Adobe was(rather still is) one of my dream company. I had applied through a online portal. Unexpetedly i got mail next day morning. Interveiew was 2 days after getting the mail. I was not fully prepared then( funny thing is.. then I used to work in mainframe, but java is my passion or subject of interest :) ).
1st round was : written test ( analytical abilty, quants ) : very easy( except 2/3 qts )
2nd round : Java Technical apptitude ( multiple choices + some silly descriptive semester type qts )
3rd : 1:1 most.. the most probably was a SE like me.. asking lots of qts like ( some from collections, email validations, string reverse logic etc etc ) : easy
4th round: 1:1 .. i thik he was ml/ta. Things were getting difficult. He was asking hell lots of qts( fibonacci recursive, iterators, threads , 2/3 well known puzzles, new things in java 1.6 syntax etc etc) : it was at least 1.5 hr
5 round : Ohh man.. it was a bit difficult. that guy was an ML(5 yrs exp). Asked several technical qts, program, puzzles. I had managed to ans all somehow :P, but atlast he asked me to write 10 test cases for a condition like to test if the 'dir' command ( customized) is working or not. it was silly. I was struggling to mention 10 cases for this thing.. but somehow managed it( some points which i had mentioned were really funny :P.. but what can i do... the qts itself was a piece of joke ..dont knw y didnt ask me to wrte 20 cases for that ..newaz).. i had cleard that too..
then I had to fill up one form mentioning all the details( same things which i had already mentioned in my cv).
then the showstopper round
6th round : with hiring manager.. some blah blah qts like why u r changing u r tech domain and things..
then he had asked me to write a program .. which takes 3 lengths as input of a triangle, and checks all the possibilty to form different kinda triangale.. (all validations ).. easy one
I was then almost in cloud7 :D.. but :(
the last qts was a puzzle..
[ A man was going from city A to B with his camel and 3000 bananas. The distance btwn A and B = 1000 ml. that stupid camel eats 1 banana/ml. What is the highest no of banans , the man can trasport from A to B.
cond: that man cant carry any banana with him. Only that camel can.]
I had spend atleast 20 mins. He had given me hints too... but the truth is i couldnt solv that. He was also upset atlast. that was the only thing which i couldnt ans.. :( still feel depressed .. but :) life goes on yaar.. ha ha
( forgot to mention.. 5th and 6 th round was 3/4 days after the first day ).
[ Ignore all typo errors :P.. after writing the last few lines.. dont hv mood to recheck again ]
Hope, these info will be useful for someone of you. All the best guys..
Thanks
M.... .
