Managerial Round Interview for software developer

 

A tech company’s managerial round is something you can’t escape or skip! As only the finest employees will be recruited, the managerial round interview questions will be extremely challenging. A managerial round is where the candidates’ skills will be deeply explored by the recruiters to see how well their programming and behavioral abilities are.

Speaking of the questions, most of them will be based on coding and the rest would be to assess one’s behavior. In this article, we will look at some of the common coding questions you can expect in terms of experience. Through these questions, you will have a better preparation strategy to crack the interview. Let’s dive in.

Managerial Round Interview Questions: Coding

Go through all the coding basics, data structures and algorithm concepts etc. Once you’re confident in those aspects you can easily give a good answer to coding questions. 

Below are top 10 managerial round coding related questions to give you an idea of what type of questions will be posed at you.

Explain JSON and what it can be utilized for

For this question, expand what JSON is – JavaScript Object Notation. Then proceed on to answer them that a JSON is string-based notation which can be read by most of the programming languages. JSON also helps and is used for web design. Additionally, JSON is used in APIs. 

Name the best sorting algorithm

Truth be told, there isn’t any best sorting algorithm and so this is a tricky question. Hence, you’ll need to first answer the question by addressing the sorting algorithm types which are balloon sort, merge sort, bubble sort, and others. Explain why there isn’t any best sorting algorithm as each type is made for a unique purpose. 

Explain how a string can be reversed in Java

To answer this question, you can write down a code while explaining. But theoretically, you can answer them by saying that the first step is that a string must be declared. Next, explain how the length of that particular string is taken out and is looped via the string’s characters. Finally, to reverse the string, all the characters must be added in reverse.

How will you find anagrams?

Usually, you can find anagrams if there are two strings. You can explain to the interviewer that to find an anagram, both the strings must have characters that are similar. Additionally, those characters must be arranged in a different sequence, which will make it an anagram. Moreover, two strings cannot be an anagram if their lengths are not the same. 

Explain recursion in your own words

Recursion is nothing but a method that creates a copy of a function to solve a problem. It makes use of the terminating condition and calls itself. It further uses LIFO. Once you mention LIFO, expand that it is Last In First Out. You can also add that Recursion utilizes stack as well.

Describe inheritance

Inheritance is an aspect of object-oriented programming. You can explain that inheritance is a method to bring out a class from another class. Then proceed to explain that this method is done to declare a certain group of classes to share a set of characteristics. Inheritance has various types like multiple inheritance, so mention them as well.

Explain normalization and its uses

To evade ambiguities, redundancies and to save disk memory, normalization is used. To achieve those mentioned before, normalization simply re-arranges data by creating many tables and linking the connection between each table.

Describe DDL and DML

First, expand both of them to the recruiter. 

DDL - Data Definition Language

DML - Data Manipulation Language

Once you do this, proceed to explaining that DDL categorizes and points out a database’s structure whereas DML simply shows how a data must be derived or changed in a particular database.

Explain Data and DBMS

Database is a place where users can access, update and modify data that was previously saved. DBMS stands for Database management systems, is the core concept of database that helps in allowing users to interact with the data in the database. 

In simple terms, without a DBMS, one cannot access data in a database.

How important are variables?

To have a program, variables are necessary. Programs are literally run due to variables as they are the core and important values which are stored within a program. These values (variables) set the working data for every program. 

Managerial Round Interview Questions: C# Based

Another aspect in the manager round is that certain questions can be based on one’s work experience. A very common one is C# interview questions for 5 years experience or more. Some important questions are:

Explain Jagged Array in C#

When an array’s elements are nothing but a set of arrays itself, it is called a jagged array. Jagged array is otherwise called an array of arrays and it is a group or build of arrays where each array size differs. 

Can you declare a private constructor?

Usually, when one doesn’t place any access specified, then a public constructor is automatically declared by a compiler. In C# a private constructor can be declared by placing a private keyword in front of a constructor name. 

Are strings immutable?

Yes, strings are immutable in C# and they simply mean that no changes can be made once it has been created. If any change is applied, then a new string is formed and no changes will be shown in the previous string. But, if a change is applied despite the strings being immutable, it only results in unnecessary data that wastes memory space.

Explain in simple terms the what out and ref parameters are.

The out parameter in C# can be used and passed to a method even without initialization whereas the ref parameter requires initialization to be made use of.

What does data type conversion help with?

Simply, data type conversion’s biggest purpose is to eliminate runtime error scenarios that may occur during data type conversion.

Final Thoughts

The main key to crack a manager round is to be thorough with data structure and algorithm concepts and updated in the latest tech news. One can easily ace the managerial round interview questions by answering them confidently and precisely. 

We hope our article has helped you to catch a knack of what can be asked in the managerial round interview. Let us know in the comment section how your experience was.