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Programmer Analyst

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3 rounds | 3 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
It was a 3 round process, the first round was technical round in which i was asked about basic questions of c,dsa, oops etc. and the second round was of project in which i was asked about my project and the third round was HR in which i was asked questions like my liking disliking, where do i see myself in 5 years and like that
Application story
i applied through my college placement and was made sit in online exam first and than after clearing it had given my interview and than after a week or two result has been announced
Why selected/rejected for the role?
i was selected for the role because i had given all the clear answers asked to me in interview with a clearity.
Preparation
Duration: 3 months
Topics: oops, dsa, programming language, algorithms, pointers
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 :do clear your basics
Tip 2 : practice more and more
Tip 3 :revision is the key

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: 60% throughout and no active backlog
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1: should have project
Tip 2: should only consist things which are in your favour

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration90 minutes
Interview date20 Oct 2022
Coding problem1

1. OS Question

what is virtual memory

02
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration30 minutes
Interview date20 Nov 2022
Coding problem1

1. Match Specific Pattern

Easy
15m average time
85% success
0/40
Asked in companies
CognizantHSBC

Ninja has given you a list of WORDS and a PATTERN string. Your task is to find all such words in the list which match the given pattern. A valid match is found if and only if every character in the pattern is uniquely mapped to a character in a word.

Example:

Let the list of words be {cod, zcz} and the pattern be ‘nin’.
For each word in the list, we will check whether the word matches the pattern or not:

For the word ‘cod’:
Letter ‘n’ in the pattern maps to letter ‘c’ in the word.
Letter ‘i’ in the pattern maps to letter ‘o’ in the word.
Letter ‘n’ in the pattern maps to letter ‘d’ in the word.

As the same letter ‘n’ in the pattern, maps to two different letters ‘c’ and ‘d’ in the word. Hence, ‘cod’ is not a valid match.

For the word 'zcz':
Letter ‘n’ in the pattern maps to letter ‘z’ in the word.
Letter ‘i’ in the pattern maps to letter ‘c’ in the word.
Letter ‘n’ in the pattern maps to letter ‘z’ in the word.

As every letter in the pattern maps uniquely to a corresponding letter in the word. Hence 'zcz' is a valid match.
Problem approach

i told them about it with basic concept

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03
Round
Medium
HR Round
Duration20 minutes
Interview date20 Nov 2022
Coding problem1

1. Basic HR Questions

question like where do i see myself and my strength weakness

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