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What interviews for 32 jobs usually test, from campus placements to nursing: the usual stages, the skills checked, and 545 practice questions written by Orbit, each with what a good answer covers. Practise any of them out loud in a mock interview, or free in the warm-up.
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Campus and early career
- Campus placement (freshers)Campus placement processes, especially in India, commonly run in stages: an online aptitude test, often with coding or subject questions, a technical…18 practice questions
- MBA placementMBA placement interviews, for both summer internships and final roles, commonly start from your CV: interviewers pick a line and go deep, ask why you chose an…17 practice questions
Software engineering
- Backend developerBackend developer interviews usually focus on APIs, databases and how a service behaves under load or failure, alongside coding in the role's main language…17 practice questions
- Cybersecurity analystCybersecurity analyst interviews usually test networking and operating-system basics, common attacks, and how you'd respond to an alert or incident.17 practice questions
- DevOps engineerDevOps and site reliability interviews usually cover Linux, networking, CI/CD, containers and at least one cloud platform, and lean heavily on…18 practice questions
- Embedded engineerEmbedded engineer interviews usually go deep on C, microcontroller basics and how software meets hardware: interrupts, memory, timing and communication…17 practice questions
- Frontend developerFrontend developer interviews usually test JavaScript, HTML and CSS fundamentals, then a framework such as React, often through a live exercise building or…17 practice questions
- Full-stack developerFull-stack developer interviews usually check that you can build a feature end to end: a working interface, the API behind it and the database underneath.17 practice questions
- Mobile developerMobile developer interviews usually go deep on one platform (Android with Kotlin, iOS with Swift, or a cross-platform framework such as Flutter or React…17 practice questions
- QA engineerQA and test engineer interviews usually test how you think about what could go wrong: writing test cases for an everyday feature, reporting a bug clearly and…17 practice questions
- Software engineerSoftware engineer interviews usually combine coding (solving a problem out loud, often in a shared editor), computer science fundamentals and a discussion of…17 practice questions
Data and AI
- Data analystData analyst interviews usually test three things: whether you can get the right numbers out of data (SQL and spreadsheets), whether you can reason about what…14 practice questions
- Data engineerData engineer interviews usually focus on SQL, data modelling and building reliable pipelines that move and transform data at scale.17 practice questions
- Data scientistData scientist interviews usually test statistics, machine learning, SQL and Python, then how you'd use them on a business problem: choosing a metric,…17 practice questions
- Machine learning engineerMachine learning engineer interviews usually combine software engineering (coding and system design) with machine learning: how models are trained, evaluated,…17 practice questions
Product, design and delivery
- Product managerProduct manager interviews usually test product sense (designing or improving a product for a group of users), analytical thinking (metrics, estimates and…17 practice questions
- Project managerProject manager interviews usually focus on how you plan work, handle risk and keep people aligned when things change.17 practice questions
- UX designerUX design interviews usually centre on your portfolio: candidates commonly report walking through two or three projects and explaining the problem, the…17 practice questions
Business, sales and support
- AccountantAccountant interviews usually check your fundamentals (journal entries, reconciliations, the month-end close and the basics of tax) and how careful you are…17 practice questions
- Business analystBusiness analyst interviews usually test how you turn a vague business need into clear requirements, and how you work between business teams and developers.17 practice questions
- Customer supportCustomer support interviews, including BPO and call-centre hiring, usually focus on how you communicate and how you treat an upset customer.17 practice questions
- Digital marketingDigital marketing interviews usually mix three things: how well you know the channels (search, social, email, paid ads), whether you can read campaign numbers…17 practice questions
- Financial analystFinancial analyst interviews usually test whether you understand the three financial statements and how they connect, can build or read a model, and can turn…17 practice questions
- Human resources (HR)HR interviews usually test judgement with people as much as knowledge of HR processes: expect questions on hiring, handling employee concerns, confidentiality…17 practice questions
- Management consultantManagement consulting interviews are known for the case interview: you're given a business problem, such as falling profits or whether to enter a new market,…17 practice questions
- Operations and supply chainOperations and supply chain interviews usually test how you keep things running and make them better: managing stock, suppliers, deliveries, people and costs,…17 practice questions
- Sales and business developmentSales and business development interviews usually test whether you can sell, not just talk about selling: expect questions on your targets and how you met…17 practice questions
Core engineering
- Civil engineerCivil engineering interviews usually mix fundamentals (concrete, soils, structures, surveying and estimation) with practical site sense: how work is checked,…17 practice questions
- Electrical engineerElectrical and electronics engineering interviews usually test fundamentals you can apply: circuits, machines, power systems, electronics and protection, plus…17 practice questions
- Mechanical engineerMechanical engineering interviews usually test whether you understand the fundamentals well enough to use them: strength of materials, thermodynamics,…18 practice questions
Teaching and healthcare
- NurseNurse interviews usually test clinical judgement and patient safety as much as knowledge: candidates commonly report scenario questions on a patient who is…18 practice questions
- TeacherTeacher interviews usually centre on how you'd teach and manage a class: many schools ask for a short demo lesson, then ask about lesson planning, behaviour…17 practice questions
About these guides
Written by Orbit from companies' own public pages (their published values, principles and hiring pages) and what candidates commonly report. Interview processes change by team, level and year, so treat each guide as a starting point and check the job post and what your recruiter tells you. The questions are Orbit's own practice questions in the style these interviews are known for, not questions taken from any company's interviews. Orbit isn't affiliated with the companies named.