Deutsche-2024 Batch

Atharva
2023-07-22
Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank Interview Experience(20/7/2023)


 

The whole process consists of 5 rounds:

  1. Coding Round
  2. Technical Interview 1
  3. Technical Interview 2
  4. Professional Fitness Round
  5. HR Round


 

Coding Round:

Coding round was held on Hackerearth. Make sure you have a system compatible with hackerearth, many students face problems related to browser crashing, camera access etc.

Questions asked were of easy-medium level, some of the standard leetcode questions.
First question was based on Two pointers, Second one was based on Binary search and Third one was based on prefix sum.


 

Tip: Make sure you attempt all the questions by brute force at least. Some of the    students were shortlisted even after partially solving one or two questions.



 

Technical Interview 1:

The interview started with my basic introduction, then 

  • Pillars of OOP
  • Give real life examples of pillars of OOP in this room itself. (We were sitting in the library, hence real life examples of pillars of OOP related to the library.)
  • Coding Question: Given a string, check if all the characters in the string are grouped or not. If grouped, string is valid, else invalid.

(For example, aaabbbccccc is valid ,    aabbaacc is invalid)

(He asked me two do the coding on online compiler, and then checked if code 

Works for all the cases)

  • Difference between BFS and DFS. Examples like when to use BFS and when to use DFS.
  • Difference between linear and circular linked list.
  • Some basic questions related to the project, like why this problem statement, tech stack etc.
  • Then he asked a sql query based upon joins and aggregate functions.

     

Out of 44 shortlisted for interviews, 32 were shortlisted for next round.


 

Technical Interview 2:

  • Started with basic introduction
  • Then he started asking some puzzles:
  1. 6, 9, 18, 27, ??, 2241 : Find the missing term
  2. There is a tunnel of max height 13 feet and a truck standing in front of a tunnel of height 13.1 feet. What will you do to pass the truck?
  3. There are some rabbits and chickens in a cage. Total number of heads is 72 and the total number of legs is 200. Calculate individual count.
  • If given the chance, which technology or which domain would you like to work in? Why? Have you done anything related to that particular domain till now?
  • As I had project using MERN stack, he asked some questions related to Javascript:
    • Features of ES6
    • Significance of Fat arrow function
    • Closures in Javascript
    • Spread operator in Javascript


 

  • Coding question: Given a string consisting of lowercase alphabets, return all the palindromic substrings of a given string. He asked for a dry run on paper as well.


 

Out of 32, 19 were selected for next round.


 

Profit Round(Professional Fitness Round):

  • He started with hobbies mentioned in the resume, and I was having one as wildlife photography. We had a brief discussion on wildlife photography.
  • He asked if I had decided on my final year project. Some questions related to that problem statement.
  • Any plans for further education?



 

Out of 19, 16 were selected for final (HR) round.


 

HR Round:

  • Tell me your 3 qualities/strengths. Justify them with your experiences.
  • As I mentioned in the resume that I organized the WCE Hackathon’23, she asked some questions regarding it:
    • What was the format?
    • What was that unique thing that you put on the table, which others probably could not?
    • What challenges did you face?


 

  • Some scenario based questions:
    • What will you do when one of your team member is not responding at all?
    • What if all of the members are good, but there is lack of synchronization, like each and everyone has some different thoughts?
    • If there is something going wrong, then would you dare to stand and speak regarding it? Consider the fact that it might affect your growth and position.


 

Final verdict: Selected


 

Tips:

  • Never ever miss a chance to stand and speak. Show your interest by asking questions during PPT and even when the interviewer asks if you have any questions for me? I asked the question: “How can I make the most of my final year of B.Tech? ”
  • Develop good communication skills. It is the key when HR rounds are concerned. It helps a lot even in technical rounds as well.
  • Focus on the basics.



 

All the best everyone!!


 

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