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Software Developer

BYJU'S Exam Prep
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3 rounds | 6 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
Doing thorough research on the company is a must, and it helped me a lot because I already knew they would be more focused on projects and development. So, I prepared accordingly. I would suggest going through your resume and reading everything about what you have mentioned there.
Application story
It was an on-campus placement drive, and I applied through the link they provided us. Subsequently, my resume was shortlisted, and then the HR called us for the remaining rounds.
Preparation
Duration: 4 months
Topics: React, Node, MongoDB, DSA, Operating System, Computer Networks
Tip
Tip

Tip 1: Practice 5 questions on DSA daily. 

Tip 2: Read interview questions on the skills that you have. 

Tip 3: Present your projects and work very well. I would suggest preparing points in advance so that you don't miss anything. 

Tip 4: Most importantly, stay confident and calm. 

Tip 5 (important): Read about the questions you were unable to answer in interviews.

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: Above 7.5 CGPA
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1: Be professional in your resume.

Tip 2: Don't mention skills in which you don't have a good grasp.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration90 minutes
Interview date5 Sep 2022
Coding problem3

1. Longest Subarray of 1's After Deleting One Element

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

Given a binary array nums, you should delete one element from it.Return the size of the longest non-empty subarray containing only 1's in the resulting array.

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2. 3Sum Closest

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

Given an integer array nums of length n and an integer target, find three integers in nums such that the sum is closest to target.Return the sum of the three integers.

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3. Binary Tree Zigzag Traversal

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

Given the root of a binary tree, return the zigzag level order traversal of its nodes' values. (i.e., from left to right, then right to left for the next level and alternate between).

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02
Round
Medium
Face to Face
Duration40 minutes
Interview date6 Sep 2022
Coding problem2
Web problem/projects13

1. DBMS

2. DBMS

How would you choose between a Relational DB and a NoSQL Database.

3. DBMS

Why Relational Database are good for ACID Properties?

4. ReactJS Hooks

5. Why React Over AngularJS?

Why don't you use AngularJs ?Tell me differences between React and Angular.(Link)

6. JavaScript Closures

What are closures in JS?

7. Event Loop in JS

What is event Loop in Js?

8. Question related to personal project

How did you built Video calling in your Personal Project.

9. Sockets in JS

What are sockets in JS?

10. CORS

What are CORS ?

11. Distinguishing REST API from Web API

Difference between REST API and WEB API?

12. Concurrency Management in Node.js

How do you handle concurrency in NodeJs?

13. Comparing Async/Await and Promises in JavaScript

Async/Await Vs Promises.(Link)

14. Detecting Loops in a Linked List

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

Write a Pseudo Code to check if a Linked List have Loop.

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15. Puzzle

How will you measure 4 ltr of milk from 3 ltr and 5 ltr jar?

03
Round
Easy
Online Coding Interview
Duration30 min
Interview date8 Sep 2022
Coding problem1
Web problem/projects3

1. System Design

Difference between Horizontal and Vertical Scaling.(Link)

2. System Design

Difference between sharding and Partitioning.

3. Designing an Algorithm for Generating Random Distinct Numbers

How can you create a algorithm that can generate a random and distinct number everytime we call it?

4. Discussion Personal Project

Discussion on my personal project , like(why did you use this and not other etc)

Here's your problem of the day

Solving this problem will increase your chance to get selected in this company

Skill covered: Programming

How do you remove whitespace from the start of a string?

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