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System Engineer Specialist

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3 rounds | 5 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 2 Months
Topics: OOPS, DBMS, Data Structures, Cloud Computing, Operating System, Computer Networking
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Never answer any question that you do not know, try to answer as precisely as you can
Tip 2 : Prepare your resume, they can any thing from that and you can't deny that you don't know
Tip 3 : Projects increase your chances so prepare atleast two

Application process
Where: Other
Eligibility: 60% throughout with no standing arrears
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Be honest, make sure what are you mentioning on it, one false information can leads to disqualification
Tip 2 : Projects are mandatory, basically it reflects your practical skills so focus on this part.
Tip 3 : Any experience like an internship would be appreciated.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration180 Minutes
Interview date14 Jun 2020
Coding problem2

This round consists of objective and hands-on questions that are needed to be answered within 3 hours. You have to score 65% or above in this round to be eligible for a job interview at Infosys.

1. Distinct Strings With Odd and Even Swapping Allowed

Moderate
15m average time
85% success
0/80
Asked in companies
MicrosoftInfosysTech Mahindra

You are given an array of strings. Your task is to find the number of unique strings.

A string is considered unique if it cannot be formed from any other string, present in the array, even after applying the following operations any number of times and in any order:

1. Swapping two characters present at odd indices.

2. Swapping two characters present at even indices.

Note:
Strings contain only lowercase English alphabets.
Example:
Let the array of strings be [“abcd”, “cbad”, “bdac”, “adcb”]. From the given array, strings “abcd”, “cbad”, and “adcb” can be transformed into one another by applying the given operations. But “bdac” cannot be transformed into any other string. Hence, there are only 2 unique strings in the array.
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2. Ninja Technique

Moderate
20m average time
80% success
0/80
Asked in companies
AdobePaytm (One97 Communications Limited)Infosys

Ninja has its own technique of making a decision to do something or not. This technique is known as the ninja technique. In this technique, Ninja generates a random string containing only digits, and if any substring whose integer value can be defined as the product of two consecutive integers i.e ‘X = N*(N+1)’ then Ninja do that work else didn’t. So now Ninja wants to invest in the stock market so he is using his ninja technique for deciding.

So your task is to write a code that can check whether the string contains any substring whose integer value can be defined as the product of two consecutive integers. If any substring exists you should return ‘True’else return‘False’.

Note :

Substring with integer value ‘0’is not considered as special and check only for integers up to length ‘9’as beyond ‘9’integer can’t hold values.

Example :

For the string ‘1242’ we return ‘True’ as for substring:
‘12’ we can be defined as the product of two consecutive integers i.e ‘3’ and ‘4’.
‘2’ we can be defined as the product of two consecutive integers i.e ‘1’ and ‘2’.
‘42’ can be defined as the product of two consecutive integers i.e ‘6’ and ‘7’.
 If the string passes the required condition we have to return ‘True’ else we have to return ‘False’.  
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02
Round
Hard
Online Coding Test
Duration180 Minutes
Interview date13 Dec 2020
Coding problem2

This exam has 3 coding Questions – Easy( 50 points), Medium (75 points), Hard (100 points), total 225 points, and the points are assigned according to the number of test cases you pass

1. Flip Bits

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

You are given an array of integers ARR[] of size N consisting of zeros and ones. You have to select a subset and flip bits of that subset. You have to return the count of maximum one’s that you can obtain by flipping chosen sub-array at most once.

A flip operation is one in which you turn 1 into 0 and 0 into 1.

For example:
If you are given an array {1, 1, 0, 0, 1} then you will have to return the count of maximum one’s you can obtain by flipping anyone chosen sub-array at most once, so here you will clearly choose sub-array from the index 2 to 3 and then flip it's bits. So, the final array comes out to be {1, 1, 1, 1, 1} which contains five ones and so you will return 5.
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2. Glowing Bulbs

Hard
30m average time
60% success
0/120
Asked in companies
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)InfosysTCS

There are an infinite number of electric bulbs. Each bulb is assigned a unique integer starting from 1. There are ‘N’ switches also and each switch is labeled by a unique prime number. If a switch labeled with prime integer ‘p’ is turned ON, then all the bulbs having a number that is multiple of ‘p’ will start glowing. For example, if we turn ON the switch labelled 2, then all the bulbs having numbers 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, ... i.e all bulbs with numbers as multiples of 2 will start glowing.

You are given an array/list ‘LABELS’ consisting of ‘N’ unique prime integers representing the label of the switches and an integer ‘K’. Your task is to find the integer assigned to Kth glowing bulb from the start when all these ‘N’ switches are turned ON.

Note :
1. Some bulbs can glow by multiple switches and some are not glowed by any switch.
2. If any of the switches that can glow a bulb is turned ‘ON’, then the corresponding bulb will glow.
Example :
Consider 3 switches with labels [3, 5,  7] and we need to find the 5th glowing bulb from the start after turning these 3 switches ON.
We can see that bulbs numbered  3, 6, 9, 15, 18 …  will glow if the switch having label 3 is turned ON.
The bulbs numbered 5, 10, 15, 20 … will glow if the switch having label 5 is turned ON.
The bulbs numbered 7, 14, 21, 28 … will glow if the switch having label 7 is turned ON.
It implies that bulbs numbered 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 14, 15, 18, 20, 21… will glow when these three switches are turned ON.
The 5th glowing bulb from start is assigned integer 9. Thus, we should return 9.
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03
Round
Medium
HR Round
Duration45 Minutes
Interview date14 Jan 2021
Coding problem1

Basic Introduction and detailed discussion on the projects, after that i was given some basic coding problems and after that some discussion on Oops and detailed discussion on Database,
Interviewer was cool and being supportive so overall it was a good experience.

1. Basic HR Questions

What are your hobbies? or What are you passionate about? 

What are your biggest achievements till date? 

What are you most proud of?

Problem approach

Tip 1 : Be Confident 
Tip 2 : Prepare your resume throughout
Tip 3 : Projects play so important role in your candidature

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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