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3 rounds | 5 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
It was a good journey, marked by failure and depression, but in the end, I didn't give up. I worked hard for over a year and finally achieved what I wanted. Coding Ninjas helped me build my skills and guided me through this journey. Thanks again.
Application story
I applied for the job through the Coding Ninjas placement cell. Initially, I was worried since I had been rejected by many companies, and there were 14 candidates for this position, making the competition intense. However, I focused on the job and myself, ignoring the competition and staying committed to success.
Why selected/rejected for the role?
Yes, I was selected for this role. Before this, I was rejected in the final round by over seven companies, and almost 50 applications were rejected in the screening round. I got depressed and felt useless for almost 20 days. I almost gave up, but then I started again, worked on my weaknesses, and finally achieved success.
Preparation
Duration: 4 months
Topics: Python, DSA, SQL, ReactJS, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Tip
Tip

Tip 1: Focus on the basics.
Tip 2: Build your resume according to the job description and add skills and projects relevant to the job.
Tip 3: Solve problems on Code Studio or whichever platform works best for you; practice is necessary.
Tip 4: When going for an interview, keep the company's information in mind, such as what the company does. This impresses the interviewer.

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: In this job there was not any eligibility criteria, maybe it was, but I don't know if there was any
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1: Don't make a colourful resume. Use only Black or Navy Blue.
Tip 2: Make Different resumes for roles and add skills and projects according to them.
Tip 3: Do not make a resume more than 1 page.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Coding Test - Pen and paper
Duration60 minutes
Interview date2 Nov 2023
Coding problem3

1. Merge Strings

Moderate
20m average time
55% success
0/80
Asked in companies
1 Silver Bullet TechGoogle inc

You are given two strings ‘A’ and ‘B’ of length ‘N’ and ‘M’ respectively. You need to construct a new string ‘C’ by merging both strings in such a way that the relative order of characters in ‘A’ and ‘B’ is the same in string ‘C’.

For example, if the string ‘A’ is of length 3 then the first character of string ‘A’ should be placed before the second and third characters of string ‘A’ in string ‘C’. Similarly, the second character of string ‘A’ should be placed after the first character and before the third character of string ‘A’ in string ‘C’.

The cost of merging the strings is given by the number of consecutive characters in string ‘C’ that are not equal + 1, i.e. ‘C[ i ] != ‘C[ i + 1]’.

Find the minimum cost of merging both strings.

Example:
Input: ‘N’ = 3, ‘M’ = 3, ‘A’ = aba, ‘B’ = aab 

Output: 3

One of the valid strings with minimum cost after merging ‘A’ and ‘B’ is ‘aaabba’. The order of characters of string ‘A’ as well as ‘B’ is maintained in the string ‘aaabba’ and the cost of this string is (1 + 2) = 3.
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2. Find prime numbers

Easy
15m average time
80% success
0/40
Asked in companies
HSBCSalesforceDeutsche Bank

You are given a positive integer ‘N’. Your task is to print all prime numbers less than or equal to N.

Note: A prime number is a natural number that is divisible only by 1 and itself. Example - 2, 3, 17, etc.

You can assume that the value of N will always be greater than 1. So, the answer will always exist.

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3. SQL Question

Second Highest Salary. (Practice)

02
Round
Hard
Face to Face
Duration35 minutes
Interview date2 Nov 2023
Coding problem1

1. Conceptual Questions

1. In React how many ways we can style the website. (Learn)
2. Difference between ReactJS and NextJS. (Learn)
3. Explain how DOM in reacting works. (Learn)
4. How state was managed before React Hooks was introduced. (Learn)

03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration15 minutes
Interview date2 Nov 2023
Coding problem1

It was after 30 minutes from the technical round. The round was in a good environment. The interviewer was Down to earth.

1. Basic HR Questions

Introduce yourself briefly.

Why do you want to join us?

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

Problem approach

Tip 1: Prepare the questions that you were unable to answer or partially answered in the previous Interview.
Tip 2: Focus on Memory management and Rest API, the interview was focused on this topic.
Tip 3: While answering be confident the interviewer sees how you approach the problem and if the method you use is correct not the answer.

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