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SDE - Intern

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2 rounds | 4 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
From the first year of joining the college, i was curious to know about the placements, what to prepare and how to. Talking to the seniors helped me to get the idea to prepare for the same, I started preparing immediately and practiced coding for months which eventually helped me to grab good placements
Application story
I applied with the help of a friend who was already working at Amazon, so i applied by sending my resume on the mail and got revert mail of interview scheduling after the selection, after that i got a telephonic interview call and then proceeded for the interview round after that i got selected as the interview went well.
Why selected/rejected for the role?
I got selected for the role as i solved all the questions asked and i remained confident with all the answers which eventually helped me to grab the role.
Preparation
Duration: 4 months
Topics: Algorithms, C++, aptitude and reasoning, Database Management System, Operating System, Java, Object Oriented programming language, Computer Networks, Data Structure
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : The most fundamental and important thing to prepare are Data Structures and Algorithms. Be very much clear on your basics and skills.
Tip 2 : Revise OOPS thoroughly.
Tip 3 : Practice DSA (minimum 200), aptitude and reasoning questions regularly.

Application process
Where: Other
Eligibility: No Backlog and above 6 CGPA
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : The resume should not be more than 1 page. Be brief and write only those skills, projects or achievements which you have completed yourselves and have thorough knowledge. Avoid unnecessary details like hobbies, parent's name, photo, etc.
Tip 2 : Add a link to your LinkedIn, GitHub, website etc.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration60 minutes
Interview date12 Dec 2020
Coding problem2

1. Add Linked Lists

Easy
20m average time
80% success
0/40
Asked in companies
Morgan StanleyQualcommIntuit

Given two numbers represented by linked lists. Your task is find the sum list and return the head of the sum list.

The sum list is a linked list representation of addition of two numbers.

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2. Check if Linked List is Palindrome

Easy
15m average time
85% success
0/40
Asked in companies
Tata 1mgCognizantGoogle

You are given a Singly Linked List of integers. You have to return true if the linked list is palindrome, else return false.


A Linked List is a palindrome if it reads the same from left to right and from right to left.


Example:
The lists (1 -> 2 -> 1), (3 -> 4 -> 4-> 3), and (1) are palindromes, while the lists (1 -> 2 -> 3) and (3 -> 4) are not.
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02
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration60 minutes
Interview date16 Jan 2021
Coding problem2

1. Square root (decimal)

Easy
10m average time
90% success
0/40
Asked in companies
UberVisaFacebook

You have been given two integers 'N' and 'D', Your task is to find the square root of the number 'N' with precision up to 'D' decimal places i.e. the difference between your answer and the correct answer should be less than 10 ^ (-D).

For example if N = 10 and D = 3, then your answer will be 3.162.

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2. Alien dictionary

Hard
46m average time
50% success
0/120
Asked in companies
SprinklrMedia.netGoogle

You have been given a sorted (lexical order) dictionary of an alien language.


Write a function that returns the order of characters as a string in the alien language. This dictionary will be given to you as an array of strings called 'dictionary', of size 'N'.


Example :
If the dictionary consists of the following words:-
["caa", "aaa", "aab"], and 'K' is 3.

Then, the order of the alphabet is -
['c', 'a', 'b']
Note:
If the language consists of four letters, the four letters should be the starting four letters of the English language. 

However, their order might differ in the alien language.
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