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This program is for reverse the word present in the given string input: my name is xx khan output:ym eman si xx nahk Interviewer was not technically strong and when I was trying to run the program in online compiler got few errors and when I tried to solve many times I felt he doesnt know that we can use string instead of char array.. Many more doubts he had. Questions on OOPs concepts SAS, SATA, nvme Past products Design pattern
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Principal Software Engineer

Interviewed at Dell Technologies

3.7★
Feb 5, 2021

This program is for reverse the word present in the given string input: my name is xx khan output:ym eman si xx nahk Interviewer was not technically strong and when I was trying to run the program in online compiler got few errors and when I tried to solve many times I felt he doesnt know that we can use string instead of char array.. Many more doubts he had. Questions on OOPs concepts SAS, SATA, nvme Past products Design pattern

Manager:Tell me about experience. Me:Have 12 years of experience in XXX technology stack.Within 15 sec of conversation he said we dont need that.Well excuse me ....i was shocked i did except him to atleast view my resume before the call.My instinct were already hinting this is not a kind of job i want to deal with or team i want to join but moved on. Me:Ok so i know i kept these questions for last but what do you need for your position??He kind aaa started braging about his desktop application etc etc.Ok great. Me :Ok so what are expecting from this role.Can you explain a little more.He kinda didnt like this question.He started to ask some tech questions without any concern .Ok at this point i was about to abort and wanted to just end this conversation but an interview my self i moved on to ethics. Manager:do you know about garbage collector .Explained him what my experience gave me all these years and he was not satisfied .I tried my best .He asked me explain the code to write garbage collector .You heard me correct but may be this may be acceptable as it depends on teams , work and projects.I was at frank that i never had to code that as the framework handled it .He was not convinced and started asking why my experience dint give a chance to code , i tried my best to explain and yet he was not convined and started explaining that he graduated in 90s and all that they learnt was c ++ and at thjis point he started pisiing me off, i tried to counter attack with answers.I mentioned how i didnt code that and yet the product i work generates millions of dollars. Manager:At this point i cant move to next step. Me:Well this job description dont match my interest either. silence and i thanked him for calling thats it. If you applying for an desktop related teams please be advised that you learn basic c++, though the description asks you for .net c# java ,etc.Dont even waste time.Desktop application jobs are for people who want to spend their life in multi threading and dont want to hear a thing.
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Principal Engineer - Software

Interviewed at Dell Technologies

3.7★
Apr 19, 2019

Manager:Tell me about experience. Me:Have 12 years of experience in XXX technology stack.Within 15 sec of conversation he said we dont need that.Well excuse me ....i was shocked i did except him to atleast view my resume before the call.My instinct were already hinting this is not a kind of job i want to deal with or team i want to join but moved on. Me:Ok so i know i kept these questions for last but what do you need for your position??He kind aaa started braging about his desktop application etc etc.Ok great. Me :Ok so what are expecting from this role.Can you explain a little more.He kinda didnt like this question.He started to ask some tech questions without any concern .Ok at this point i was about to abort and wanted to just end this conversation but an interview my self i moved on to ethics. Manager:do you know about garbage collector .Explained him what my experience gave me all these years and he was not satisfied .I tried my best .He asked me explain the code to write garbage collector .You heard me correct but may be this may be acceptable as it depends on teams , work and projects.I was at frank that i never had to code that as the framework handled it .He was not convinced and started asking why my experience dint give a chance to code , i tried my best to explain and yet he was not convined and started explaining that he graduated in 90s and all that they learnt was c ++ and at thjis point he started pisiing me off, i tried to counter attack with answers.I mentioned how i didnt code that and yet the product i work generates millions of dollars. Manager:At this point i cant move to next step. Me:Well this job description dont match my interest either. silence and i thanked him for calling thats it. If you applying for an desktop related teams please be advised that you learn basic c++, though the description asks you for .net c# java ,etc.Dont even waste time.Desktop application jobs are for people who want to spend their life in multi threading and dont want to hear a thing.

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