Associate Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Publicis Sapient with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate Software Engineer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Publicis Sapient overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Publicis Sapient as a Associate Software Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 13%
Group panel interview: 13%
Skills test: 13%
Other: 13%
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I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Publicis Sapient (Agartala) in Aug 2016
Interview
There was a written test which had four sections. Technical, Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, Verbal Ability.
Shortlisted candidate went for technical interview round.
Then further shortlisted candidate went for hr interview round
Those who got shortlisted after the hr round got the full time offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Written Test
Technical sections had questions from almost all the sections(C, C++, DBMS, DS, OS)
Quantitative aptitude’s questions were good.. All were almost of R. S. Aggarwal’s level though few exceptions were there too
Logical reasoning and verbal ability was good.. Some questions were tough.
Technical Interview
The first question i was asked “what is polymorphism” ???
Is Java only language to provide run time polymorphism ???
Write a code for stack using linked list(when writing any code keep the boundary conditions in mind)
Write an algorithm to find the loop in a given linked list(i did it with two pointers), then i was asked if we can do it with one pointer(yes, using extra space of course). Then i was asked if we really need any pointer??
Next question was regarding dbms, a table was given and i was asked to write three different tpe of queries to insert data in that table
Easy Ig.
There are mainly 3 rounds.
1. The first round is to build a Full Stack Application using React and Java by internally using a search engine called apache lucene. Its like an open book test and docs are allowed to be reffered. Time line is around 1 day.
2. The second round is on the same application discussion and a leetcode question on LRU cache, which is actually easy.
3. A HR & behavioral round.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Publicis Sapient (Gurgaon, Haryana) in Jul 2025
Interview
The interview process was really swift and straightforward, focusing on core technical skills. Questions primarily covered basic DSA and Java concepts, including topics like arrays, strings, SQL, and other fundamental data structures and algorithms.
The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Publicis Sapient (Bengaluru) in Jan 2025
Interview
Interview was of 4 rounds, the first round was case study round in which we need to submit the solution for the usecase, second round was mcq round, third was technical round and fourth was managerial round