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SDE - Intern
FinIQ
3 rounds | 4 Coding
problems
Selected Interview preparation journey
Journey
Started coding when I was in 1st year. I got to know that to get an internship we have to do coding.
I started with basic coding and started with hacker rank and gradually increased the difficulty of the problem. After that I moved to leetcode and solved problems on the basis of tags first easy then medium then hard.
Application story
I got a message in my telegram group about the company visiting our campus to hire SDE-Intern. As, It was the peak season for the internships, it was sure that I was going to apply for it. I started preparing accordingly (DSA and core subjects).
Why selected/rejected for the role?
I was accepted as I answered all the given questions correctly. Also I had active participation in the Group Discussion rounds.
Preparation
Duration: 3 months
Topics: Data Structures, Algorithms, System Design, Aptitude, OOPS
Tip 1 : Must do Previously asked Interview as well as Online Test Questions.
Tip 2 : Go through all the previous interview experiences from Codestudio and Leetcode.
Tip 3 : Do at-least 2 good projects and you must know every bit of them.
Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: Above 7 CGPA
Tip 1 : Have at-least 2 good projects explained in short with all important points covered.
Tip 2 : Every skill must be mentioned.
Tip 3 : Focus on skills, projects and experiences more.
Interview rounds
01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration90 minutes
Interview date12 Oct 2022
Coding problem1
The first round was the online test. This online test consists of 6 sections. The time limit for the online test was 90 minutes.
1. Armstrong Number
Easy
15m average time
85% success
0/40
Asked in companies
You are given an integer ‘NUM’ . Your task is to find out whether this number is an Armstrong number or not.
A k-digit number ‘NUM’ is an Armstrong number if and only if the k-th power of each digit sums to ‘NUM’.
Example
153 = 1^3 + 5^3 + 3^3.
Therefore 153 is an Armstrong number.
Problem approach
The first step will be to find the length of the number.
Initialize an integer k = 0, it will be used to find the length of the number.
Initialise an integer sum = 0.
Run a while loop till num is not equal to 0 (to calculate the length of number):
Increment k by 1.
Run a while loop till num is not equal to 0:
The current digit will be num%10.
Add (current digit) ^ k into sum.
Make num = num/10.
Check if ‘sum’ is equal to the initial number.
02
Round
Easy
Group Discussion
Duration10 minutes
Interview date12 Oct 2022
Coding problem1
100 students were divided into 10 groups of 10 each. Topic for our group was “India protests too much, do you agree or disagree?”
1. GD Question
Topic for our group was “India protests too much, do you agree or disagree?”
Problem approach
100 students were divided into 10 groups of 10 each. We have been given 1 minute to think about the topic and 9 minutes to discuss it.
03
Round
Easy
Face to Face
Duration40 minutes
Interview date12 Oct 2022
Coding problem2
This was the third and the last round with questions on communication skills and technical skill set.
1. DBMS
Difference in Where and having clause?
Questions about relational and non-relational databases
2. OOPs
What is dangling pointer?
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