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SDE - Intern

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3 rounds | 5 Coding problems

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Preparation
Duration: 6 months
Topics: DSA, OOPS,Problem solving, DBMS, Computer Networks
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Practice a lot of questions on dsa
Tip 2 : Have mock interviews

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

Tip 1 : Crisp and short resume
Tip 2 : Add coding profiles

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration60 minutes
Interview date20 Jun 2020
Coding problem1

1. Aggressive Cows

Moderate
30m average time
70% success
0/80
Asked in companies
AdobePhonePeSamsung

You are given an array 'arr' consisting of 'n' integers which denote the position of a stall.


You are also given an integer 'k' which denotes the number of aggressive cows.


You are given the task of assigning stalls to 'k' cows such that the minimum distance between any two of them is the maximum possible.



Example:
Input: 'n' = 3, 'k' = 2 and 'arr' = {1, 2, 3}

Output: 2

Explanation: The maximum possible minimum distance will be 2 when 2 cows are placed at positions {1, 3}. Here distance between cows is 2.
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02
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration50 minutes
Interview date28 Jun 2020
Coding problem2

1. Merge Two Sorted Linked Lists

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

You are given two sorted linked lists. You have to merge them to produce a combined sorted linked list. You need to return the head of the final linked list.

Note:

The given linked lists may or may not be null.

For example:

If the first list is: 1 -> 4 -> 5 -> NULL and the second list is: 2 -> 3 -> 5 -> NULL

The final list would be: 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4 -> 5 -> 5 -> NULL
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2. Course Schedule

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

You are a student of Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology. You have to take ‘N’ number of courses labelled from 1 to N to complete your B.Tech Degree.

Some courses may have prerequisites, for example, to take course 1 you have to first take course 2, which is expressed as a pair: [1, 2]. Now, your task is to find is it possible for you to finish all courses.

Note: There are no duplicate pairs in the prerequisites array.

For example-
If N = 2 and prerequisite = [[1, 2]]. Then, there are a total of 2 courses you need to take. To take course 1 you need to finish course 2. So, it is possible to complete all courses. 
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03
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration40 minutes
Interview date3 Jul 2020
Coding problem2

1. Min Steps to one

Easy
15m average time
90% success
0/40
Asked in companies
IBMAmazonSprinklr

You are given a positive integer 'N’. Your task is to find and return the minimum number of steps that 'N' has to take to get reduced to 1.

You can perform any one of the following 3 steps:

1) Subtract 1 from it. (n = n - ­1) ,
2) If n is divisible by 2, divide by 2.( if n % 2 == 0, then n = n / 2 ) ,
3) If n is divisible by 3, divide by 3. (if n % 3 == 0, then n = n / 3 ).

For example:

Given:
‘N’ = 4, it will take 2 steps to reduce it to 1, i.e., first divide it by 2 giving 2 and then subtract 1, giving 1.
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2. Move Zeroes To End

Moderate
30m average time
70% success
0/80
Asked in companies
Thought WorksSAP LabsMicrosoft

Given an unsorted array of integers, you have to move the array elements in a way such that all the zeroes are transferred to the end, and all the non-zero elements are moved to the front. The non-zero elements must be ordered in their order of appearance.

For example, if the input array is: [0, 1, -2, 3, 4, 0, 5, -27, 9, 0], then the output array must be:

[1, -2, 3, 4, 5, -27, 9, 0, 0, 0].

Expected Complexity: Try doing it in O(n) time complexity and O(1) space complexity. Here, ‘n’ is the size of the array.

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