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Software Engineer II

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4 rounds | 5 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
For preparation, I mainly focused on DSA and core CS subjects like DBMS and OS. For DSA, I solved coding questions and participated in weekly challenges. For DBMS and OS, I read online articles and resources.
Application story
I applied through a hiring portal (either Naukri or Instahyre) and then received a call from HR, who scheduled all the rounds.
Why selected/rejected for the role?
All the rounds went well. I was able to answer most of the questions and solve the DSA problem within the given time, which impressed the interviewer.
Preparation
Duration: 2 Months
Topics: DSA, Problem Solving skills, OOPS, DBMS, System Design
Tip
Tip

Tip 1: Solve medium-level coding questions.
Tip 2: Understand the basics of system design.
Tip 3: Have knowledge of REST and DBMS.

Application process
Where: Naukri
Eligibility: 2+ years of experience in Software Development, (Salary Package: 19 LPA)
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1: Mention your previous experience.
Tip 2: Include some of your projects.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration60 minutes
Interview date20 Apr 2022
Coding problem1

It had two coding questions: one was easy and the other was medium-level.

1. Two Sum

Easy
10m average time
90% success
0/40
Asked in companies
Hexaware TechnologiesFacebookAmazon

You are given an array of integers 'ARR' of length 'N' and an integer Target. Your task is to return all pairs of elements such that they add up to Target.

Note:

We cannot use the element at a given index twice.

Follow Up:

Try to do this problem in O(N) time complexity. 
Problem approach

Using 2 pointers.

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02
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration60 minutes
Interview date28 Apr 2022
Coding problem1

It was a Zoom interview round. The interviewer was friendly and cooperative.

1. Count Ways To Reach The N-th Stairs

Moderate
30m average time
80% success
0/80
Asked in companies
InfosysTata Consultancy Services (TCS)Amazon

You have been given a number of stairs. Initially, you are at the 0th stair, and you need to reach the Nth stair.


Each time, you can climb either one step or two steps.


You are supposed to return the number of distinct ways you can climb from the 0th step to the Nth step.

Example :
N=3

Example

We can climb one step at a time i.e. {(0, 1) ,(1, 2),(2,3)} or we can climb the first two-step and then one step i.e. {(0,2),(1, 3)} or we can climb first one step and then two step i.e. {(0,1), (1,3)}.
Problem approach

First solved it using recursion and then applied DP to optimize it.

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03
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration60 minutes
Interview date28 Apr 2022
Coding problem2

It was a Zoom interview round. The interview was a medium-level difficult.

1. Search In Rotated Sorted Array

Moderate
30m average time
65% success
0/80
Asked in companies
Tata 1mgWalmartDelhivery

Aahad and Harshit always have fun by solving problems. Harshit took a sorted array consisting of distinct integers and rotated it clockwise by an unknown amount. For example, he took a sorted array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] and if he rotates it by 2, then the array becomes: [4, 5, 1, 2, 3].

After rotating a sorted array, Aahad needs to answer Q queries asked by Harshit, each of them is described by one integer Q[i]. which Harshit wanted him to search in the array. For each query, if he found it, he had to shout the index of the number, otherwise, he had to shout -1.

For each query, you have to complete the given method where 'key' denotes Q[i]. If the key exists in the array, return the index of the 'key', otherwise, return -1.

Note:

Can you solve each query in O(logN) ?
Problem approach

I applied binary search in a rotated array and solved it in nlogn time complexity

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04
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration45 minutes
Interview date30 Apr 2022
Coding problem1

It was a Managerial round. It was an easy round.

1. DBMS

Basics of DBMS, Deep discussion on my previous company work and project.

Problem approach

Tip 1: Should know each and everything about the things you have mentioned in your resume.

Here's your problem of the day

Solving this problem will increase your chance to get selected in this company

Skill covered: Programming

Which SQL keyword removes duplicate records from a result set?

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