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SDE - Intern
Expedia Group
3 rounds | 4 Coding
problems
Rejected
Interview preparation journey
Preparation
Duration: 3 months
Topics: Dynamic Programming, OOPS, Computer Networks, Computer System Architecture, Operating System, Data Structures, Pointers
Tip 1 : When you are explaining the approach to a question, try to parallelly think about how you would code it.
Tip 2 : Read the previous interview experiences. It would give a fair idea of the kind of questions one should expect.
Tip 3 : Practice atleast 200 questions from coding platforms like CodeZen, LeetCode, Interviewbit as they contain common
interview questions.
Application process
Where: Referral
Eligibility: Above 8 CGPA
Tip 1 : Mention at least 1 project and past work experience as it sets good impression.
Tip 2 : Try to keep your resume of 1 Page.
Interview rounds
01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration60 minutes
Interview date13 Nov 2020
Coding problem2
This round was conducted in Hackerrank portal for a total duration of 75 minutes and was divided into 4 sections.
1st Section : Aptitude Section : 14 questions , 28 minutes
2nd Section : Technical Section : 12 questions , 17 minutes
3rd Section :1 coding Questions : 20 minutes+30 minutes
1. SQL Question
Write a query that prints a list of employee names (i.e.: the name attribute) for employees in Employee having a salary greater than $2000 per month who have been employees for less than months. Sort your result by ascending employee_id.
2. Code correction
Given a Problem Statement and a Code we need to find the bug in the code and correct the given code.
02
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration40 minutes
Interview date21 Nov 2020
Coding problem1
I was shared a link of Google Meet and the Google Docs was shared where there was 1 coding problem to be coded there and then the code was run on an IDE to check the sample tests.
Then the interview was followed by a lot of Operating System and Computer System Architecture Questions.
There were 2 Interviewers and both were helpful.
The timing was from 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
1. Count Of Substrings Consisting Only Of Vowels
Easy
20m average time
80% success
0/40
Asked in companies
You are a string ‘S’. Your task is to count all the “substrings” of ‘S’ that contain only “vowels”.
Note :
1. The string ‘S’ consists of only lowercase English alphabets.
2. A ‘substring’ is a contiguous sequence of characters within a string.
3. Recall that vowels in lowercase English alphabets are: {‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘o’, ‘u’}.
03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration15 minutes
Interview date2 Dec 2020
Coding problem1
The round was held on Google Meet with HR from 3:00 PM to 3:15 PM.
The HR was friendly and asked the basic questions.
1. Basic HR Questions
How quickly do you adapt to new technology?
What software packages are you familiar with?
Problem approach
Tip 1 : Have practical approach towards the questions.
Tip 2 : Be confident and voice should be loud and clear
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