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SDE - 2

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4 rounds | 4 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 6 Months
Topics: Mainly DSA. Trees and Linked List are very important. For DP and Graph, I covered only the commonly asked questions. Kept practicing other Stack/Queue, Binary Search questions - random questions from Leetcode - Easy(30%) and Medium(70%). OOPS and Memory Management (malloc, calloc, memory leak and garbage collection) are expected questions in almost all the interviews. Prepare OOPS with examples. SQL is asked in some interviews, covered major topics (joins, group by, nested query) and questions from interviewBit. Puzzles are asked in managerial round, one interviewer had asked 5 puzzles in the same round. I followed interviewBit and Geeksforgeeks, but geeksforgeeks alone is sufficient. System design was rarely asked, so I avoided it.
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Practice DSA in a time-bound environment after you are comfortable with majority of topics. Contest (leetcode) are best for this. If unable to solve a problem after 30 min, refer the solution (explanation part only, not code) and try to code by yourself. This scenario can happen in interview.
Tip 2 : Make a plan and prepare, set deadline. e.g. Array track of InterviewBit has to be covered in 7 days and whatever questions are left out will be covered later. Move to the next topic after deadline. As a student, 2 project with quality work or which u can explain in depth is sufficient. 
Tip 3 : Prepare a note for everything you have mentioned in resume (project section). Preapre for questions like alternative approaches, challenges faced and your contribution to the group project. Few people I know were not able to cover all the topics because they spent too much time on basic topics.

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: 90% fo companies have 7CGPA critera. Dell was hiring only M.Tech candidates.
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1: Follow any famous resume template. e.g. Overleaf Deedy Template. 
Tip 2: Have a good idea about everything mentioned in resume, the interviewer will pick anything in random from the resume and ask multiple questions from it. Go through the resume and prepare a note for everything mentioned in your resume.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Online Coding Interview
Duration45 minutes
Interview date29 Aug 2020
Coding problem1

11:30 in the morning, proctored online test
MCQ based question on CS topics - DSA, Computer Network, OS, Database, C/C++, Cloud Computing

1. OS Questions

Question on semaphore with what will be value in semaphore after a given number of given operations

Problem approach

Tip 1: Go through GATE questions. 
Tip 2: Go through MCQ from GFG.

02
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration45 minutes
Interview date7 Sep 2020
Coding problem1

The interview was scheduled around 10am. The interview covered mainly theory OS and Computer network questions. I was asked to explain 2 out of 4 project mentioned in resume and was asked few questions based on the project.

1. OS Questions

What are semaphores?

What is a deadlock?

03
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration45 minutes
Interview date7 Sep 2020
Coding problem1

This was a managerial round scheduled in the afternoon. The interviewer asked technical questions related to OS and then behavioral questions. This round also asked for a resume project explanation. Few puzzles were also asked.

1. Behavioral questions

"What would you do in a situation if ...?" type questions and few puzzles

04
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration25 minutes
Interview date7 Sep 2020
Coding problem1

HR round for cultural fit.

1. Basic HR Questions

How would you react if a team member does not support you in a project

Here's your problem of the day

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

Skill covered: Programming

What is recursion?

Choose another skill to practice
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