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Software Engineer Intern

Goldman Sachs
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2 rounds | 3 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 3 Months
Topics: Data structures and algorithms, Object Oriented Programming, Operating system, Database Management, C++
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Learn all basic data structures and algorithms 
Tip 2 : Try to solve some Aptitude questions
Tip 3 : Practice Lot of questions in C++

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: CGPA > 6.5
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : include at least one good project and prepare for it well
Tip 2 : make your resume Simple, One paged and well structures(you can use online templates)

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration90 Miinutes
Interview date2 Aug 2020
Coding problem2

This round contains 20 MCQ questions and 2 Coding questions and It was 90 minutes round
Timings were of the morning
This round was online on hackerrank platform
There was proper procuring with web cam 
MCQ questions were from aptitude and oops section
Coding Questions : 1st question is medium level question, 2nd was a little bit tough question for me
Overall it was medium level in toughness

1. Connect N Ropes With Minimum Cost

Easy
20m average time
80% success
0/40
Asked in companies
ArcesiumUberOptum

You have been given 'N' ropes of different lengths, we need to connect these ropes into one rope. The cost to connect two ropes is equal to sum of their lengths. We need to connect the ropes with minimum cost.

The test-data is such that the result will fit into a 32-bit integer.

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2. Zero Matrix

Easy
20m average time
80% success
0/40
Asked in companies
AmazonGoldman SachsRedBus

You are given a matrix 'MATRIX' of dimension 'N' x 'M'. Your task is to make all the elements of row 'i' and column 'j' equal to 0 if any element in the ith row or jth column of the matrix is 0.

Note:

1) The number of rows should be at least 1.

2) The number of columns should be at least 1.

3) For example, refer to the below matrix illustration: 

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02
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration30 Minutes
Interview date5 Aug 2020
Coding problem1

Timing = afternoon
Environment : it was on zoom call
Interviewer was friendly, he asked one question that was tough

1. Similar Strings

Easy
20m average time
80% success
0/40
Asked in companies
WalmartGoldman SachsAmazon

You are given two strings, ‘A’ and ‘B’ each of length ‘N’. Your task is to print 1 if ‘A’ is similar to ‘B’.

Note :

String ‘A’ is said to be similar to string ‘B’ if and only if 
1. ‘A’ is equal to ‘B’.
2. Divide both ‘A’ and ‘B’ into two – two strings ‘A1’, ‘A2’ , ‘B1’ and ‘B2’ such that both of them('A1' and 'A2') have same size. Then at least one of the following must hold true:
   a. ‘A1’ is similar to ‘B1’ and ‘A2’ is similar to ‘B2’.
   b. ‘A1’ is similar to ‘B2’ and ‘A2’ is similar to ‘B1’.
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