I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Walmart (Bengaluru) in Sep 2015
Interview
Off campus, a kind of drive in their Bangalore office. 1 on line coding round + 2 tech round .. Other 2 rounds would be Hiring manager & then hr round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1st round:
In the first round it a panel of 2 guys. 1st guy was concentrating on how you choose and use data structures and algorithms in your project? The 2nd guy was a Java guy, he was concentrating on testing Java knowledge.
2nd Round:
In this round I met a senior member of the team. His behavioral questions were bit weird. I didn't feel comfortable with him. He just wanted solution. He had a bunch of coding question open in front of him in his laptop. Every time I gave him some solution, he used to compare it to his solutions. He even didn't know the difference between binary search and search in binary search tree. He didn't know what the differences are there between a subsequence and subarray / substring. I first thought he was checking my confidence by giving some weird look to my answers but later by his behaviors, confused looks, and his explanation I got it for sure that he had completely forgotten even basic binary search. He asked me many other typical hr and basic computer science questions. I couldn't give a proper solution to one of his coding questions due to the short time he gave me but I approached it correctly. Anyway got rejected and still not feeling guilty as I just don't want to work with "GIve me the solution" guy. :D
Surprisingly easy-going for a big name like Walmart. The interview started with a simple coding challenge focused on detecting cycles in directed graphs. I felt pretty relaxed during the technical rounds, which were straightforward and conversational. The wild part was recognizing the question as a close variant of one I had practiced on PracHub just days earlier. It definitely boosted my confidence. Overall, I was impressed with the process and was thrilled to receive an offer, which I happily accepted.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Course Schedule (detect a cycle in a directed graph using topological sort / DFS)
First, standard short phone call with recruiter. Then a 1-hour interview with an engineer on the team, asked about technical experience and background, and did a live coding assessment via video call. Fairly standard Leetcode style questions
Intense but rewarding — the interview for the Software Engineer position at Walmart Labs was tougher than I anticipated. The technical rounds included an LRU Cache implementation question where I had to articulate my design thoughts on thread safety, followed by a complex system design for a real-time inventory service. What made a difference in my prep were the company-specific prompts I found on prachub.com; they really helped me understand the types of questions I might face. Despite the challenging nature of the interviews, I ultimately received an offer but chose to decline.
Walmart interviews FAQs
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Walmart with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 48% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 196 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Walmart overall takes an average of 13 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Walmart as a Software Engineer according to 196 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 22%
Skills test: 14%
Presentation: 10%
Group panel interview: 9%
Background check: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Personality test: 5%
Drug test: 4%
Other: 0%
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