Dell Interview Experience for Internship
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Initially, a total of 190 peoples were shortlisted for the Online Test 1.Round 1(Online Test (1 hour 15 minutes): The round was divided into 3 partsSection 1(20 minutes): ...
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Initially, a total of 190 peoples were shortlisted for the Online Test 1. Round 1(Online Test (1 hour 15 minutes): The round was divided into 3 parts Section 1(20 minutes): 20 Questions based on Aptitude, Reasoning, etc. Section 2(40 minutes): 23 Questions based on Core Subjects: OS, OOP, DSA, DAA, DBMS, CN Section 3(Programming Snippets): A choice was given here so whether you want to answer the following questions in JAVA or C++. This section had 7 questions In total, we had to answer 50 questions in 75 minutes. Around 75 students were shortlisted from this round and called up for the interviews. Round 2 (Technical Interview): Introduce yourself All the technical questions will be based on your resume. I had done my projects in Android so was asked the same. Few of the students got a coding problem in this round, the questions were easy and an optimized approach wasn't asked for, only the proper implementation would be sufficient. “Do you have some questions for us ?”, this question is the second most asked question after "Introduce yourself". Have an answer prepared for this beforehand as it shows your interest explicitly? My interview lasted almost an hour, as we discussed android development extensively. Around 35 students were shortlisted from this interview and called up for the HR Interview Round 3(HR Interview): How I landed up in college? Why should we hire you? Tell me about an incident where you've solved a real-life problem working in a team (Try mentioning software engineering frameworks: Scrum, Kanban, etc.) Do you have any questions for us? Tips: Try to be confident in your answers and ensure that you're speaking correct and comprehensible English. Make sure the recruiter believes that you're a logical person who has great communication skills and is also a team player. I was among the 14 who got selected for this. ;)
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This is a reported interview question from a dell interview for a android role (intern level) during the oa round reported in 2020.
It covers the following topics: Oop .
Difficulty rating: Easy
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How To Practice This Type of Question
Solve similar problems on LeetCode under timed conditions (25-35 minutes per medium difficulty). The goal is pattern recognition: recognize the underlying technique (sliding window, two-pointer, BFS, memoized recursion, etc.) within 60-90 seconds of reading. Strong candidates verbalize their hypothesis out loud before coding, then iterate based on feedback. Weak candidates dive into implementation immediately, lose time on the wrong approach, and run out of time for follow-ups.
Companies update their question pools every 2-4 months. The exact wording of any given question may have been retired by the time you interview. Focus your prep on the pattern, not the specific problem. The patterns that appear in Dell reports consistently are the ones worth investing in; one-off niche problems are not.
During Your Dell Round
Apply the standard interview round template: clarify requirements (2-3 minutes), state your approach out loud and confirm direction with the interviewer (3-5 minutes), code with narration (15-25 minutes), test with concrete examples including edge cases (5 minutes), discuss optimization or trade-offs if time permits (5 minutes). This template is universally accepted across FAANG and adjacent companies; deviating from it produces weaker interviewer feedback signal.
The single most predictive failure mode in Dell reports tagged "no hire": not asking clarifying questions. Interviewers are explicitly trained to weight this. Strong candidates ask 3-5 clarifying questions even on problems that look obvious; weak candidates dive into code immediately. The clarifying-question check is often the first signal recorded in the interviewer's written notes.