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Qualys Software Engineer Interview Experience

Qualys · Entry level

ResultWaiting
Timespan2 weeks
DifficultyEasy
Rounds3

Interview process

I was referred by a friend in that Company. First had the call with the HR, which discussed the salary expectations, and experience, and tech stack, then first interview was scheduled, in that interview I was also asked to design the Cricbuzz like event streaming system, and basic questions about my projects, what is the work I've done in the sharding etc. in the second interview we went with the spring internals, and also to implement LRU Cache (logic edge cases, how it will work in multithreaded environment)

Third round , on resume, and Design a HLD for a system that serves userQueries on the constant data and returns answer to queries, but the traffic is 1M users/sec.

Interview rounds · 3

  1. 1

    Phone screen

    Behavioral
    1. Q1. Tell me about your experience with Java.
    2. Q2. Have you worked with AI or generative AI products before?
  2. 2

    Technical round

    Data Structures & AlgorithmsTechnicalProject Discussion
    1. Q1. Implement LRU Cache.
    2. Q2. Transactional throughout in Spring
    3. Q3. RAG Basics, and Project Discussions
  3. 3

    Final / onsite round

    System DesignProject Discussion
    1. Q1. Implement a System to serve 1M Users/sec
    2. Q2. Project Discussion

Tips from the candidate

Expect Cross Questions on your resume. What Projects You've been part of, what are the decisions taken, and why was the decisions taken.

Company culture

Nothing in particular, good and cooperating nature of all employees.

Details

CompanyQualys
RoleSoftware Engineer
LevelEntry level
LocationIndia
InterviewedSep 2026
Questions asked7