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5 rounds | 7 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 1.5 months
Topics: Data Structures, Algorithms, Low level Design, High level design, OOP Concepts
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Solve as many problems as you can within time limit and try to figure out patterns
Tip 2 : For system design, always have your assumptions and opinions backed by calculations and ask the interviewer if you're not over-engineering and spending extra time on things which do not require attention.
 

Application process
Where: Other
Eligibility: Nothing as such, recruiter reached out to me
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : No spelling mistake in the résumé. No grammatical error.
Tip 2 : Keep it concise. Mention your key skills and projects you worked on and how it affected your/company's growth.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Hard
Telephonic
Duration60 minutes
Interview date3 Aug 2018
Coding problem1

1. Minimum Power

Moderate
20m average time
80% success
0/80
Asked in company
Bloomreach

The new year is here, and the lockdown is also over. To celebrate your new year eve, you reach your friend's house. Your friend knows you love video games, so he made you a game as a present. In the game, you have ‘N’ enemies located at distinct positive integers points on the number line. You have an array ‘L’ of length ‘N’, where ‘L[i]’ represents the position of the ‘ith’ enemy.

You also have ‘K’ bombs each of power ‘R’. When you blast a bomb of power ‘R’ at position ‘i’, it will destroy everything within a range [i - R, i + R]. To win the game, you have to find the minimum value of ‘R’, such that it is possible to destroy every enemy. It is not necessary to use all ‘K’ bombs.

For example:

Let’s say the array ‘L’ = [1, 3, 4, 5] and 'K' = 2 then after bombing at position ‘2’ with a bomb of power ‘1’, enemies in the range [1, 3] will be destroyed. So the remaining enemy will be at position [4, 5]. These two can be bombed by placing another bomb at position '4'. Hence, the power is '1'.
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02
Round
Medium
Face to Face
Duration60 minutes
Interview date10 Aug 2018
Coding problem2

1. Covid Vaccination

Moderate
0/80
Asked in companies
BNY MellonOracleAmerican Express

We are suffering from the Second wave of Covid-19. The Government is trying to increase its vaccination drives. Ninja wants to help the Government to plan an effective method to help increase vaccination following safety measures. Time is running out. Can you help the nation?

You are given two positive integers: ‘n,’ ‘maxVaccines’ denoting the number of days for which this vaccination drive will go on and the total number of vaccines available for the drive, respectively. You have to find the number of vaccines administered each day. You are also given a number ‘dayNumber,’ and we are interested to know the maximum number of vaccines that can be administered on ‘dayNumber’ th day.

The rules of the vaccination drive :

1. There should be a positive number of vaccines administered each day during the vaccination drive.

2. The absolute difference between the number of vaccines in two consecutive days should not exceed 1.

3. The sum of all the elements of the vaccines array does not exceed maxVaccines, that is, you cannot administer more vaccines than what is provided to you.

4. Vaccines administered on ‘dayNumber’ th day should be maximized.

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2. Letter Combinations of a Phone Number

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

Given a string S containing digits from 2 to 9 inclusive. Your task is to find all possible letter combinations that the number could represent.

A mapping from Digits to Letters (just like in Nokia 1100) is shown below. Note that 1 does not map to any letter.

example

Problem approach

Hash map + backtracking

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03
Round
Easy
Face to Face
Duration60 minutes
Interview date16 Apr 2018
Coding problem1

1. Reverse a linked list in chunks of size k

Easy
15m average time
85% success
0/40
Asked in companies
SprinklrHSBCLenskart
Note :
You do not need to print anything, just return the head of the reversed linked list. 
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04
Round
Easy
Face to Face
Duration60 minutes
Interview date16 Apr 2018
Coding problem2

1. System Design Question

Zomato order ETA design

2. Pythagorean triplets

Moderate
35m average time
70% success
0/80
Asked in companies
OYOAmazonErnst & Young (EY)

You are given an array of n integers (a1, a2,....,an), you need to find if the array contains a pythagorean triplet or not.

An array is said to have a pythagorean triplet if there exists three integers x,y and z in the array such that x^2 + y^2 = z^2.

Note
1. The integers x,y and z might not be distinct , but they should be present at different locations in the array i.e if a[i] = x, a[j] = y and a[k] = z, then i,j and k should be pairwise distinct.
2. The integers a,b and c can be present in any order in the given array.
Problem approach

Sort + hashmap

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05
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration30 minutes
Interview date23 Apr 2018
Coding problem1

It was a cultural fitment/hiring manager round

1. Technical Question

Explain when to use Redis and when to use Memcached.

Problem approach

Tip 1 : Understand the basics of Redis
Tip 2 : Understand the basics of Memcached
Tip 3 : Think of the data types, memory costs, speed, etc. for each of these technologies.

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