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2 rounds | 3 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 3 months
Topics: OOPS, core java, DBMS, SQL & PL/SQL, Data Structures and Algorithms, UI (HTML, JS), SDLC, Java 8 concepts, UML diagrams, Collections, Multithreading, Exception Handling, Hashing, Recursion problems.
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Practice more problem solving questions
Tip 2 : understand the comcepts in depth
Tip 3 : try to work on onw or two handson project to get more experience in that stack.

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: Above 6 CGPA
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Add some good projects on resume
Tip 2 : Put things which you know well and not technologies which you don't know.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration45 minutes
Interview date18 Nov 2022
Coding problem2

1. Break The Board

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

You’re given a board of length 'L' and width 'W'. Your task is to break this board into 'L' * 'W' smaller squares, such that the total cost involved in breaking is the minimum possible.

NOTE:
The breaking cost of each edge for the board will be given.
Problem approach

You’re given a board of length 'L' and width 'W'. Your task is to break this board into 'L' * 'W' smaller squares, such that the total cost involved in breaking is the minimum possible.

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2. Nth Fibonacci Number

Easy
0/40
Asked in companies
SAP LabsHCL TechnologiesWalmart

The n-th term of Fibonacci series F(n), where F(n) is a function, is calculated using the following formula -

    F(n) = F(n - 1) + F(n - 2), 
    Where, F(1) = 1, F(2) = 1


Provided 'n' you have to find out the n-th Fibonacci Number. Handle edges cases like when 'n' = 1 or 'n' = 2 by using conditionals like if else and return what's expected.

"Indexing is start from 1"


Example :
Input: 6

Output: 8

Explanation: The number is ‘6’ so we have to find the “6th” Fibonacci number.
So by using the given formula of the Fibonacci series, we get the series:    
[ 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21]
So the “6th” element is “8” hence we get the output.
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02
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration45 minutes
Interview date18 Nov 2022
Coding problem1

1. System Design Question

Design Facebook like application

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