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Associate Engineer

Harman International Pvt Ltd
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3 rounds | 3 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
I started my coding journey from coding ninjas itself, doing their course incorporating c++ and DSA , followed by machine learning and data science course.Mainly focused on problem solving along with ongoing college projects and internship
Application story
I applied via college itself, there were 2 rounds of tests that were done based.Online assessment – 1 hour of MCQ based technical assessment followed by 1 hour of coding challenge. (total 2 hours). Online assessment can be virtual and will be video proctored. based on the performance on the test , physical interviews were conducted on campus.
Why selected/rejected for the role?
yes, i was offered the role on the very day of the interview. My interview went very well even though the sir who was taking my technical interview tried to puzzle and confuse me in very minute things.But one must possess enough confidence in the interview to get through
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 date11 Nov 2022
Coding problem1

It was a proctored round of 120 minutes , in which 1 hr was given for different sort of questions ranging from OOPS, CLOUD, DSA, PROBLEM SOLVING, OS . every round was time bound

Another round was a coding round which comprised of 2 questions. I remember only one.

1. Fishmonger

Hard
30m average time
60% success
0/120
Asked in companies
SamsungAmazonProtiviti

A fishmonger wants to bring his goods from port to the market. On his route, he has to traverse an area with many states. He has to pay a toll at each border.

He is a good businessman. He wants to choose the route in such a way that he has to pay as little money for tolls as possible. On the other hand, he has to be at the market within a particular time. Otherwise, his fish will start to smell.

You are given ‘N’ number of states and the time ‘M’ in which he has to reach the market. You need to return the minimum toll amount that he has to pay to reach the market in the given time. The 0’th index is the port, and the 'N'-1 index is the market.

For example:
Consider If N = 2 , M = 4, Time = [[0,  2], [3,  0]] and Toll = [[0, 10], [ 5,  0]]]
The optimal path to reach node 1 from node 0 is 0 -> 1. The time required in the path is 2, and the minimum toll needed within the given time constraints is 10. Hence the answer is 10.
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02
Round
Hard
Face to Face
Duration45 Minutes
Interview date6 Dec 2022
Coding problem1

This was the technical interview round in which i was asked about my internships experiences , my projects and vision for the company
the interviewer also asked me to code on paper for the same. he asked to code out one of the very projects i listed in my resume.

1. Paint House

Hard
20m average time
80% success
0/120
Asked in companies
AppleAmazonSamsung

You have been given ‘N’ houses, each house can be painted with any of three colours: green, red and yellow. You are also given a “cost” matrix of ‘N’ * 3 dimension which represents the cost of painting an i-th house (0-th based indexing) with j-th colour. The colour code is as follows: green - 0, red - 1 and yellow - 2. Now, you are supposed to find the minimum cost of painting all houses such that no adjacent houses are painted with the same colour.

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03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration20 Minutes
Interview date6 Dec 2022
Coding problem1

The round was conducted right after technical round . 
The HR round is not at all difficult. they mainly want to check your articulation and enunciation skills. your vision and what change you wish to bring to the company

1. Basic HR Questions

whether you are comfortable working in Bangalore?
who else is in your family?
Are you comfortable with the language?

Problem approach

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

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