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SDE - Intern

Disney + Hotstar
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3 rounds | 4 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
When I was in school, the field of Computer Science excited me. Then, I got admission to BITS Pilani, Goa, as I had always dreamed of becoming a Software Developer, so I started pursuing that path. I learned DSA and web development to build an attractive resume. In my third year of graduation, I applied for the Apple SDE internship, as having an intern profile on your resume is essential.
Application story
I learned that Disney+ Hotstar was hiring an SDE intern when I was in the third year of my graduation. I applied through Internshala and received an email from them assigning me an assessment test. I passed that test, then the interview process began, and finally, I was selected for the role.
Why selected/rejected for the role?
I believe I had the appropriate skills and sufficient knowledge to prove that I was the right person for the position. I also solved coding questions optimally.
Preparation
Duration: 2 Months
Topics: primarily DSA, Linked list, Stack, Queue, Graphs, Tree, DP
Tip
Tip

Tip 1: Aptitude is must.
Tip 2: Practice puzzle problems.
Tip 3: Do at least 2 projects.

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: 7 CGPA
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1: Projects should be clearly mentioned.
Tip 2: Also, don't forget to include your grades for all academic levels.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Hard
Video Call
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date14 Dec 2022
Coding problem1

This round was scheduled in the morning from 10:30 to 11:15 AM. I was informed about it two days earlier through both an email and a phone call.

1. Ninja And Candies

Moderate
15m average time
85% success
0/80
Asked in companies
Goldman SachsAmazonApple

Ninja is a boy who lives in ninjaland. Every day, during the morning he gets 1 coin from his mother. He wants to buy exactly ‘N’ candies. Each of the candies cost 2 coins usually and 1 coin if it is on sale. Ninja has to buy exactly K[i] candies of the i-th type(he buys candies in the evening).

Ninjas can buy any(possibly zero) number of candies of any type during any day(if he has enough money to do it). If the candy is on sale he can buy it for 1 coin and otherwise he has to buy it for 2 coins.

There are ‘M’ special offers in the candy shop. The j-th offer (D[j], C[j]) means that candies of the C[j]-th type are on sale during the D[j]-th day.

Ninja wants to buy all candies as soon as possible. Your task is to calculate the minimum day when he can buy all the candies.

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02
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date15 Dec 2022
Coding problem2

After the first round, some candidates were shortlisted, and I was one of them; my interview was scheduled for the same time, one day later.

1. Umbrella

Moderate
25m average time
75% success
0/80
Asked in companies
FacebookVisaGoldman Sachs

You are given ‘N’ types of umbrellas, where each umbrella can shelter some number of people. Given the number of people each umbrella can shelter in the array “UMBRELLA”, you need to determine the minimum number of umbrellas required to cover exactly ‘M’ people with umbrellas.

Note -

You have an infinite number of umbrellas of each type.
If it is not possible to shelter exactly ‘M’ people then print -1. 
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2. Santa Claus and His Magic Bag

Easy
10m average time
90% success
0/40
Asked in companies
Disney + HotstarVisa

This year Santa Claus got a magic bag for bringing gifts for children. So magical thing about this magic bag is that, whenever the number of gifts inside the bag becomes strictly less than 'K' gifts, it automatically refills back to its full capacity(say its capacity is of 'N' gifts). Now a child can ask for 'M' (some positive integer less than 'N') gifts from Santa. This reduces the number of gifts in the bag by 'M'.

On the occasion of Christmas, when Santa Claus arrived, children of your locality made a queue for taking gifts from Santa Claus. But some greedy kids can ask for more gifts than the current number of gifts in the bag which is regarded as invalid demand and that kid doesn't get any gift.

You are watching this distribution of gifts, and become curious about knowing the number of gifts remaining in Santa's bag after giving gifts to a kid. You get the ordered list of demands of kids as 'DEMANDS', can you tell which are invalid demands and how many gifts left in the bag if the demand is valid?

Note:

1. You can assume Magic Bag is completely filled initially.

2. If the demand by a kid is invalid print -1 which will denote this invalid demand.
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03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration30 Minutes
Interview date15 Dec 2022
Coding problem1

It was a simple conversation; no shortlisting was done here, and all the students who passed the previous round were offered the role.

1. Basic HR Questions

Who is your role model?

Tell me about yourself.

Problem approach

Tip 1: Try to be practical when making a claim.
Tip 2: Try to be honest and disciplined with your answers.

Here's your problem of the day

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

Skill covered: Programming

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