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Senior Software Engineer

Cerence Inc
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2 rounds | 3 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 5 Months
Topics: Data Structures, Algorithms, System Design, Aptitude, OOPS
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Must do Previously asked Interview as well as Online Test Questions.
Tip 2 : Go through all the previous interview experiences from Codestudio and Leetcode.
Tip 3 : Do at-least 2 good projects and you must know every bit of them.

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

Tip 1 : Have at-least 2 good projects explained in short with all important points covered.
Tip 2 : Every skill must be mentioned.
Tip 3 : Focus on skills, projects and experiences more.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date15 Mar 2022
Coding problem2

1. Find similarities between two arrays.

Easy
20m average time
80% success
0/40
Asked in companies
AtlassianFacebookCerence Inc

You have been given two arrays/list ‘ARR1’ and ‘ARR2’ consisting of ‘N’ and ‘M’ integers respectively. Your task is to return the number of elements common to ‘ARR1’ and ‘ARR2’ and the number of elements in the union of ‘ARR1’ and ‘ARR2’.

Example:
Let’s assume ‘ARR1’ is [1,2,3,4,5] and ‘ARR2’ is [2,4,6,8]. Elements common to ‘ARR1’ and ‘ARR2’ are [2,4] as they occur in both ‘ARR1’ and ‘ARR2’. Therefore the number of elements common to ‘ARR1’ and ‘ARR2’ is 2. Union of ‘ARR1’ and ‘ARR2’ is [1,2,3,4,5,6,8]. Therefore the number of distinct elements in the union of ‘ARR1’ and ‘ARR2’ is 7. So, the answer will be 2 7.
Note:
1. ‘ARR1’ consists of distinct integers i.e no number occurs twice in array/list.

2. ‘ARR2’ consists of distinct integers i.e no number occurs twice in array/list.
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2. Tic Tac Toe Winner

Hard
40m average time
70% success
0/120
Asked in companies
Media.netZetaCerence Inc

Ninja is bored and hence started playing tic tac toe with his friend. As always he started losing the game. So he approaches you to find the optimal move he needs to play at a given moment so that he can defeat his friend.

You are given the current state of the game with a 3x3 grid, of which some squares are filled with 'X', some are filled with ‘O’ and the rest are filled with ‘_’ which means that this square is empty. You need to find the best possible score our ninja can get and the position of the optimal move he should make. You always start first and your symbol is ‘X’. The scores are assigned as follows:

Win: 1

Draw : 0

Lose : -1

For Example:
Suppose the board looks as follows: 

X O X
O O X
_ _ _


We can see that if we put X at positions 3, 3 in the grid we win straightaway. Hence the best possible score is 1 (Win). If we put our symbol anywhere else we will not be able to achieve the desired score.
Note :
If there are multiple positions leading to the same score, choose the position with the minimum row. If there are still multiple positions, choose the one with the minimum column.
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02
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration20 Minutes
Interview date17 Mar 2022
Coding problem1

1. Basic HR Questions

How do you respond to change?
Are you demanding as a boss?
Are you an organized person?
Can you describe your time management skills?

Here's your problem of the day

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

Skill covered: Programming

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