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SDE - Intern

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2 rounds | 4 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 3 Months
Topics: Data Structures, Pointers, OOPS, System Design, Algorithms, Dynamic Programming
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : You must have a grip over Data Structures and algorithms. Your concepts must be crystal clear. Pick one coding platform and try to practice at least 7-10 coding questions everyday. I completed around 200+ questions on Leetcode, 200+ questions on Geek For Geeks and around 30-40 questions on InterviewBit.
Tip 2 : After attempting any coding problem, analyze its time and space complexity. See, if you can further optimize your solution. You can always check the editorials and compare your solution with it.
Tip 3 : Apart from coding questions keep studying concepts of Operating Systems, databases and object oriented programming. You can always refer to Geeks For Geeks articles for it. Also, Coding Ninja's Data Structures and algorithms course in C++ helped me a lot in improving my OOPS concepts specifically.

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: 7 and above
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : You do not need to have a long list of projects on your resume. One good project with proper knowledge of it will do good. Similarly, do not list down several number of skills. Few skills but roper knowledge of them are enough.
Tip 2 : Do not fake anything on your resume. The interviewer gets to know about it by asking questions. If you aren't able to answer, it leaves a negative impact.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Hard
Video Call
Duration45 Minutes
Interview date2 Sep 2021
Coding problem2

1. Position of Right Most Set Bit

Easy
10m average time
90% success
0/40
Asked in companies
Morgan StanleyExpedia GroupAmazon

You are given a number N. You need to return the position of the rightmost set bit.

For example:
If the given number is 10 with the binary representation: 1010
The rightmost set bit would be 2 (counted from right). 
Problem approach

You are given a number N. You need to return the position of the rightmost set bit.

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2. Longest Common Subsequence

Moderate
39m average time
0/80
Asked in companies
PayPalSliceShareChat

Given two strings, 'S' and 'T' with lengths 'M' and 'N', find the length of the 'Longest Common Subsequence'.

For a string 'str'(per se) of length K, the subsequences are the strings containing characters in the same relative order as they are present in 'str,' but not necessarily contiguous. Subsequences contain all the strings of length varying from 0 to K.

Example :
Subsequences of string "abc" are:  ""(empty string), a, b, c, ab, bc, ac, abc.
Problem approach

Memo approach also worked

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02
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration45 minutes
Interview date1 Sep 2021
Coding problem2

1. Count Ways To Reach The N-th Stairs

Moderate
30m average time
80% success
0/80
Asked in companies
OYOLinkedInGrab

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.

Note:

Note: Since the number of ways can be very large, return the answer modulo 1000000007.
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

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 either climb one step or two steps. You are supposed to return the number of distinct ways in which you can climb from the 0th step to Nth step.

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2. Puzzle

this was a standard water jug problem
You are given two jugs, a 4-gallon one and a 3-gallon one, a pump which has unlimited water which you can use to fill the jug, and the ground on which water may be poured. Neither jug has any measuring markings on it. How can you get exactly 2 gallons of water in the 4-gallon jug?

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