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3 rounds | 3 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 6 Months
Topics: Data Structures, Algorithms, Graphs, DBMS, Trees
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Be confident and clear with your answer
Tip 2 : Prepare for Leadership Principles/Situations as well
Tip 3 : Be Precise with your answer

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

Tip 1 : Have a decent amount of projects
Tip 2 : Some internship experience is a bonus

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Online Coding Interview
Duration90 Minutes
Interview date15 Jul 2021
Coding problem1

There were three sub-part of this round. Links were provided to us one week earlier and we had the freedom to complete the test within the next 10 days.

1. Pythagorean Triplets

Moderate
35m average time
70% success
0/80
Asked in companies
AmazonOYOErnst & Young (EY)

You are given an array of n integers (a1, a2,....,an), you need to find if the array contains a pythagorean triplet or not.

An array is said to have a pythagorean triplet if there exists three integers x,y and z in the array such that x^2 + y^2 = z^2.

Note
1. The integers x,y and z might not be distinct , but they should be present at different locations in the array i.e if a[i] = x, a[j] = y and a[k] = z, then i,j and k should be pairwise distinct.
2. The integers a,b and c can be present in any order in the given array.
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02
Round
Medium
Face to Face
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date8 Sep 2021
Coding problem1

It was online face-to-face interview with an Amazon Engineer. The interview was rather friendly, but they were looking for leadership principles more than the actual coding problems.

Some Leadership Questions were like: Have I ever been in a situation where I made a huge mistake? How did I approach the team about it? How did I resolve it? What did I learn from it?

1. Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock

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

You are given an array/list 'prices' where the elements of the array represent the prices of the stock as they were yesterday and indices of the array represent minutes. Your task is to find and return the maximum profit you can make by buying and selling the stock. You can buy and sell the stock only once.

Note:

You can’t sell without buying first.
For Example:
For the given array [ 2, 100, 150, 120],
The maximum profit can be achieved by buying the stock at minute 0 when its price is Rs. 2 and selling it at minute 2 when its price is Rs. 150.
So, the output will be 148.
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03
Round
Easy
Face to Face
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date8 Sep 2021
Coding problem1

It was another online face-to-face interview. The interviews were back-to-back. So, be well prepared that you may have to sit for 3 hours continuously and give interview.

1. Combination Sum

Hard
45m average time
55% success
0/120
Asked in companies
AmazonMorgan StanleySalesforce

You have been given three numbers ‘X’, ’Y’ and ‘Z’. You have to find the sum of all the numbers formed by the combination of the digits 3, 4 and 5. You can use 3 at most ‘X’ times, 4 at most ‘Y’ times, and 5 at most ‘Z’ times as a digit in numbers.

Note:
 Output the sum modulo 10 ^ 9 + 7.
For example :
If ‘X’ = 1, ‘Y’ = 1 and ‘Z’ = 0 then the output will be 84.

Explanation : 3 + 4 + 34 + 43 = 84
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