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Round 1 Aptitude Cocubes : 40 min 40 qns20 questions from logical reasoning and 20 questions from quantitative aptitude.
Round 2 Coding RoundCocubes: 3 qns - 1 hr1. Given...
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Round 1 Aptitude Cocubes : 40 min 40 qns 20 questions from logical reasoning and 20 questions from quantitative aptitude.
Round 2 Coding Round Cocubes: 3 qns - 1 hr 1. Given two integers x and y. Find the no of multiples of x between x and y. 2. Recursion. 3. Array.
Round 3 Technical Round 1 String reverse function without using additional array. Questions on basics of c like extern, memory leak, recursion, pointers, struct, union etc.
Round 4 Technical Round 2 Find whether there exists a loop in a linked list. Swap nodes in a linked list without swapping the data and draw a flowchart for the same. 1 puzzle and an aptitude qn.
Round 5 Hr Round How do you handle problems in railways like train delays. Draw a software design for the same. How do you define success. Tell me how the software will develop in the future. Questions on academics.
About This Question
This is a candidate experience report from a huawei interview for a data science role during the recruiter round reported in 2016.
It covers the following topics: Arrays, Strings, Linked List, Recursion .
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About Huawei Interview Reports
This question was reported by a candidate who interviewed at Huawei. LeakCode aggregates interview reports from 10+ sources, including 1Point3Acres, Glassdoor, LeetCode Discuss, Blind, Reddit, Indeed, and Nowcoder. Each report is translated where necessary, deduplicated against existing entries, and tagged by company, role, round type, and reporting date.
Use this question as one calibration data point, not a memorization target. Companies typically rotate their question pools every 2-4 months; the exact wording of a 2024 question may differ from what you encounter today. The underlying pattern, difficulty level, and follow-up depth at Huawei are the higher-signal extractions to take from this report.
For broader preparation context, the Huawei interview process typically includes a recruiter screen, one or two technical phone screens, and a 4-5 round on-site loop covering coding, system design (at L4+ levels), and behavioral. Reports tagged on LeakCode show the round-by-round distribution and typical difficulty calibration. To browse questions filtered by round type and seniority, use the company hub linked above.
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 Huawei reports consistently are the ones worth investing in; one-off niche problems are not.
During Your Huawei 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 Huawei 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.