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4 rounds | 4 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 3 Months
Topics: DBMS, SQL, System Design, Algo & DS, Web Technologies.
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Establish a strong foundation in algo & DS by practicing on online platforms
Tip 2 : Build demonstrable projects in any of your preferred technologies
Tip 3 : Research about the company before the interview

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: 6 CGPA
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Follow the standard Harvard format. 
Tip 2 : Keep it short and highlight your most significant achievements and skills.
Tip 3 : Double check for grammatical and spelling mistakes
Tip 4 : Get feedback from peers and experienced professionals

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration90 minutes
Interview date7 Aug 2019
Coding problem1

1. DBMS

  1. What are Joins?
  2. Define ER relationships
  3. Explain Normalization
  4. What are ACID principles?
Problem approach

Tip 1 : Go through DBMS concepts
Tip 2 : Revise them time to time

02
Round
Easy
Group Discussion
Duration45 minutes
Interview date7 Aug 2019
Coding problem1

1. Group Discussion

Bollywood films and Hollywood influence on Indian music is harming folk culture. What are your views on this?

Problem approach

Tip 1 : Be patient
Tip 2 : Be confident
Tip 3 : Help others in presenting their ideas

03
Round
Medium
Face to Face
Duration30 minutes
Interview date7 Aug 2019
Coding problem1

Questions on programming, algorithm and DS, UI/UX design, discussion over project work.
I was also asked to quickly design the structure of a webpage in HTML.

1. System Design

Design the layout of a web page. How will you make it responsive and write the barebone HTML for it.

Problem approach

Tip 1 : Get a clear understanding of the problem
Tip 2 : Create a roadmap for solving it in your mind
Tip 3 : Show your approach and how did you get there

04
Round
Easy
Face to Face
Duration30 minutes
Interview date7 Aug 2019
Coding problem1

I was tested on my problem solving abilities because I listed it as one of my skills. A series of programming questions were asked each demanding an optimization over the previous approach.

1. Anagram Substring Search

Moderate
35m average time
70% success
0/80
Asked in companies
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Given two strings ‘STR’ and ‘PTR’. Find all the starting indices of ‘PTR’ anagram substring in ‘STR’. Two strings are anagram if and only if one string can be converted into another string by rearranging the character.

For example, ‘ABCD’ and ‘ACBD’ are two anagram strings because ‘ACBD’ can be converted into ‘ABCD’ by rearranging the ‘B’ and ‘C’. ’ABA’ and ‘ABB’ are not anagram because we can’t convert ‘ABA’ to ‘ABB’ by rearranging the characters of particular strings.

‘ABACD’ and ‘CABAD’ are anagram because ‘ABACD’ can be converted into ‘CABAD’ by rearranging the first ‘A’ with ‘C’ and second ‘A’ with ‘B’.

Note:
Strings ‘STR’ and ‘PTR’ consist only of English uppercases.

Length of string ‘STR’ will always be greater than or equal to the length of string ‘PTR’.

The index is ‘0’ based.

In case, there is no anagram substring then return an empty sequence.

Explanation:

For example, the given ‘STR’ is ‘BACDGABCD’ and ‘PTR’ is ‘ABCD’. Indices are given

0-3 in ‘STR’ index 0,1,2,3 are ‘BACD’ and it is an anagram with ‘ABCD’
1-4 in ‘STR’ index 1,2,3,4 are ‘ACDG’ and it is not anagram with ‘ABCD’
2-5 in ‘STR’ index 2,3,4,5 are ‘CDGA’ and it is not anagram with ‘ABCD’
3-6 in ‘STR’ index 3,4,5,6 are ‘DGAB’ and it is not anagram with ‘ABCD’
4-7 in ‘STR’ index 4,5,6,7 are ‘GABC’ and it is not anagram with ‘ABCD’
5-8 in ‘STR’ index 5,6,7,8 are ‘ABCD’ and it is an anagram with ‘ABCD’

Hence there are 2 starting indices of substrings in the string ‘STR’ that are anagram with given ‘PTR’  which are index 0 and 5.
Problem approach

Start from brute approach, to standard string matching algorithms. Also, you can throw in some actual real world use case for the problem. You can ask where will we face this kind of problem and you can suggest some out of box solutions as well. Like searching in large texts, you can suggest indexing it and so on.

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