I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at SAP (Sat home) in Dec 2020
Interview
Online Round:
Platform- Hackerrank
Question- two questions in various sets, I had one medium level implementation problem and another was weighted graph problem, to get shortlisted for interview, solve 2 question completely and shortlist was highly CPI based.
Round 1 + Round 2:
Time : Around 70 min
I had both round 1 and 2 combined but there were people for whom round 1 and 2 were conducted separately. Firstly the interviewer asked about my projects and intern, we had a 20 25 min brief discussion about this. After that she asked me different algo and also asked me to draw flow diagram of selection sort, its complexity advantages, disadvantages etc. After that she asked me a question, to which I solved the question completely and then optimized it to best possible solution. After that she asked me DBMS to the complete depth ACID properties, RDBMS, normalization etc. After that she gave me a puzzle kind of question and asked e to solve it
Using Data Structures and she asked me to write code for the same, and then asked me to optimize my solution
Then she asked me if I have any questions and she was very friendly she also asked about my studies exam and how exam was conducted in online mode such questions this interview went well and I received a call for round 3 directly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
DBMS, Data Structure, Medium Level Implementation questions
It was ok, hiring manager was cool, asking about motivation and experience, they are looking for someone who's communicative and open. Show your interest in a company and what you're supposed to do in this role and you'll be fine
It was long, but the process was also transparent. The recruiter was also nice, but there were basic questions, so don’t get too technical. I recommend studying basic technical concepts, but I didn’t make it past this round.
I applied online. I interviewed at SAP (Potsdam) in Feb 2026
Interview
Process was 30min get-to-know, 60 tech interview and 1 onsite day. Tech Interview was about reviewing "AI generated" code and making improvement suggestions. Completely doable and fair, but a BIG negative was that I applied with Java and TypeScript knowledge, but got asked to refactor Python code in the tech interview. I did NOT apply for a Python position. I even asked which language would be used during the get-to-know and got told "you will be able to choose". Please let your candidates know if you're planning to test them in a specific languages in order to give them a fair chance to prepare.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you use AI tools in your work and private life.