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Associate Software Engineer

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2 rounds | 3 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
I have cleared the coding round but was unfortunately rejected in the technical round. In the coding round, there were easy-to-medium coding questions, and in the technical interview, I was asked basic Python implementation-related questions and DBMS questions.
Application story
I applied through LinkedIn. There was an opening shown on LinkedIn Jobs. After that, I received a call from the HR team.
Why selected/rejected for the role?
I don't know. I gave my best in the interview, but unfortunately, it was not clear that round. But rejection is a part of life. It gives the motivation to be successful.
Preparation
Duration: 1 Month
Topics: Data Structures & Algorithms, Operating System, Object-Oriented Programming System, DBMS, CN
Tip
Tip

Tip 1: Prepare DSA well; I personally recommend Coding Ninjas for interview preparation.
Tip 2: Be confident and relaxed during the interview.
Tip 3: Revise your projects, including how they work and their functionalities.

Application process
Where: Other
Eligibility: No
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1: Keep your resume short and try to limit it to one page, while mentioning all the skills you are confident in.
Tip 2: Do not include false information on your resume.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Online Coding Interview
Duration70 minutes
Interview date7 Oct 2022
Coding problem2

This round had coding questions and 10 MCQ questions.

1. Unbounded Knapsack

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

You are given ‘n’ items with certain ‘profit’ and ‘weight’ and a knapsack with weight capacity ‘w’.


You need to fill the knapsack with the items in such a way that you get the maximum profit. You are allowed to take one item multiple times.


Example:
Input: 
'n' = 3, 'w' = 10, 
'profit' = [5, 11, 13]
'weight' = [2, 4, 6]

Output: 27

Explanation:
We can fill the knapsack as:

1 item of weight 6 and 1 item of weight 4.
1 item of weight 6 and 2 items of weight 2.
2 items of weight 4 and 1 item of weight 2.
5 items of weight 2.

The maximum profit will be from case 3 = 11 + 11 + 5 = 27. Therefore maximum profit = 27.


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2. Hurdle Game

Easy
10m average time
90% success
0/40
Asked in companies
Goldman SachsMedia.netGartner

Once Kevin is playing a hurdle game in which he has to jump some hurdles to clear a particular level. Each level ‘i’ has ‘i’ hurdles (for example, level 6 has 6 hurdles).

You are provided with the total number of hurdles that Kevin has jumped, you have to tell how many levels he has cleared.

Note :

Kevin has played this game once. He can only reach the level ‘i’ if and only if he has already cleared the level (‘i’ - 1).
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02
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration50 Minutes
Interview date10 Oct 2022
Coding problem1

Asked me questions about Python implementation. The interviewer asked me database questions such as normalization and indexing.

1. Maximum Sum Path Of A Binary Tree.

Hard
25m average time
75% success
0/120
Asked in companies
HikeSamsungDirecti

You are given a binary tree having 'n' nodes. Each node of the tree has an integer value.


Your task is to find the maximum possible sum of a simple path between any two nodes (possibly the same) of the given tree.


A simple path is a path between any two nodes of a tree, such that no edge in the path is repeated twice. The sum of a simple path is defined as the summation of all node values in a path.

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