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Software Engineer

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4 rounds | 2 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 8 months
Topics: Data Structures and Algorithms, OOPS, DBMS, Operating System, Puzzles
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Code as much as possible without looking at answers. Take help of hints after giving a proper attempt to the question. 
Tip 2 : Concepts of DSA should be strong and keep revising the topics. 
Tip 3 : Know the Time and Space conplexities of your code.

Application process
Where: Other
Eligibility: No criteria
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Make a ONE page resume. 
Tip 2 : Add links to show originality of your projects.
Tip 3 : Do not add false information just to fill the resume.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Online Coding Interview
Duration120 Minutes
Interview date4 Oct 2020
Coding problem0

The round was divied into games of 5 mins each. Each game had 5 questions (MQC). We had to play a minimum of 20 games and had to score an overall average of 60% or more to qualify. The questions were based on OOPS, DBMS, Operating System and Maths.

02
Round
Hard
Online Coding Test
Duration90 minutes
Interview date6 Oct 2020
Coding problem1

1 coding question was given to be solved within 90 minutes. The platform was provided by Eduthrill. It was user friendly. Audio and Video was required to be ON in this round.

1. Topological Sort

Easy
0/40
Asked in companies
WalmartMorgan StanleyExpedia Group

You are given a directed acyclic graph. Your task is to find any topological sorting of the graph.

A directed acyclic graph is a directed graph with no directed cycles.

Topological sorting for Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) is a linear ordering of vertices such that for every directed edge from u to v, vertex u comes before v in the ordering.

For example-

For the given DAG-

One of the possible topological sort will be-
1  2  3
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03
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration45 minutes
Interview date18 Oct 2020
Coding problem1

This round was a Technical Interview 1. The round started at 7:30 pm in the evening and ended at around 8:20 pm. The video call was conducted using Google Meet and the coding of the given question was done on any of the compiler of my choice by screen sharing.

1. Loot Houses

Moderate
26m average time
0/80
Asked in companies
CognizantTata Consultancy Services (TCS)Paytm (One97 Communications Limited)

A thief wants to loot houses. He knows the amount of money in each house. He cannot loot two consecutive houses. Find the maximum amount of money he can loot.

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04
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration60 minutes
Interview date28 Oct 2020
Coding problem0

This was the last round of evaluation. The interview started with some questions related to my projects mentioned in my CV. After around 30 minutes, a coding question based on Graph Data Structure was asked (It was related to Topological sorting). I was asked to explain the idea and approach to the problem and not to code. At last, few HR questions were also asked in the same round.

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Skill covered: Programming

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