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4 rounds | 3 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 12 Months
Topics: Data structures, Algorithms, C++, Java, OOPs, Database management, Linux
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Practice at least 500 Questions from geeks from geeks
Tip 2 : Do at least 2/3 projects

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: Above 7 CGPA
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Do not put false things on resume.
Tip 2 : Don't make it too long

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration75 Minutes
Interview date10 Jul 2020
Coding problem0

There was a online test consisting of 32 questions with 15 Aptitude questions, 15 Technical questions and 2 Coding questions to be completed in 1.15 hrs.
120 students gave the test and 20 were shortlisted for interviews.

02
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration50 Minutes
Interview date12 Mar 2022
Coding problem1

First the interviewer introduces herself and then asked for my introduction. I mentioned about my project on Covid’19 so interviewer was curious to know about it more. I explained my project in detail for 4-5 minutes. Then I was asked a coding question. 
She asked if I had any questions. I asked one or two.

1. Row with Maximum 1's

Easy
10m average time
90% success
0/40
Asked in companies
ArcesiumDisney + HotstarMicrosoft

You have been given a non-empty grid ‘mat’ with 'n' rows and 'm' columns consisting of only 0s and 1s. All the rows are sorted in ascending order.

Your task is to find the index of the row with the maximum number of ones.

Note: If two rows have the same number of ones, consider the one with a smaller index. If there's no row with at least 1 zero, return -1.


Example:

Input: 'n' = 3, 'm' = 3, 'mat' = [[1, 1, 1], [0, 0, 1], [0, 0, 0]]

Output: 0

Explanation: The row with the maximum number of ones is 0 (0 - indexed).
Problem approach

I explained her MlogN approach then she asked me to optimize it then I told her O(m+n) approach. She then asked me to code it on online compiler shared by her .She checked all the bases cases and corner cases and was at last satisfied with the code.

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03
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date13 Mar 2022
Coding problem2

There were 2 interviewers. It started with my introduction and my projects. Then he asked about Polymorphism in C++. Runtime and compile time polymorphism with example and asked me to explain with c++ example . Then i was asked 2 coding questions. In both the questions first approach was discussed and then i was asked to write the pseudocode for the same . Then ,I was asked some dbms questions about indexing and normalization and some java questions on strings.

1. Left View Of Binary Tree

Moderate
25m average time
65% success
0/80
Asked in companies
Deutsche BankVisaArcesium

You are given an array “ARR” of 'N' integers and an integer 'K'. You can move from any index 'i' to index 'j' if j ≤ i + K. The cost of moving from one index 'i' to the other index 'j' is abs(ARR[j] – ARR[i]). Your task is to find the minimum cost to reach the end of the array from the beginning of the array when a maximum jump of 'K' is allowed.

For example:
If the given array is [10, 3, 40, 5, 25] and K is 2 then the minimum cost would be 29. 
Since K = 2, the optimal way to reach the end of the array with minimum cost is to take a jump to 1st index from 0th index with the cost of abs(3 - 10)  i.e 7 and then we take a jump of 2 from 1st index to the 3rd index with the cost of abs(5 - 3). i.e 2. Then we take a jump of 1 from 3rd index to the last index with the cost of abs(25 - 5) .ie 20. 
Therefore the minimum cost to reach the end of the array is (7 + 2 + 20) i.e 29.
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2. Minimum Cost to Reach End

Moderate
25m average time
65% success
0/80
Asked in companies
Deutsche BankVisaArcesium

You are given an array “ARR” of 'N' integers and an integer 'K'. You can move from any index 'i' to index 'j' if j ≤ i + K. The cost of moving from one index 'i' to the other index 'j' is abs(ARR[j] – ARR[i]). Your task is to find the minimum cost to reach the end of the array from the beginning of the array when a maximum jump of 'K' is allowed.

For example:
If the given array is [10, 3, 40, 5, 25] and K is 2 then the minimum cost would be 29. 
Since K = 2, the optimal way to reach the end of the array with minimum cost is to take a jump to 1st index from 0th index with the cost of abs(3 - 10)  i.e 7 and then we take a jump of 2 from 1st index to the 3rd index with the cost of abs(5 - 3). i.e 2. Then we take a jump of 1 from 3rd index to the last index with the cost of abs(25 - 5) .ie 20. 
Therefore the minimum cost to reach the end of the array is (7 + 2 + 20) i.e 29.
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04
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration30 Minutes
Interview date15 Mar 2022
Coding problem0

It started with my introduction .Deep discussion on my project and then some questions on my project. He asked me about my family and my Aspirations. At last, he asked why u want to join Arcesium and if I had any questions for him. I asked a couple of questions.

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