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Analyst

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4 rounds | 4 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 12 Months
Topics: Array, Linked lists, Stacks, Queue, Dynamic Programming, OS, DBMS
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Try out basic leetcode questions
Tip 2 : Speak out the logic with the interviewer, they are testing your analytical skills, not how correctly you know the syntax

Application process
Where: Company Website
Eligibility: No Criteria
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Don't lie on resume
Tip 2 : Make sure that whatever is on resume, you go thorough with each topic/project

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration90 Minutes
Interview date20 Feb 2021
Coding problem1

Test was at 11am, we were gicing the test from home, aand were asked to switch on the web camera, and there was tab monitoring. The test had negative marking as well for MCQ questions +5, -2, so only answer those question which you are absolutely sure of.

1. Greatest Common Divisor

Easy
15m average time
85% success
0/40
Asked in companies
OracleGoldman SachsDell Technologies

You are given two numbers, ‘X’ and ‘Y’. Your task is to find the greatest common divisor of the given two numbers.

The Greatest Common Divisor of any two integers is the largest number that divides both integers.

For Example:
You are given ‘X’ as 20 and ‘Y’ as 15. The greatest common divisor, which divides both 15 and 20, is 5. Hence the answer is 5.
Problem approach

I had practiced similar questions and hence was able to solve this.

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02
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date21 Apr 2021
Coding problem1

Interview started at around 10:30am

1. Circular Tour

Easy
35m average time
85% success
0/40
Asked in companies
AdobeMicrosoftExpedia Group

You have been given a circular path. There are N petrol pumps on this path that are numbered from 0 to N - 1 (Both inclusive). Each petrol pump has two values associated with it:

1)The amount of petrol that is available at this particular petrol pump.

2)The distance to reach the next petrol pump.

You are on a truck having an empty tank of infinite capacity. You can start the tour from any of the petrol pumps. Your task is to calculate the first petrol pump from where the truck will be able to complete the full circle or determine if it is impossible to do so.

You may assume that the truck will stop at every petrol pump and it will add the petrol from that pump to its tank. The truck will move one kilometre for each litre of petrol consumed.

Problem approach

Had seen this code before, tried the hard coding one just to have a fall safe solution. And then spent 30min in optimising the code

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03
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date21 Apr 2021
Coding problem1

Started at around 1pm, Interviewer was a senior person from hiring team

1. System Design Question

Parking Lot design

Problem approach

Tip 1 : Read basics of system design
Tip 2 : Get your requirements before you dwell into designing
Tip 3 : Talk with the interviewer

04
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date21 Apr 2021
Coding problem1

Final round, with Senior person non-hiring team

1. Puzzle

Basic questions related to speed time distance, profit-loss, prime factors, etc

Problem approach

Tip 1 : Keep calm and hear the question thoroughly
Tip 2 : Don't rush to answer, even if you get it in few seconds, take your time.

Here's your problem of the day

Solving this problem will increase your chance to get selected in this company

Skill covered: Programming

How do you remove whitespace from the start of a string?

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