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SDE - Intern

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2 rounds | 4 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 2.5 months
Topics: Data Structures, Algorithms, OOPs, DBMS, SQL, Web Development
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Do not rush into things. Learning takes time. Focus should be on the concepts and not just on leaving topics half-prepared. Devote 70% of both time and effort to DSA. I solved a total of around 500 questions on sites like GFG and Leetcode. Do not repeat similar questions just to increase the count of the number of questions

Tip 2 : Competitive Programming is a bonus and not a necessity, rather focus on core DSA based problems before trying CP. Do not pursue CP if you do not like it. Devote that extra time to core CS subjects and aptitude preparation.

Tip 3 : Projects play an important role too, do no ignore them. Try to get your hands dirty with a little bit of every field i.e., frontend, backend, and database.

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: Above 7 CGPA
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Try to make a single-page resume. Highlight skills, projects, and work experience more than CGPA. Ensure proper spacing and font to maintain professionalism.

Tip 2 : Does not lie on a resume. Everything written on your resume must be known by you in and out.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration45 minutes
Interview date1 Dec 2021
Coding problem2

1. Two and Four Wheeler Roads

Hard
48m average time
0/120
Asked in companies
Wells FargoGoldman SachsGartner

There is a country with 'N' cities and 'M' bidirectional roads of 3 types.

Type 1: Two Wheeler Road, It means only vehicles having two wheels can use this road.
Type 2: Four Wheeler Road, It means only vehicles having four wheels can use this road.
Type 3: Both two and four Wheeler Road, It means this road can be used by both type of vehicles.

The problem is to find the maximum number of roads that can be removed such that a path exists for every pair of cities for each two-wheeler and four-wheeler vehicle.

Note:
1. Roads may form a cycle.

2. The cities do not have multiple same roads i.e all the roads are unique.

3. If every city cannot be reached, then return -1.
Problem approach

There is a country with 'N' cities and 'M' bidirectional roads of 3 types.
Type 1: Two Wheeler Road, It means only vehicles having two wheels can use this road.
Type 2: Four Wheeler Road, It means only vehicles having four wheels can use this road.
Type 3: Both two and four Wheeler Road, It means this road can be used by both type of vehicles.
The problem is to find the maximum number of roads that can be removed such that a path exists for every pair of cities for each two-wheeler and four-wheeler vehicle.

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2. Best Time to Buy and Sell

Moderate
20m average time
80% success
0/80
Asked in companies
HCL TechnologiesGoldman SachsMakeMyTrip

You are given an array(PRICES) of stock prices for N consecutive days. Your task is to find the maximum profit that you can make by completing as many transactions as you like, where a transaction denotes buying one and selling one share of the stock.

Note:

You must sell the stock before you buy it again.
Problem approach

You are given an array(PRICES) of stock prices for N consecutive days. Your task is to find the maximum profit that you can make by completing as many transactions as you like, where a transaction denotes buying one and selling one share of the stock.

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02
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration45 minutes
Interview date1 Dec 2021
Coding problem2

1. Arithmetic Progression Queries

Ninja
44m average time
50% success
0/200
Asked in companies
OYOFacebookGoldman Sachs

Given an integer array(ARR) of size N, the following operations need to be performed:

update(l, r, val) : Add (val + i) to arr[l + i] where, 0 <= i <= r - l.

rangeSum(l, r): return the sum of all elements in the array from index l to r, i.e., the sum of array arr[l...r].

Two type of queries denote these operations:

Type 1: for update(l, r, val) operation.
Type 2: for rangeSum(l, r) operation.

Note: (1 based indexing) for the queries.
Problem approach

Given an integer array(ARR) of size N, the following operations need to be performed:
update(l, r, val) : Add (val + i) to arr[l + i] where, 0 <= i <= r - l.

rangeSum(l, r): return the sum of all elements in the array from index l to r, i.e., the sum of array arr[l...r].
Two type of queries denote these operations:
Type 1: for update(l, r, val) operation.
Type 2: for rangeSum(l, r) operation.

Note : (1 based indexing) for the queries.

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2. Word Search

Moderate
30m average time
60% success
0/80
Asked in companies
OlaGoldman SachsIBM

You are given a 2D board('N' rows and 'M' columns) of characters and a string 'word'.


Your task is to return true if the given word exists in the grid, else return false. The word can be constructed from letters of sequentially adjacent cells, where adjacent cells are horizontally or vertically neighboring.


Note:
The same letter cell should not be used more than once.
For Example:
For a given word “design” and the given 2D board 
[[q’, ‘v’, ‘m’, ‘h’],
 [‘d’, ‘e’, ‘s’, ‘i’],
 [‘d’, ‘g’, ‘f’, ‘g’],
 [‘e’, ‘c’, ‘p’, ‘n’]]

The word design can be formed by sequentially adjacent cells as shown by the highlighted color in the 2nd row and last column.

board

Problem approach

You are given a two-dimensional grid having 'N' rows and 'M' columns, consisting of upper case characters. You are also given a word 'WORD'. You have to find the number of occurrences of that word in the grid.
Starting from a given cell, a word can be formed by moving in all eight directions: horizontally left, horizontally right, vertically up, vertically down, and four diagonal directions.

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