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3 rounds | 5 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
I started my coding journey in my first semester of college when C was introduced. It has always been fun to solve questions and see the correct answer appear on the screen. Then I started exploring DSA. Initially, it was tough, to be honest, but it's a lot like cricket, as it's a great leveler—one day you’re a hero, but that’s not the end; you need to keep improving. That’s the best part, and that’s what life is. Meanwhile, I also did CP, failed many times, but I knew consistency was the key, so I kept at it. Finally, after facing rejection from 4 or 5 companies, I got an offer from Dunzo.
Application story
It is an on-campus opportunity for me. There were four rounds in total: the first was an online assessment, followed by two rounds of DSA, and then the cultural fitment round.
Why selected/rejected for the role?
I passed the online assessment round as I solved both questions. In the first DSA round, there were two questions; it was a code-pairing round, and I was able to solve both of them. The same happened in round 2 of DSA. Then, in the cultural fitment round, there was a discussion on my project and some behavioral questions, which I answered well, and luckily, I got selected.
Preparation
Duration: 2 Months
Topics: Dynamic Programming, Graph, Trees, Binary Search, Recursion, OOPs
Tip
Tip

Tip 1: Keep solving problems consistently.
Tip 2: Start as early as possible to allow sufficient time for completing DSA along with revision.
Tip 3: Showcase a good project on your resume and have a solid understanding of it.

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: 7 CGPA
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1: Have good projects on your resume, and the definition of 'good' is not tough—it simply means you should be able to explain what you've created.
Tip 2: Try to make projects that solve real-life problems; it can be anything. A good example could be a contest reminder if you tend to miss contests frequently, as I did before deciding to make a project for it.
Tip 3: Never put things on your resume that you don’t fully understand. It’s not about quantity; it’s about quality.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Test
Duration90 Minutes
Interview date7 Feb 2022
Coding problem2

1. Kurapika and Friends

Moderate
0/80
Asked in companies
Google incAirtel

Kurapika is long lost from his friends. He wants to meet his friends. He has total ‘n’ friends, and everyone is not available on the same day. But he can meet his friends only once. Given two arrays, ‘s’ and ‘e’, where s[i] denotes the starting date when an ith friend is available, and e[i] denotes when the ith friend will not be available after this date. Help Kurapika to know what is the maximum number of friends he can meet on one single day.

For Example :
s = {1, 4, 11} e = {9, 5, 13}

In the given example, the first friend is available between dates 1 to 9, the second is available on dates 4 and 5, and the third is available on dates 11 to 13. Hence he can meet a maximum of only two friends on dates 4 and 5.

Hence the answer is 2.
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2. Letter Combinations of a Phone Number

Moderate
35m average time
65% success
0/80
Asked in companies
AmazonOlaGoldman Sachs

Given a string S containing digits from 2 to 9 inclusive. Your task is to find all possible letter combinations that the number could represent.

A mapping from Digits to Letters (just like in Nokia 1100) is shown below. Note that 1 does not map to any letter.

example

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02
Round
Hard
Face to Face
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date8 Feb 2022
Coding problem2

It is tough, actually, as it is a live code pairing round, and the first question the interviewer asked me was from DP. However, the interviewer is supportive.

1. Game of Stones

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

Given the count of total stones in a game. Two-player ‘Ale’ and ‘Bob’ are playing the game. Your task is to find who will win the game if both the players are playing optimally.

Rules of the game.

1. In a single turn, a player can choose a single stone or ‘even’ number of stones.

2. They will play alternatively, which means in the first chance ‘Ale’ will collect the stones, in second-chance ‘Bob’ will collect the stones. And always ‘Ale’ will start the game.

3. If any player is not able to take any stones then another player will win the game.

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2. Russian Doll Envelopes

Hard
50m average time
50% success
0/120
Asked in companies
UberFacebookHSBC

You are given a set of ‘N’ rectangular envelopes. The height and width of each envelope are given by arrays, ‘height’ and ‘width’ respectively, each consisting of ‘N’ positive integers. The height, width of the ith envelope is given by ‘height[i]’ and ‘width[i]’ respectively.

You can put one envelope inside another envelope if and only if both the height and width of one envelope is strictly greater than the height and width of the other envelope.

What is the maximum number of envelopes you can Russian doll? (put one inside other)

Note
Rotation of envelope is not allowed, that is, height and width can’t be exchanged
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03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration40 Minutes
Interview date8 Feb 2022
Coding problem1

I believe it was in the afternoon, around 3:30 to 4:00. The interviewer was a manager at Airtel, very polite, and we had a great discussion about the project along with some behavioral questions.

1. Basic HR Questions

1. What were my favorite subjects in my academics?  
2. Which project am I proud of?  
3. Why do I want to join DUNZO? Why not any other organization?  
4. What difficulties did I face when learning the new tech stack, and how did I overcome them?  
5. How do I keep myself updated?  
6. Which data structures am I currently studying?  
7. Then he asked me if I had any questions for him. I asked two questions.

Problem approach

Tip 1: Walk through the code of the project so you understand it thoroughly.
Tip 2: Review common behavioral questions in advance.
Tip 3: Brush up on your knowledge of DSA.

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