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2 rounds | 3 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 10 months
Topics: Computer Networks, Data Structures and Algorithms, Graph, OS, OOPS
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Read resume before interview
Tip 2 : Be well versed with basic system design
Tip 3 : Practice mock interviews

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: 6 CPI
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Know everything written in you resume
Tip 2 : Mention important things in bold

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Online Coding Interview
Duration 120 Minutes
Interview date13 May 2021
Coding problem1

The round started from 11AM. The test can be given from home from a laptop.

1. K Closest Points To Origin

Moderate
25m average time
75% success
0/80
Asked in companies
AppleFacebookAmazon

Your house is located at the origin of a 2-D plane. You have 'N' neighbours who live at 'N' different points on the plane. You want to visit exactly 'K' different neighbours who live closest to your house, you are given a 2 - D matrix 'POINTS'. So, find out the coordinates of the neighbours you are going to visit. The answer is guaranteed to be unique.

Note:

The distance between two points on a plane is the Euclidean Distance.
For Example:
If N = 2, K = 1 and the points are {2,3}, {-1, 2}.

Then the distance of the first point from the origin is sqrt((2 - 0) ^ 2 + (3 - 0) ^ 2) = sqrt(13).

The distance of the second point from the origin is sqrt((-1 - 0) ^ 2 + (2 - 0) ^ 2) = sqrt(5).
Follow Up:
Can you solve this in O(N log K) time complexity?
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02
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration60 minutes
Interview date14 May 2021
Coding problem2

The interview started around 10 AM and it was on the video call.

1. LCA Of Binary Tree

Moderate
10m average time
90% success
0/80
Asked in companies
GrabDisney + HotstarShareChat

You have been given a Binary Tree of distinct integers and two nodes ‘X’ and ‘Y’. You are supposed to return the LCA (Lowest Common Ancestor) of ‘X’ and ‘Y’.


The LCA of ‘X’ and ‘Y’ in the binary tree is the shared ancestor of ‘X’ and ‘Y’ that is located farthest from the root.


Note :
You may assume that given ‘X’ and ‘Y’ definitely exist in the given binary tree.
For example :
For the given binary tree

Example

LCA of ‘X’ and ‘Y’ is highlighted in yellow colour.
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2. Word Search

Moderate
20m average time
80% success
0/80
Asked in companies
AmazonUberCodezero2pi

You are given character matrix of dimension N * M. Then you are given 'Q' queries, each query consists of a word 'W', and you have to tell whether it is possible to form word 'W' by choosing some adjacent characters from this matrix.

Note:

1. Two characters are said to be adjacent if they share a side or corner i.e. for a cell inside the matrix have 8 adjacent cells (if they exist).
2. One character in the matrix will not be considered twice for forming a word.
3. All the characters in the matrix and words consist only of uppercase English alphabets only.
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