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4 rounds | 5 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
Being in Tier-3 College as well as Tier-3 mindset , nearly 2.5 years of college passed without the without even knowing about the ABC of programming and Coding. But as they its never too late to start working on things you want , So started the learning basic stuff in 5th semester , and kept on learning as well as exploring , eventually this opportunity at Accolite came and I could crack it.
Application story
There was opening for the 2022 batch , I applied along with resume to the links , got a coding test link , after clearing that fews days interview rounds were conducted
Why selected/rejected for the role?
I think as I cleared the coding as well as all interview , I was suitable for role . Also in one of the interview they asked about the project , I could explain that well , so it makes me kind of getting selected for that role
Preparation
Duration: 6 months
Topics: DSA , OOPS , Dynamic Programming , Trees , Linked List , Basic stack and Queue Problems
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Practice problem topic wise 
Tip 2 : 2 project with overview explanation , need not to dive much 
Tip 3 : Practice interviews problems from Coding Ninja or some platform

Application process
Where: Other
Eligibility: Nothing as such
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1: Have projects 
Tip 2: It better to have skillset defined that plays an important role in interviews

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Online Coding Test
Duration60 minutes
Interview date1 Jun 2021
Coding problem1

The Test was conducted in the evening 4 o'clock

1. Minimum Steps

Moderate
20m average time
80% success
0/80
Asked in companies
DirectiOracleWells Fargo

You are given an array ‘ARR’ consisting of ‘N’ integers. Your task is to make all the numbers equal. You decrease one of the largest numbers present in the array into a number that is just lower than the maximum number in one step.

For example:
You are given ‘ARR’ = [5, 2, 3]
In the first step, you can change 5 to 3, so the new array is [3, 2,3].

In the second step, you can change the 3 to 2, then the array is [2, 2,3].

In the third step, you can change the 3 to 2, then the array is [2, 2, 2] 

Hence the answer is 3.
Problem approach

The main catch in this round was that students had to write their own test cases using google’s library ‘gtest.h’. As I have solved the question with the help of DP.

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02
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration45 min
Interview date7 Jun 2021
Coding problem1

It happened somewhere around 10 in morning . It was conducted on the Google meet

1. Level Order Traversal

Easy
15m average time
85% success
0/40
Asked in companies
FacebookMcAfeeOYO

You have been given a Binary Tree of integers. You are supposed to return the level order traversal of the given tree.

For example:
For the given binary tree

Example

The level order traversal will be {1,2,3,4,5,6,7}.
Problem approach

As it was a simple Traversal problem in Tree . I could solve in one go . She asked me to just write the function 
I used the same approach as here

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03
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration60 min
Interview date15 Jun 2021
Coding problem2

It was conducted at around 12 o clock in the morning.

1. Rotate Linked List

Moderate
25m average time
65% success
0/80
Asked in companies
Morgan StanleyGeeksforGeeksPharmEasy

You are given a linked list having ‘n’ nodes and an integer ‘k’.


You have to rotate the linked list to the right by ‘k’ positions .


Example :
Input: linked list = [1 2 3 4] , k = 2

Output: 3 4 1 2

Explanation:
We have to rotate the given linked list to the right 2 times. After rotating it to the right once it becomes 4->1->2->3. After rotating it to the right again, it becomes 3->4->1->2. 


Problem approach

I had solve this quetion on Code studio platform itself . So used the same approach as given here 
Find the length of the Linked List to check whether the ‘K’ is greater than the Length of the Linked List or not. Take a modulo of ‘K’ with its length if it is greater than the length. Reach the (‘K’+1)th node from last and change the pointers of nodes to get a rotated Linked List.

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2. DBMS Question

write a SQL query to find second highest salary.

Problem approach

Tip 1: SQL basics 
Tip 2: frequently asked queries 
Tip 3: Important CS concepts

04
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration30 min
Interview date30 Jun 2021
Coding problem1

It was around in the evening . As HR informed me in the noon that I will have HR round in the evening .

1. HR Questions

All the basic HR interview questions like about you , why should we hire you , Strength weakness , what do you know about the company etc

Problem approach

Tip 1: prepare your answer beforehand 
Tip 2: Be confident , that what they are looking for 
Tip 3: Be polite

Here's your problem of the day

Solving this problem will increase your chance to get selected in this company

Skill covered: Programming

How do you remove whitespace from the start of a string?

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