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Associate Software Engineer

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2 rounds | 3 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 2 Months
Topics: Data Structures & Algorithms, OOPS Concepts, DBMS, OOPS, SQL
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Build a concise resume
Tip 2 : Be prepared with your projects
Tip 3 : Practice basic DSA questions , that'll get you through.

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: No Criteria
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Make sure to include your strong projects
Tip 2 : Add relevant skills to the job profile & some co-curricular activities as well.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Online Coding Interview
Duration90 minutes
Interview date10 Sep 2021
Coding problem2

First Round : Consisted of MCQs based on CS fundamentals & Aptitude , which were easy to solve. Also it contained two coding questions based on arrays. One was finding the maximum frequency element & other was based on Kadane's Algorithm.

1. Maximum Frequency Number

Easy
10m average time
90% success
0/40
Asked in companies
CognizantQualcommWalmart

Ninja is given an array of integers that contain numbers in random order. He needs to write a program to find and return the number which occurs the maximum times in the given input. He needs your help to solve this problem.

If two or more elements contend for the maximum frequency, return the element which occurs in the array first i.e. whose index is lowest.

For example,

For 'arr' = [ 1, 2, 3, 1, 2]. you need to return 1.
Problem approach

This is a very simple & straightforward question. I stored all the frequencies of elements in an unordered hashmap & then iterated over the map & returned the key of the map with highest value of frequency.

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2. Maximum Subarray Sum

Moderate
35m average time
81% success
0/80
Asked in companies
Expedia GroupSnapdealInfo Edge India (Naukri.com)

You are given an array 'arr' of length 'n', consisting of integers.


A subarray is a contiguous segment of an array. In other words, a subarray can be formed by removing 0 or more integers from the beginning and 0 or more integers from the end of an array.


Find the sum of the subarray (including empty subarray) having maximum sum among all subarrays.


The sum of an empty subarray is 0.


Example :
Input: 'arr' = [1, 2, 7, -4, 3, 2, -10, 9, 1]

Output: 11

Explanation: The subarray yielding the maximum sum is [1, 2, 7, -4, 3, 2].
Problem approach

I began with the question with normal brute-force , i.e. I calculated the sum of all subarrays & returned the maximum out of them. To my suprise , the constraints were so weak that the O(n2) approach worked for all test cases & I didn't go for the Kadane's Algorithm which is based on O(n) time complexity.

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02
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration30 minutes
Interview date24 Sep 2021
Coding problem1

This was an HR based round which consisted of basic HR questions based on team bonding & different scenarios etc about which you can search on YouTube.

1. Basic HR Questions

Introduction.

Asked me about Hashmaps , If/Else , Break/Continue statements.

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