I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at SAP (Chennai) in Nov 2011
Interview
Online interview, 1 hr technical interview and 20 minutes technical and HR combined. It was a college graduates hiring program and SAP had some to our college.
They conduct one more interview for off-campus graduates.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions were from all computer fields. But more questions were from database and data structure. They asked linked list, doubly linked list, circularly linked list from data structure. Along with these they asked other programs using recursion like reversing a linked list using recursion. Normalization, joins and SQL queries were asked in databases. Algorithm efficiency using Big Oh notation was asked in online test. They didn't ask any puzzle to me during the interview but they asked it to my friends. They asked to explain why java is platform independent.
I applied online. I interviewed at SAP (Brno) in Jun 2026
Interview
3 rounds of interviews: quick prescreening call with HR, on-site meeting with the manager, and a tech call with the lead engineer.
Prescreening was as usual. On the same day, I got a call from the manager and planned a second round for the next workday.
The second round was the most important. First quick introduction, then easy puzzle, then 15 min of technical questions (OOP, basic programming principles, Relational DBs, etc) - pretty easy, nothing too deep. Then, about 40 minutes talk about previous experience, position, hobbies, and other basic topics. Very pleasant and friendly, good atmosphere.
The third round was very quick - no live coding, a couple of architectural questions, static code analysis, and how to improve it (N+1 problem), SQL questions, overall around 10-15 minutes.
Received an offer a couple of days after. The whole process was clean, friendly, and fast at every level.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you add a new PK to a table with 1 million entries?
What is OOP? Explain polymorphism.
What is relational DB? What is an index?
I interviewed at SAP (Walldorf, Baden-Wurttemberg)
Interview
The SAP interview process included an initial screening, technical discussion, problem-solving questions, experience-based conversations, and behavioral assessment, followed by an opportunity to discuss role expectations and ask questions with interviewers.
Interview process was okayish, focused on candidates with AI and RAG skills, if you have built projects you have a chance, otherwise you may be rejected after the online test.
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