MAQ Software Internship Interview Experience
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Screening round: This round includes 30 aptitude questions followed by 4 coding questions. The time duration for 30 aptitude questions was 30 minutes( you have to be fast)...
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Screening round : This round includes 30 aptitude questions followed by 4 coding questions. The time duration for 30 aptitude questions was 30 minutes( you have to be fast). One mark for the correct answer and -0.25 for incorrect answer. Aptitude round was followed by 4 easy coding questions: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/dsa/sort-an-array-of-0s-1s-and-2s/ https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/dsa/stock-buy-sell/ https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/dsa/program-decimal-binary-conversion/ Given a string containing '0', '1' and a placeholder '?'. Count the number of strings we can generate by replacing '?' by either '0' or '1. For example for a string '100101?00', a total of 2 strings can be constructed by replacing '?' by '0' and '1'.
Technical Round one : This was the most interesting round in the whole process. I received a mail with a link to Microsoft Teams. He started by asking about my background. After a good conversation, he gave me a layout of a simple web page. I was expected to write HTML/CSS code on codeshare.io for that layout. It took me almost 10 - 15 minutes to write that code. He asked me about CSS specificity, rules etc. He was satisfied by that code. After this, he asked me about my previous internship experience and projects. Make sure you go prepared for this part. Revise your approach and challenges you faced while creating your projects. He was satisfied with my projects. Then he gave me a simple question and ask me to write its optimised solution on codeshare.io. Question : Given a string of lowercase alphabets, print the length of the longest palindromic subsequence that can be formed using the characters of the original string. Order of arrangement is not important. For example for string 'bcbdcddcdac', we can construct a palindromic string as 'cdcbdadbcdc'. Round Two : This time the interviewer was a project manager from MAQ Software. In this round, he only asked 2 coding questions and one logical reasoning question. Given a paragraph, split that paragraph into an array of words, and print them in lexicographically descending order along with the frequencies. He was more focused on an optimised solution. A simple logical reasoning question, explain the conversion of MAQ=>ZBH and CAT=>FBN. Given an array of integers,
return the count of distinct pair whose sum is greater than 0. He asked for an optimised solution. I explained the answers to these questions confidently. He seems to be satisfied with my solutions. This was the complete process of MAQ Software internship interview.
About This Question
This is a reported interview question from a maq software interview for a swe role (intern level) during the take home round reported in 2025.
It covers the following topics: Arrays, Strings, Dynamic Programming .
Difficulty rating: Easy
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This question was reported by a candidate who interviewed at Maq Software. 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 Maq Software are the higher-signal extractions to take from this report.
For broader preparation context, the Maq Software 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 Maq Software reports consistently are the ones worth investing in; one-off niche problems are not.
During Your Maq Software 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 Maq Software 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.