Infosys Specialist Programmer Interview Experience 2025: In this post we have cover recent Infosys Specialist Programmer Interview Experience one of the candidates.
Role: Specialist Programmer
Mode: Virtual (Microsoft Teams)
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
Interview Type: Technical + Project-Based + DSA
After clearing the Online Assessment, I was shortlisted for the technical interview round, which was conducted virtually via Microsoft Teams. The panelist started with the standard “Tell me about yourself” prompt, where I briefly introduced my educational background, technical interests, and hands-on experience.
💼 Internship Experience – .NET/Backend Developer
The interviewer asked in-depth questions related to my internship as a backend developer. Key questions included:
- What is an API and how does it work?
- Explain middleware in backend development.
- How do you handle exceptions in .NET?
- What is dependency injection and why is it important?
- What is Swagger and how is it used in API documentation?
💡 Personal Projects Discussion
Next, we talked about my React.js-based project. I explained the project flow and features. The interviewer then focused on core React concepts:
- What are React Hooks?
- Explain the use of Fragments.
- Describe the React component lifecycle.
- What is the Virtual DOM and how does it optimize performance?
📊 SQL Concepts
The discussion then moved to SQL fundamentals, where I was asked:
- What are transactions in SQL?
- Explain ACID properties.
- Different types of JOINs in SQL.
- What is a self-join and where is it used?
🧠 SQL Problem Asked:
Using the given Employee
and Department
tables, I was asked to write a query to list the top three salaries per department. This tested my knowledge of window functions, ranking, and joins.
🔍 DSA Questions (Based on LeetCode Tags: HashMap, Greedy, Kadane’s Algorithm)
- [Pair Matching Problem]
Check if an array can be divided into n pairs such that each pair contains equal elements.
Example:
Input:[3,2,3,2,2,2]
→ Output:true
- [Candy Discount Problem – Greedy]
Minimize the cost of candies where every 3rd candy is free under specific conditions.
Example:
Input:[6,5,7,9,2,2]
→ Output:23
- [Maximum Subarray – Kadane’s Algorithm]
Classic DP problem to find the subarray with the maximum sum.
Problem Link
✅ Final Thoughts
The interview was balanced across backend fundamentals, frontend project experience, SQL, and DSA. Make sure to brush up on your project details, core CS concepts, and practice LeetCode-style problems to succeed. The panel was friendly and focused more on understanding how I approach problems and structure my thoughts.
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