Persistent Systems Software Engineer interview experience

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NagpurPosted Sep 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview began with a set of technical questions that went beyond surface-level Java basics.

I got pulled into a deep dive on C++-style and object-oriented fundamentals—pointers, references, exception handling, and how templates and smart pointers are implemented. Object-oriented and functional programming ideas came up too, so it didn’t feel like a one-topic conversation.

As the technical portion continued, the questions broadened across core programming concepts like Java and OOP, along with SQL and questions tied to my projects. There were two technical interview rounds in my case, and I experienced them as challenging but not chaotic: one round covered fundamentals more

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