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3 rounds | 6 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 6 Months
Topics: Data Structures, Algorithms, object oriented programming, Operating Systems, DBMS
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : do a lot of data structures 
Tip 2 : read basic os and DBMS 
Tip 3 : puzzles

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: Na
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : be prepared for an in depth discussion of projects in resume

Interview rounds

01
Round
Hard
Online Coding Interview
Duration60 minutes
Interview date14 Aug 2019
Coding problem1

1. Sort 0 1 2

Easy
22m average time
0/40
Asked in companies
Expedia GroupWalmartHCL Technologies

You have been given an integer array/list(ARR) of size 'N'. It only contains 0s, 1s and 2s. Write a solution to sort this array/list.

Note :
Try to solve the problem in 'Single Scan'. ' Single Scan' refers to iterating over the array/list just once or to put it in other words, you will be visiting each element in the array/list just once.
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02
Round
Medium
Face to Face
Duration40 Minutes
Interview date23 Aug 2019
Coding problem3

1. Cycle Detection in a Singly Linked List

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

You are given a Singly Linked List of integers. Return true if it has a cycle, else return false.


A cycle occurs when a node's next points back to a previous node in the list.


Example:
In the given linked list, there is a cycle, hence we return true.

Sample Example 1

Problem approach

Tip 1: Provide 2 solutions ( map based and slow fast ptrs)
Tip 2: use simple terms in explaining 

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2. Construct BST from Level Order

Easy
15m average time
85% success
0/40
Asked in companies
HSBCSamsungIEO MAKERS FABLAB (OPC) PRIVATE LIMITED

You have been given an array ‘levelOrder’ consisting of ‘N’ elements. The array represents the level order traversal of a Binary Search Tree(BST). You need to construct the BST from this level order traversal.

A Binary Search Tree (BST) is a binary tree data structure that has the following properties -

• The left subtree of a node contains only nodes with data less than the node’s data.
• The right subtree of a node contains only nodes with data greater than the node’s data.
• Both the left and right subtrees must also be binary search trees.

For Example:

For the given level order traversal: 5 3 6 2 4 7 

The BST will be:

The Inorder Traversal of this BST is 2 3 4 5 6 7. 
Problem approach

Tip 1: explain what you are doing at each step

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3. OOPs Question

Object oriented questions on mostly inheritance and encapsulation and friend class 

Puzzles

03
Round
Hard
Face to Face
Duration40 Minutes
Interview date23 Aug 2019
Coding problem2

1. Find Duplicates In Array

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

You are given an array/list 'ARR' consisting of N integers, which contains elements only in the range 0 to N - 1. Some of the elements may be repeated in 'ARR'. Your task is to find all such duplicate elements.

Note:
1. All the elements are in the range 0 to N - 1.
2. The elements may not be in sorted order.
3. You can return the duplicate elements in any order.
4. If there are no duplicates present then return an empty array.
Problem approach

I don't exactly recall what I did at that time

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2. Project Based Question

Discussion on Projects in Resume

Problem approach

Tip 1 : be prepared for an in-depth discussion 

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