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4 rounds | 7 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 6 Months
Topics: Data Structures and Algorithms, Computer Networks, DBMS, SQL, OOPS, Operating System, Linux Commands
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Practice atleast 200 leetcode easy to medium level questions
Tip 2 : Take part in hackathon to learn time management during coding test
Tip 3 : Make 2-3 good projects

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

Tip 1 : It should be ATS friendly
Tip 2 : Do not be repetitive
Tip 3 : Be confident about techs you mention on your resume

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Test
Duration90 Minutes
Interview date10 Sep 2020
Coding problem2

1. Word Break

Moderate
15m average time
85% success
0/80
Asked in companies
FacebookAppleAmazon

You are given a list of “N” strings A. Your task is to check whether you can form a given target string using a combination of one or more strings of A.

Note :
You can use any string of A multiple times.
Examples :
A =[“coding”, ”ninjas”, “is”, “awesome”]  target = “codingninjas”
Ans = true as we use “coding” and “ninjas” to form “codingninjas”
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2. All Paths From Source Lead To Destination

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

There is a directed graph consisting of ‘N’ nodes numbered from 0 to ‘N’-1. You are given a list ‘EDGES’ of size ‘M’, consisting of all the edges of this directed graph, and two nodes ‘SRC’ and ‘DEST’ of this graph. Determine whether or not all paths starting from node ‘SRC’ eventually end at node ‘DEST’, that is -:

1. At least one path exists from node ‘SRC’ to node ‘DEST’.

2. If there exists a path from the node ‘SRC’ to a node with no outgoing edges, then that node must be ‘DEST’.

3. There should be a finite number of paths from ‘SRC’ to ‘DEST’.

You should return True if all paths starting from node ‘SRC’ eventually end at node ‘DEST’, Otherwise, return False. See the example for more clarity.

Note :

1. The given graph may have self-loops and parallel edges.
Example :
Consider ‘N’ = 4, ‘EDGES’ = [[0, 1], [0, 3], [1, 2], [3, 2]],  ‘SRC’ = 0 and ‘DEST’ = 2. The given directed graph is shown below.

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Here, all the paths that start from node 0 are -:
1. 0->1->2
2. 0->3->2
Both of these paths eventually end at node ‘2’ i.e node ‘DEST’. Thus we should return True.
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02
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration45 Minutes
Interview date13 Sep 2021
Coding problem2

1. Maximum sum of non-adjacent elements

Moderate
15m average time
85% success
0/80
Asked in companies
OYOOLX GroupWalmart

You are given an array/list of ‘N’ integers. You are supposed to return the maximum sum of the subsequence with the constraint that no two elements are adjacent in the given array/list.

Note:
A subsequence of an array/list is obtained by deleting some number of elements (can be zero) from the array/list, leaving the remaining elements in their original order.
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2. Find all anagrams

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

You have been given a string STR and a non-empty string PTR. Your task is to find all the starting indices of PTR’s anagram in STR.

An anagram of a string is another string which contains the same characters and is obtained by rearranging the characters.

For example: ‘SILENT’ and ‘LISTEN’ are anagrams of each other. ‘ABA’ and ‘ABB’ are not anagram because we can’t convert ‘ABA’ to ‘ABB’ by rearranging the characters of particular strings.

Note:

1. Both STR and PTR consist of English uppercase letters.
2. Length of string 'STR' will always be greater than or equal to the length of string ‘PTR’.
3. In case, there is no anagram substring, then return an empty sequence.
4. In case of more than one anagrams, return the indices in increasing order.
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03
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration45 Minutes
Interview date14 Sep 2021
Coding problem2

First half of the interview was based on DBMS, OS and some puzzles. Second half was dedicated to projects related questions.

1. DBMS Questions

1. SQL query to find second highest salary?
2. Join questions
3. Write a query to find the Nth highest salary from the table without using TOP/limit keyword.

Problem approach

Tip 1 : Do Top 30 SQl questions from edureka https://www.edureka.co/blog/interview-questions/sql-query-interview-questions

2. Puzzle

1. Camel and Banana Puzzle
2. Tell me about the projects you worked on
3. Asked me some questions related to my projects

Problem approach

Tip 1 : Do Top 20 Puzzles Commonly Asked During SDE Interviews
Tip 2 : Be confident about everything you mention on your resume

04
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration20 Minutes
Interview date15 Sep 2021
Coding problem1

1. Basic HR questions

1. Tell me your biggest strength and weakness
2. Why do you want to join our company?
3. What will you do if someone in your team is not contributing to the project at all?

Problem approach

Tip 1 : Be prepared with HR questions and don't be negative in your answers

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