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4 rounds | 3 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 6 months
Topics: DSA, OOPS, System Design, Database queries, A bit of DP
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Be patient and be consistent (It took me 3 months before i could get my first job)
Tip 2 : Practice DSA and if possible DP everyday
Tip 3 : Only include main projects in Resume (don't include projects like TO-DO app etc)
Tip 4 : Don't panic in interviews, interviewers are friendly 
Tip 5 : Company specific preparation (EX : Some companies have System design rounds and some dont)

Application process
Where: Other
Eligibility: above 8 CGPA
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Include only the main projects in resume
Tip 2 : Try to do it ATS friendly 
Tip 3 : Don't lie on resume (Managerial round is fully dependent on things in your resume and managers don't expect freshers to be out of box and know everything, so just include what you know)

Interview rounds

01
Round
Hard
Online Coding Interview
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date16 Jul 2021
Coding problem1

It included 36 mcqs covering questions in DBMS, OS, Networking etc and 1 coding question which i felt was a little tough (it was some thing mix of matrix traversal and DP combined).

1. Row Of A Matrix With Maximum Ones

Moderate
20m average time
80% success
0/80
Asked in companies
Expedia GroupOYOMicrosoft

You are given a 2D matrix 'ARR' (containing either ‘0’ or ‘1’) of size 'N' x 'M', where each row is in sorted order.


Find the 0-based index of the first row with the maximum number of 1's.


Note :
If two rows have the same number of 1’s, return the row with a lower index.

If no row exists where at-least one '1' is present, return -1.


Example:
Input: ‘N’ = 3, 'M' = 3
'ARR' = 
[     [ 1,  1,  1 ],
      [ 0,  0,  1 ],
      [ 0,  0,  0 ]   ]

Output: 0

Explanation: The 0th row of the given matrix has the maximum number of ones.
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02
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date20 Aug 2021
Coding problem1

Interviewer asked me a DSA based question and then she asked me questions on ReactJS, Mongo queries, MySQL queries etc

1. Next Greater Element

Moderate
20m average time
90% success
0/80
Asked in companies
CIS - Cyber InfrastructureAmazonPhonePe

You are given an array arr of length N. You have to return a list of integers containing the NGE(next greater element) of each element of the given array. The NGE for an element X is the first greater element on the right side of X in the array. Elements for which no greater element exists, consider the NGE as -1.

For Example :

If the given array is [1, 3, 2], then you need to return [3, -1, -1]. Because for 1, 3 is the next greater element, for 3 it does not have any greater number to its right, and similarly for 2.
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03
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date20 Aug 2021
Coding problem1

It was managerial round, i was asked questions on everything that i have included in my resume

1. Pattern Matching

Moderate
15m average time
85% success
0/80
Asked in companies
AppleAmazonSprinklr

You are given a pattern in the form of a string and a collection of words. Your task is to determine if the pattern string and the collection of words have the same order.

Note :
The strings are non-empty.

The strings only contain lowercase English letters.
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04
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration10 Minutes
Interview date20 Aug 2021
Coding problem0

What are your hobbies?

How do you manage stress?

She explained me about CTC and other benefits.

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

Skill covered: Programming

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