in C++?

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Explain virtual memory and page faults.

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Explain multithreading concepts in Java.

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Explain the working of the TCP protocol.

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Basic DBMS concepts and theory questions.

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Explain how indexing works in a database.

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Explain file systems in operating systems.

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Explain the use of volatile keyword in Java

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What is indexing in DBMS and why is it used?

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Diamond problem in OOP and how it is resolved

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Explain DBMS transactions and ACID properties

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Explain function pointers and their use cases

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Explain deadlock and techniques to resolve it.

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How do you create an immutable object in Java?

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What happens if RAM size is increased to 1 TB?

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Write security test cases for a web application

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DSA

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Print the left view of a binary tree

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Find the Maximum Sum Increasing Subsequence in an array.

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Check whether a given binary tree is a Binary Search Tree (BST).

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Explain Dijkstra’s algorithm

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Search an element in a 2D matrix

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Implement a queue using two stacks

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Rotate a linked list by k positions.

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Time Needed to Inform All Employees.

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Count subarrays with sum divisible by K

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Find the maximum width of a binary tree

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Detect and remove a loop in a linked list.

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Find the maximum path sum in a binary tree

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Subset Sum Problem (0/1 Knapsack variation)

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Find a subarray with a given sum in O(n) time

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Find the top K frequent elements in an array.

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Find the Nth Fibonacci number in O(log n) time.

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Find the middle element of a stack in O(1) time

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Make all array elements equal with minimum cost

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Reverse a linked list in groups of a given size.

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Puzzles

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Help N people cross a bridge with constraints on crossing time.

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Measure a specific quantity of water using three jars with given capacities.

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Estimate what percentage of a town’s population would be using Facebook at 1 PM.

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System design

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Design a parking lot system

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Design a parking system

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Design a banking system using OOPS

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Design a Hospital Management System.

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Aptitude

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Quantitative aptitude problems on Profit & Loss, Work & Time, Probability, and Basic Mathematics

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Quantitative aptitude questions based on time and work, age problems, and family relations.

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How many matches are played in a knockout tournament with n teams? Explain with calculation.

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Behavioural

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Your service has become slow over the last two months. How would you debug the issue?

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Describe challenges faced in your work and how you overcame them.

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Common questions

What questions does Arcesium ask?

Candidate interview reports most often cover CS fundamentals (51%) and DSA (39%).

How many rounds does Arcesium interview have?

Candidate interview reports show an average of 4.1 rounds per experience, with a typical sequence of Online test → Technical → Technical → Technical → HR. Individual interview paths can vary.

Is the Arcesium interview hard?

Among questions with a reported difficulty, the mix is easy 36%, medium 56%, hard 8%.

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