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Senior Software Engineer

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2 rounds | 3 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
I have done most of my coding in my final year only, but now regret that I should have started a little bit earlier. I practised mainly from Leetcode and Code Studio.
Application story
I was looking for placement opportunities across different platforms. I came across an opening in Accolite Digital on Hacker rank. So I applied through that link.
Why selected/rejected for the role?
I was selected because I was able to solve both the DSA problems in the given time frame. The questions were of medium-high difficulty level. I was able to pass all the test cases by my approach.
Preparation
Duration: 2 months
Topics: System Design, Algorithms, Dynamic Programming, Arrays, DP, Graphs
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Practice coding
Tip 2 : practice aptitude
Tip 3 : prepare for the core subjects

Application process
Where: Hackerrank
Eligibility: 7
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Write short resume
Tip 2 : Never lie about things

Interview rounds

01
Round
Hard
Online Coding Test
Duration90 mins
Interview date19 Feb 2022
Coding problem2

Coding round on the hacker rank platform. All questions were time-bound and if you jump ahead in sections, you can’t go back.

1. 0 1 Knapsack

Moderate
0/80
Asked in companies
Disney + HotstarOptumAmazon

A thief is robbing a store and can carry a maximum weight of ‘W’ into his knapsack. There are 'N' items available in the store and the weight and value of each item is known to the thief. Considering the constraints of the maximum weight that a knapsack can carry, you have to find the maximum profit that a thief can generate by stealing items.

Note: The thief is not allowed to break the items.

For example, N = 4, W = 10 and the weights and values of items are weights = [6, 1, 5, 3] and values = [3, 6, 1, 4]. Then the best way to fill the knapsack is to choose items with weight 6, 1 and 3. The total value of knapsack = 3 + 6 + 4 = 13.

Problem approach

DP problem

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2. Strongly Connected Components (Tarjan’s Algorithm)

Hard
15m average time
85% success
0/120
Asked in companies
AppleMicrosoftAmazon

You are given an unweighted directed graph of 'V' vertices and 'E' edges. Your task is to print all the strongly connected components (SCCs) present in the graph.

Problem approach

Tarjan’s Algorithm

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02
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration90 mins
Interview date19 Feb 2022
Coding problem1

It was a Low Level System Design Round where the interviewer would look at the design structure and strategies that you use to finally come to a satisfactory execution of code.

1. System Design Question

Design a Cricket Score Board. The Score Board should have: 
a. Runs scored by the current batsmen
b. Ball wise over history of what event took place on that ball (4, 6, wicket) 
c. Innings should switch over smoothly. 
d. Target countdown, runrate computation is a plus.
e. With the inputs given, the scoreboard should recognise which team won and tag that event's winner.

Problem approach

Tip 1 : Think of all the variables in this problem and separate them according to the use case of their interactions.
Tip 2 : For eg: we know we need a match class which registers both the teams, date, venue and the outcome. 
Tip 3 : Don't lose yourself in the design, always keep the main function in mind which runs the code. If the dry run test fails, no amount of good design pattern would get you selected.

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Skill covered: Programming

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