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SDE - 2

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3 rounds | 6 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
Before applying for this role, I was working at Expedia and Arcesium as a software developer. I worked for many years at both companies and learned a lot during my time there. As soon as I saw a job opening at Goldman Sachs, I started preparing for DSA again. I reviewed previous interview experiences and began taking mock interviews to master my coding skills once again.
Application story
I saw a job opening on the company's website. I reached out to many people on LinkedIn for a referral. One of the employees agreed to give me a referral. So, I applied through his referral, and then they called me for the interview rounds. The interviews went smoothly, and I got selected.
Why selected/rejected for the role?
I was selected because of my never-give-up attitude. I had a different way of approaching questions. I understood the question properly first and then thought of a solution for it. In this manner, I gave the answers clearly and confidently.
Preparation
Duration: 6 months
Topics: Data Structures, Algorithms, Database, System Design, Operating Systems
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Practice DP based questions as much as you can. 
Tip 2 : Also, be confident during the interview about your solution. For practice, you can prefer Coding Ninjas and others.

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: No criteria
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1: Keep it short. 

Tip 2: Mention the academic and professional projects you've completed. Add your educational details properly with the percentage or CGPA obtained.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Online Coding Test
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date19 Mar 2023
Coding problem2

1. Minimum Cost Path

Moderate
25m average time
70% success
0/80
Asked in companies
HSBCHCL TechnologiesHCL Technologies

You have been given a matrix of ‘N’ rows and ‘M’ columns filled up with integers. Find the minimum sum that can be obtained from a path which from cell (x,y) and ends at the top left corner (1,1).

From any cell in a row, we can move to the right, down or the down right diagonal cell. So from a particular cell (row, col), we can move to the following three cells:

Down: (row+1,col)
Right: (row, col+1)
Down right diagonal: (row+1, col+1)
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2. Convert Decimal To Irreducible Fraction

Easy
25m average time
75% success
0/40
Asked in companies
HCL TechnologiesMicrosoftHCL Technologies

You are given a real number, 'NUM'. You have to represent this number as an irreducible fraction of the form A/B, where 'A' and 'B' are the numerator and denominator respectively.

A fraction is called irreducible when the greatest common divisor (GCD/HCF) of the numerator and denominator is one.

Example :
Given 'NUM' : 1.75
Irreducible fraction  can be represented as 7/4.

Note that 14/8 = 1.75 as well, but 14/8 is not an irreducible fraction.
Note :
In order to preserve precision, the real number will be given to you in the form of two strings : the integer part, and the fractional part. 

The integer part will contain not more than 8 digits, whereas the fractional part will always contain 8 digits.
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02
Round
Easy
Face to Face
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date5 Apr 2023
Coding problem2

1. Magical Pattern

Easy
20m average time
80% success
0/40
Asked in companies
Reliance Jio Infocomm LtdGoldman SachsCRED

You have been given an integer 'N'. Your task is to print the Magical Pattern(see examples) for the given 'N'.

Example :

For 'N' : 4
Pattern :
4 3 2 1 2 3 4                                                                   
3 3 2 1 2 3 3                                                                   
2 2 2 1 2 2 2                                                                   
1 1 1 1 1 1 1                                                                   
2 2 2 1 2 2 2                                                                   
3 3 2 1 2 3 3                                                                   
4 3 2 1 2 3 4
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2. DFS Traversal

Moderate
35m average time
65% success
0/80
Asked in companies
SamsungIntuitGoldman Sachs

Given an undirected and disconnected graph G(V, E), containing 'V' vertices and 'E' edges, the information about edges is given using 'GRAPH' matrix, where i-th edge is between GRAPH[i][0] and GRAPH[i][1]. print its DFS traversal.

V is the number of vertices present in graph G and vertices are numbered from 0 to V-1. 

E is the number of edges present in graph G.
Note :
The Graph may not be connected i.e there may exist multiple components in a graph.
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03
Round
Easy
Face to Face
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date5 Apr 2023
Coding problem2

1. Count subsequence

Moderate
30m average time
60% success
0/80
Asked in companies
OracleHCL TechnologiesHCL Technologies

You have been given an integer array/list 'ARR' of size 'N'. Your task is to return the total number of those subsequences of the array in which all the elements are equal.

A subsequence of a given array is an array generated by deleting some elements of the given array with the order of elements in the subsequence remaining the same as the order of elements in the array.

Note :
As this value might be large, print it modulo 10^9 + 7
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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.
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