Status: Selected

Education: 3rd year B.Tech student at IIIT, Branch: Computer Science

I recently received an offer for a 6-month Software Development Engineer (SDE) internship at Acko Insurance Limited, and I must say that my overall experience was excellent. The entire process was well-structured, the interviewers were friendly and knowledgeable, and I had the chance to showcase my skills and passion for software development.

Some of my batchmates got selected with me for the 1st round based on current CGPA and resume.

There were a total of 2 interview rounds:

• 1. Technical Round
• 2. HM Round

Let’s talk about both rounds briefly.

A) Technical Round

It was a 90-minute Google Meet round. The interviewer was an SDE2 at Acko and asked me to introduce myself first. He then shared a PDF where there was a question about Software Design. He told me to complete the task using OOP principles. He asked me to write code in Java but allowed me to use C++.

Task: Make a Meeting Scheduler system where there are 4 rooms with certain capacities, and each meeting is 1 hour long. There are two types of queries:

– BookRoom(startTime, endTime, noOfPeople): Books a room for that period in the optimal available room.

– ViewRooms(startTime, endTime): Returns all the available rooms for that period.

I designed the system within 50 minutes, including all edge cases like invalid input, no availability, etc. Then he asked me some follow-up questions such as:

– What if I need to add/delete a room for the service?

– What if meetings can be of any duration (not just 1 hour)?

I answered all the questions and then asked for his feedback.

I got the result the next day. I was selected for the second interview, which was held the day after the result!

B) HM Round

It was a 30-minute Google Meet round. The interviewer was a manager at Acko and asked me to introduce myself first. Then he asked me to explain any project mentioned in my resume and to describe my work in group projects.

The interviewer started asking questions about DBMS and React.js, which I had mentioned in my resume. I answered them briefly. Then he asked me to open any code editor and gave me some easy questions.

Questions:

1. Print numbers from 1 to 100, but for numbers divisible by 3, print “Fizz”, for numbers divisible by 5, print “Buzz”, and for numbers divisible by both, print “FizzBuzz”.

2. Given a string like “3,Fizz;5,Buzz;7,YourName”, what would you do?

Both questions were easy. He appreciated my typing speed and ended the interview.

I got the result after two days. I was selected as an SDE intern. I received my offer letter within two working days.