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Software Engineer

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5 rounds | 5 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 1 Month
Topics: DSA, DBMS, OOPs, Dynamic Programming, Graphs
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Always go through your hand written notes for revision because they have exactly those things which you need
Tip 2 : Always have a standard handful problems with solutions of DSA ready in your mind

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

Tip 1 : Emphasize more on your strong fields. 
Tip 2 : Keep your resume short and meaningful ( 1 page is ideal)

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Test
Duration90 minutes
Interview date31 Oct 2021
Coding problem1

It was online Assessment having three coding question.

1. Flower Shop

Easy
0/40
Asked in companies
ArcesiumCognizantCuemath

Oasis visits a Florist Shop. Shop has N flowers each being of a specific type and every flower costs 1 unit.

You are given type of each flower in an array P = [p1,p2,...,pN]. If he buys a flower of type P’ , then he will get all flowers whose type lies between P’ to P’+4 (both inclusive) for free.

You need to find and print the price Oasis has to pay to buy all flowers.

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02
Round
Hard
Video Call
Duration60 minutes
Interview date19 Nov 2021
Coding problem1

It had panel of two interviewers asking dsa and core subject each.

1. Umbrella

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

You are given ‘N’ types of umbrellas, where each umbrella can shelter some number of people. Given the number of people each umbrella can shelter in the array “UMBRELLA”, you need to determine the minimum number of umbrellas required to cover exactly ‘M’ people with umbrellas.

Note -

You have an infinite number of umbrellas of each type.
If it is not possible to shelter exactly ‘M’ people then print -1. 
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03
Round
Medium
Face to Face
Duration60 minutes
Interview date25 Nov 2021
Coding problem1

1. Divide Linked List In Two

Easy
20m average time
78% success
0/40
Asked in companies
JP MorganDirectiAmazon

You have been given a singly Linked List of integers. Your task is to divide this list into two smaller singly-linked lists in which the nodes appear in alternating fashion from the original list.

For example:
If the given linked list is 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4 -> 5 -> NULL

The first sub-list is 1 -> 3 -> 5 -> NULL.
The second sub-list is 2 -> 4 -> NULL.

If it is impossible to make any of the two smaller sub-lists, return an empty list i.e. NULL.

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04
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration60 minutes
Interview date25 Nov 2021
Coding problem1

this round was the easiest for me of all the rounds. I was asked a standard graph question which I was able to solve.
they also asked concepts of DBMS normalization and indexing.

1. Prerequisite Task

Moderate
35m average time
65% success
0/80
Asked in companies
AdobeFacebookIntuit

You are given a positive integer ‘N’ denoting the number of tasks you need to finish. You can directly start performing any task, but some tasks have some prerequisites, i.e. to perform some task you may first need to complete some other tasks.

You are given a list of pairs of dependencies in the form of ( U, V ) which means to perform task ‘U’ you first need to finish the task ‘V’. You need to report whether it is possible to complete all the tasks or not. Return true if it is possible to finish all the tasks else return false.

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05
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration30 minutes
Interview date30 Nov 2021
Coding problem1

It was typical HR round asking some behavioral questions and compensation expectations

1. Basic HR Questions

What are your expectations?

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