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SDE - 1

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3 rounds | 5 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
I was unaware of this coding stuff till my school life. I got to know about the field of computer science in my class 11th. I found it intresting and decided that I will pursue my career in the field of computer science. I took admission in B.Tech CSE and learned the various concepts like DSA and all.
Application story
I got a message in my telegram group about the company visiting our campus for the hiring of SDE-1. As, I was in the fourth year, it was sure that I am going to apply for it. I started preparing accordingly and got selected at last.
Why selected/rejected for the role?
I think I was on point with my coding solutions to the questions asked in the interviews. I provided the optimal solutions and I was giving correct explanations to some theory questions asked.
Preparation
Duration: 3 months
Topics: OS, Computer Networks, Data Structures, Pointers, OOPS, System Design, Algorithms, Dynamic Programming
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Must do Previously asked Interview as well as Online Test Questions.
Tip 2 : Go through all the previous interview experiences.

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: 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.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Online Coding Interview
Duration60 minutes
Interview date23 May 2021
Coding problem2

1. Relative Sorting

Moderate
25m average time
65% success
0/80
Asked in companies
MicrosoftVisaAmazon

Given two arrays ‘ARR’ and ‘BRR’ of size ‘N’ and ‘M’ respectively. Your task is to sort the elements of ‘ARR’ in such a way that the relative order among the elements will be the same as those are in ‘BRR’. For the elements not present in ‘BRR’, append them in the last in sorted order.

For example

Consider the arrays as ARR = { 9, 5, 8, 4, 6, 5 } and BRR = { 8, 4, 5 }
The output for the above example  is { 8, 4, 5, 5, 6, 9 }.

Note:

Elements of ‘BRR’ are non repeating.
Try solving now

2. Edit Distance

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

You are given two strings 'S' and 'T' of lengths 'N' and 'M' respectively. Find the "Edit Distance" between the strings.

Edit Distance of two strings is the minimum number of steps required to make one string equal to the other. In order to do so, you can perform the following three operations:

1. Delete a character
2. Replace a character with another one
3. Insert a character
Note:
Strings don't contain spaces in between.
Try solving now
02
Round
Easy
Face to Face
Duration60 minutes
Interview date30 May 2021
Coding problem2

1. Minimum Cost to Buy Oranges

Moderate
20m average time
70% success
0/80
Asked in companies
AmazonWalmartIntuit

You are given a bag of size 'W' kg and provided with the costs of packets with different weights of oranges as a list/array with the name 'cost'. Every i-th position in the cost denotes the price of 'i+1' kg packet of oranges.

If at any point in time the i-th cost is -1, it means that 'i+1' kg packet of orange is unavailable.

You are required to find the minimum total cost to buy exactly 'W' kg oranges and if it's not possible to buy precisely W kg oranges then print -1. There is an infinite supply of all available packet types.

Note :
Array index 'i' denotes the cost of (i+1)kg packet. 
Example: cost[0] is the cost of a 1kg packet of oranges.
Try solving now

2. Theory Questions

What is the best way to handle scalability issues when dealing with high levels of traffic?
What are the most important factors that need to be considered while creating a website?
Can you explain how you would go about developing a mobile application for iOS/Android/Windows?

03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration20 minutes
Interview date10 Jun 2021
Coding problem1

1. Basic HR Questions

Introduce yourself
Why do you want to join us?
What are your hobbies?
What do you think makes you a better choice than the other candidates?
What are your strengths and weaknesses?
Are you willing to relocate?
What do you know about the work culture here in Coalition Technologies?

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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