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Associate Engineer

Harman International Pvt Ltd
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3 rounds | 6 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
I started my coding journey with Coding Ninjas, taking their courses in C++ and Data Structures & Algorithms (DSA), followed by a course in Machine Learning and Data Science. I mainly focused on problem-solving along with ongoing college projects and an internship.
Application story
I applied through my college. There were two rounds of tests. The online assessment consisted of a one-hour MCQ-based technical assessment followed by a one-hour coding challenge, totaling two hours. The online assessment could be virtual and would be video-proctored. Based on performance in the test, physical interviews were conducted on campus.
Why selected/rejected for the role?
Indeed, I was extended a job offer on the same day as my interview. Despite the fact that the interviewer, particularly during the technical assessment, aimed to perplex and challenge me on minor details, my performance in the interview was strong. It is crucial to maintain a high level of confidence during interviews to successfully navigate such situations.
Preparation
Duration: 5 months
Topics: OOPS, DATA STRUCTURE, ALGORITHMS, CLOUD COMPUTING, EMBEDDED C
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Practice as much as you can on codestudio.
Tip 2 : Be well versed with your projects and internship experience.
Tip 3 : Try to develop a habit on coding on paper.

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: yes, No gap during pursuing B.tech degrees, Gap of upto 1 year after XII to be accepted. CLASS X - Required: 60% , UG - Required: 7 CGPA, CLASS XII - Required: 60%
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Be well versed with your projects.
Tip 2 : Be very confident about the things you have written on resume.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Hard
Online Coding Interview
Duration120 minutes
Interview date12 Aug 2020
Coding problem2

It was a proctored round of 120 minutes, with 1 hour dedicated to various types of questions ranging from OOPS, CLOUD, DSA, PROBLEM SOLVING, and OS. Every round was time-bound. The coding round comprised 2 questions.

1. Move Zeroes To End

Moderate
30m average time
70% success
0/80
Asked in companies
AmazonMicrosoftThought Works

Given an unsorted array of integers, you have to move the array elements in a way such that all the zeroes are transferred to the end, and all the non-zero elements are moved to the front. The non-zero elements must be ordered in their order of appearance.

For example, if the input array is: [0, 1, -2, 3, 4, 0, 5, -27, 9, 0], then the output array must be:

[1, -2, 3, 4, 5, -27, 9, 0, 0, 0].

Expected Complexity: Try doing it in O(n) time complexity and O(1) space complexity. Here, ‘n’ is the size of the array.

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2. Sliding Maximum

Moderate
25m average time
85% success
0/80
Asked in companies
AmazonAmerican ExpressSquadstack

You are given an array 'ARR' of integers of length 'N' and a positive integer 'K'. You need to find the maximum elements for each and every contiguous subarray of size K of the array.

For example
'ARR' =  [3, 4, -1, 1, 5] and 'K' = 3
Output =  [4, 4, 5]

Since the maximum element of the first subarray of length three ([3, 4, -1]) is 4, the maximum element of the second subarray of length three ([4, -1, 1]) is also 4 and the maximum element of the last subarray of length three ([-1, 1, 5]) is 5, so you need to return [4, 4, 5]. 
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02
Round
Hard
Face to Face
Duration45 minutes
Interview date8 Sep 2020
Coding problem2

1. Count vowels, consonants, and spaces

Easy
10m average time
90% success
0/40
Asked in companies
SamsungGoldman SachsCapegemini Consulting India Private Limited

Given a string, write a program to count the number of vowels, consonants, and spaces in that string.

EXAMPLE :
Input: ‘N’= 25, ‘s’ =”Take u forward is Awesome”
Output: 10 11 4
Problem approach

In this program, we will take a string and a character as input, and it will count the occurrence of the given character. This program also counts spaces.

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2. Compress the String

Moderate
25m average time
60% success
0/80
Asked in companies
AdobeMathworksCIS - Cyber Infrastructure

Ninja has been given a program to do basic string compression. For a character that is consecutively repeated more than once, he needs to replace the consecutive duplicate occurrences with the count of repetitions.

Example:

If a string has 'x' repeated 5 times, replace this "xxxxx" with "x5".

The string is compressed only when the repeated character count is more than 1.

Note :

The consecutive count of every character in the input string is less than or equal to 9.
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03
Round
Medium
HR Round
Duration20 minutes
Interview date22 Sep 2020
Coding problem2

The round was conducted right after the technical round. The HR round is not at all difficult. They mainly wanted to check your articulation and enunciation skills.

1. Reverse the String

Easy
15m average time
85% success
0/40
Asked in companies
IBMFacebookAcko

You are given a string 'STR'. The string contains [a-z] [A-Z] [0-9] [special characters]. You have to find the reverse of the string.

For example:

 If the given string is: STR = "abcde". You have to print the string "edcba".
follow up:
Try to solve the problem in O(1) space complexity. 
Problem approach

Tip 1 : Be very confident
Tip 2 : Don't try to outwit the HR by appearing very frank or over smart.
Tip 3 : Have good command over your communication.

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2. Basic HR Questions

What is your vision?

What change you wish to bring to the company?

Here's your problem of the day

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

Skill covered: Programming

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