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SDE - 1
Cisco
4 rounds | 4 Coding
problems
Selected Interview preparation journey
Preparation
Duration: 4 months
Topics: Data structures, Computer Networking, DBMS, College projects, C++
Tip 1 : Practice leetcode questions
Tip 2 : Be very well aware of the projects
Tip 3 : Stay calm
Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: Above 7 CGOA
Tip 1 : Don't use fancy colour
Tip 2 : Write more about stuffs which you are confident like projects or any tech
Interview rounds
01
Round
Easy
Online Coding Interview
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date1 Aug 2020
Coding problem1
It was in the morning. Because of covid test was from home. We had 50 MCQ and 1 coding question. The coding question was pretty easy. MCQ were mixed, we even had questions from machine learning.
1. Maximum Path Sum Between Two Leaves
Hard
50m average time
35% success
0/120
Asked in companies
You are given a non-empty binary tree where each node has a non-negative integer value. Return the maximum possible sum of path between any two leaves of the given tree.
The path is also inclusive of the leaf nodes and the maximum path sum may or may not go through the root of the given tree.
If there is only one leaf node in the tree, then return -1.
Problem approach
I had practiced this question before. Could solve it from worst to best solution
02
Round
Medium
Face to Face
Duration60 minutes
Interview date2 Aug 2020
Coding problem1
Interview round. Questions were based on projects, database and one coding question
1. Longest Subarray Zero Sum
Moderate
18m average time
85% success
0/80
Asked in companies
Given an array arr of length N consisting of positive and negative integers, return the length of the longest subarray whose sum is zero.
Problem approach
Had solved this question before
03
Round
Easy
Telephonic
Duration40 minutes
Interview date2 Aug 2020
Coding problem1
Managerial round. Was asked questions on projects and management
1. Project based Question
1. Why have you used this particular technology stack in project?
04
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration10 minutes
Interview date2 Aug 2020
Coding problem1
HR just asked about basic stuffs and all. Nothing technical
1. Basic HR Questions
1. Introduction
2. why Cisco?
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