I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at HARMAN (Bengaluru) in Nov 2017
Interview
Total 4 rounds, out of that 3 technical and 1 managerial round. HR round will be just for the name sake. Good to revise basic before you go for interview in Harman International. And get confused between Harman International and Harman Connected services.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mostly C coding and Architecture specific questions.
Onsite interview
2 Leetcode medium level problems, which includes DP and also binary search. Can be done in the given time. Solving the common Neetcode sheet can help a lot to clear these rounds.
Behavioural:
Common STAR pattern questions were asked
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
DSA a lot and slight system design as well, going for API calls and more explanations
Interview is easy with only basic questions on react and js.Code sandbox and js fiddle is what you need . Just basic dsa question as to remove duplicates.Or find the frequency of letters.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Frequency question - Given an array find frequency of most occuring number.
Got Shortlisted and invited for the walkin face to face interview
Written test which includes based on jetpack compose library and data structure and algorithm questions.
The questions are in Kotlin and mostly multiple choice questions.
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at HARMAN with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 56% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 16 days to get hired, when considering 28 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at HARMAN overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at HARMAN as a Software Engineer according to 28 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 24%
Phone interview: 20%
Skills test: 17%
Background check: 9%
Drug test: 9%
Presentation: 7%
Group panel interview: 4%
Other: 4%
Personality test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
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