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Software Developer

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3 rounds | 5 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 2 months
Topics: Data Structures, Operating System, RDBMS, Cloud Computing, Networking
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Stay Focused 
Tip 2 : Consistency is the key
Tip 3 : Solve Leetcode problems

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: 60% + throughout the academics.
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Keep it single column resume.
Tip 2 : Mention active links / Hosted links of your project.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Online Coding Interview
Duration90 minutes
Interview date1 Oct 2022
Coding problem2

1. OS Questions

What do you mean by Inter-Process Communication?
What is a semaphore?
What do you mean by a Deadlock?
What are deadlock prevention techniques?

Problem approach

Tip 1: Refer online frequently asked questions of Operating system.
 

2. Reverse of a number

Easy
0/40
Asked in companies
SAP LabsCognizantDeloitte

Write a program to generate the reverse of a given number N. Print the corresponding reverse number.

Note : If a number has trailing zeros, then its reverse will not include them. For e.g., reverse of 10400 will be 401 instead of 00401.


Problem approach

Possible Algorithm:
Input: num
(1) Initialize rev_num = 0
(2) Loop while num > 0
(a) Multiply rev_num by 10 and add remainder of num 
divide by 10 to rev_num
rev_num = rev_num*10 + num%10;
(b) Divide num by 10
(3) Return rev_num

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02
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration60 mins
Interview date20 Oct 2022
Coding problem2

1. OOPs questions

Real world example of all the OOPS concept.
Difference between array and linked list.

2. Prime?

Easy
23m average time
87% success
0/40
Asked in company
Cognizant

Let us call a number prime? if it has exactly two distinct prime divisors. For example, numbers 6, 18, 24 are prime?, while 4, 8, 9, 42 are not. Find the number of prime? numbers which are between 1 and ‘N’, inclusive.

Example :
‘N’ = 7
 6 is the only prime? number in 1-7. So, the answer is 1.
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03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration60 mins
Interview date20 Oct 2022
Coding problem1

1. Basic HR Questions

Introduce yourself.
Why cognizant?
Why join service based company and not product based company?

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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