JMAN Interview Experience (Completed on 31st July) Round 1 – MCQ Round (30 minutes, 25 questions) Topics Covered: Java (5 questions): Mostly on Threads and Exceptions JavaScript (5 questions): Medium-level Aptitude & Reasoning (5 questions): Basic Python (5 questions): Basic SQL (5 questions): Basic 📌 Most of the shortlisting happens in this round. Round 2 – Problem Solving (DSA + SQL) Total: 4 DSA questions + 4 SQL questions It's important to perform decently in both sections. Some candidates solved only SQL or only DSA but were not selected. I solved 3.5 SQL + 2.5 DSA and got selected. Round 3 – Technical Interview (40 minutes) Questions Asked: Self-introduction Project overview DSA: Buy and Sell Stock problem (DP) Pattern Printing: Triangle star pattern SQL: Joins (easy to medium) SDLC types OOPs basics Difference between database and SQL Round 4 – Technical + Project (25 minutes) Questions Asked: Self-introduction Deep dive into project Types of indexes in DBMS 2 SQL questions — I solved only one No DSA questions were asked in this round ➡️ I was not able to solve the second SQL question and was asked to leave. I got rejected in this round. Shortlisting & Statistics Round 1 Eligibility: 60% CGPA Total appeared: 850 Round 2 Selected: 170 Round 3 Selected: 32 Round 4 Selected: 20 Round 5 – HR Round Shortlisted for HR: 15 Final selections: 10 Advice / Tips Be strong in DSA basics: ✔ HashMaps ✔ Strings ✔ DP ✔ Greedy ✔ String Matching Be very good at SQL — try solving at least 40 SQL questions on HackerRank. Prepare project explanation very well. Practice pattern printing and basic coding logic.