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3 rounds | 4 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
I started coding passionately from the end of my 2nd year and landed into this internship after 6 months of practice and preparation, I used to apply in all the internships where I was eligible at that time.
Application story
I applied through the career page of Altair and later on I also found the JD in internshalah also, and I applied both ways.
Why selected/rejected for the role?
I was selected for being honest and clear with my ideas throughout the interview. I solved both the coding questions quickly and efficiently, along with this I had good understanding in oops concepts which again gave a push in the interview.
Preparation
Duration: 2 months to learn the topics, 4 months of practice
Topics: Data structures, Algorithms, DBMS , SQL, OOPS, CN
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : learn most of the useful data structures and algorithms and core subjects first and you can use gfg, coding ninjas and articals for that.
Tip 2 : practice most of the time in Leetcode, codechef, coding ninjas, gfg.
Tip 3 : practice more and more.

Application process
Where: Company Website
Eligibility: Only relevant and good projects on CV
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : keep everything true and simple 
Tip 2 : add good projects, at least 2 and one of them must be in the tech you are applying for.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Telephonic
Duration20 minutes
Interview date20 Jun 2022
Coding problem1

1. OOPS Questions

What is polymorphism?

Difference between abstraction and inheritance? 

What is a virtual function?

02
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration65 minutes
Interview date25 Jun 2022
Coding problem2

This round had 2 DSA questions and uncountable oops questions. They also asked me about my project mentioned in the CV.

1. Trapping Rain Water

Moderate
15m average time
80% success
0/80
Asked in companies
RazorpayMorgan StanleyUber

You have been given a long type array/list 'arr’ of size 'n’.


It represents an elevation map wherein 'arr[i]’ denotes the elevation of the 'ith' bar.



Note :
The width of each bar is the same and is equal to 1.
Example:
Input: ‘n’ = 6, ‘arr’ = [3, 0, 0, 2, 0, 4].

Output: 10

Explanation: Refer to the image for better comprehension:

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Note :
You don't need to print anything. It has already been taken care of. Just implement the given function.
Try solving now

2. Partition Equal Subset Sum

Moderate
25m average time
65% success
0/80
Asked in companies
OlaOracleSAP Labs

You are given an array 'ARR' of 'N' positive integers. Your task is to find if we can partition the given array into two subsets such that the sum of elements in both subsets is equal.

For example, let’s say the given array is [2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5], then the array can be partitioned as [2, 3, 5], and [3, 3, 4] with equal sum 10.

Follow Up:

Can you solve this using not more than O(S) extra space, where S is the sum of all elements of the given array?
Try solving now
03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration25 minutes
Interview date1 Jul 2022
Coding problem1

Just HR things

1. Basic HR Questions

Why do you want to join our company?

What excites you most in a software engineering career?

What are your achievements?

Here's your problem of the day

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

Skill covered: Programming

What is recursion?

Choose another skill to practice
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