Broadridge Financial Solutions

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Built from 1 candidate report with 3 first-hand accounts, covering 2023-24.

Hiring process

2023-24 · Placement

1
Online test
MCQ round
Microsoft Forms30 min15 questionsvirtualeasyeliminatory
quantitative aptitude · analytical reasoning · C++ fundamentals · STL · iterators · pointers · area and volume · ratio
Easy to medium. C++ standard cited as C++11 in one account and C++17 in another.
2
Coding test
MCQ plus coding round
HackerRank25 questionseasyeliminatory
Section Qs Min Topics
MCQ 23 - C++ OOP, virtual functions, friend functions, smart pointers, storage classes, operating systems, computer organization, threads
Coding 2 - strings, operator overloading
C++ · OOP · OS · STL
C++ only. One account recalls 21 MCQs plus 2 coding instead of 23. Candidates with equal scores were not all shortlisted; resume also used.
3
Technical interview
20 minoffline
data structure internals · ordered vs unordered map · collision resolution · STL internals · virtual memory · process control block · paging · multithreading · dynamic programming · review of test answers
In person on campus per one account. Duration 20 min in one account, about 2 hours in another. Interviewers asked to reason about wrong test answers.
4
HR interview
20 min
self introduction · strengths and weaknesses · conflict handling · definition of success · why this company · extracurriculars and leadership · ten-year plan
Held right after the technical interview in one account.

Section	Qs	Min	Topics
MCQ	23	-	C++ OOP, virtual functions, friend functions, smart pointers, storage classes, operating systems, computer organization, threads
Coding	2	-	strings, operator overloading

11 pieces of advice, in their own words. Names removed.

Most people do not prepare only for a single company hence please follow the general prep strategies. But particularly for this company , read out the JD clearly and prepare accordingly. In my case, after going through JD, I mostly focused on C++ concepts , Data structure (Algo was not the main focus here) and OS concepts.
general · 2023-24
Learn C++ and try to make it your primary programming language for coding tests. It will help in this and any other company interviews that looks for system programmers.
preparation · 2023-24
This company in particular weren't looking for experts in Algorithms but Data structures. Hence, look into DS and their implementations. It will help more than other things.
preparation · 2023-24
Resume shortlisting definitely happened and having a good project in distributed systems, networks or any systems domain will definitely help.
resume · 2023-24

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