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3 rounds | 3 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 5 months
Topics: Data Structures, Algorithms, Operating Systems, Object Oriented Programming, Computer Networks
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Try solving the question on your own.
Tip 2 : Practice regularly
Tip 3 : Do some good projects, so that concepts will become clear.

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

Tip 1 : Highlight your skills.
Tip 2 : Highlight your previous internships.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration60 minutes
Interview date30 Dec 2020
Coding problem1

The 1st round was a MCQ round consisting of 50 problems in 1 hour. The questions were from aptitude, Data structures, microprocessors and some common puzzles.

1. Puzzle

Josephus and the Queens

02
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration30 minutes
Interview date4 Jan 2021
Coding problem1

The interview started with the general Tell me about Yourself. He mainly wanted to know my subjects and fields of interest. he gave a DSA question. You are given a sorted array and your objective is to construct a BST out of it. The constructed BST should have the shortest possible height. I had to first explain my approach to the problem and when he was convinced I was asked to write the full code for the problem

1. Dijkstra's shortest path

Easy
20m average time
70% success
0/40
Asked in companies
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You have been given an undirected, connected graph of ‘V’ vertices (labelled from 0 to V-1) and ‘E’ edges. Each edge connecting two nodes 'u' and 'v' has a weight denoting the distance between them.


Your task is to find the shortest path distance from the source node 'S' to all the vertices. You have to return a list of integers denoting the shortest distance between each vertex and source vertex 'S'.


Note:

1. There are no self-loops(an edge connecting the vertex to itself) in the given graph.

2. There are no parallel edges i.e no two vertices are directly connected by more than 1 edge.


For Example:

Input:
4 5
0 1 5
0 2 8
1 2 9
1 3 2
2 3 6

alt te

The source node is node 0.

The shortest distance from node 0 to node 0 is 0.

The shortest distance from node 0 to node 1 is 5. In the above figure, the green path represents this distance. The path goes from node 0->1, giving distance = 5.

The shortest distance from node 0 to node 2 is 8. In the above figure, the pink path represents this distance. The path goes from node 0->2, giving distance = 8.

The shortest distance from node 0 to node 3 is 7. In the above figure, the yellow path represents this distance. The path goes from node 0->1->3, giving distance = 7.
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03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration10 minutes
Interview date6 Jan 2021
Coding problem1

HR asked me about my zone of interests and explained to me some basic rules and what I have to do if I face any kind of problem

1. Basic HR Questions

Who is your role model?

Why should we hire you?

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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