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3 rounds | 6 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
I took admission in VIT college in computer science stream. I was advised by my seniors to practice DSA from the very starting of B.Tech and I did not took that seriously. Honestly speaking, I regretted not taking their advice and in third year I started doing coding and I had to increase practice hours because I started late.
Application story
At the start of my fourth year of graduation, some of my friends were already placed in various companies. It started to worry me that I was the one who had not even tried for an interview till then. Then, One day I saw an opening in the UrbanClap. So, I contacted my old childhood friend, who was already placed in UrbanClap, to get a referral, and I got one. After that, the interview process was scheduled.
Why selected/rejected for the role?
I think my skills and knowledge were up to the mark that they found me as a valuable candidate. Moreover, my communication skills added up to my numbers.
Preparation
Duration: 3 months
Topics: Data Structures, Algorithms, System Design, Aptitude, OOPS, DBMS, OS
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Go through all the previous interview experiences from Codestudio and Leetcode.
Tip 2 : Do at-least 2 good projects and you must know every bit of them.

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

Tip 1 : Every skill must be mentioned.
Tip 2 : Focus on skills, projects and experiences more.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Test
Duration60 minutes
Interview date14 Jul 2022
Coding problem2

1. Chocolate Problem

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

Given an array/list of integer numbers 'CHOCOLATES' of size 'N', where each value of the array/list represents the number of chocolates in the packet. There are ‘M’ number of students and the task is to distribute the chocolate to their students. Distribute chocolate in such a way that:

1. Each student gets at least one packet of chocolate.

2. The difference between the maximum number of chocolate in a packet and the minimum number of chocolate in a packet given to the students is minimum.

Example :

Given 'N' : 5 (number of packets) and 'M' : 3 (number of students)

subsequence

And chocolates in each packet is : {8, 11, 7, 15, 2}

All possible way to distribute 5 packets of chocolates among 3 students are -

( 8,15, 7 ) difference of maximum-minimum is ‘15 - 7’ = ‘8’
( 8, 15, 2 ) difference of maximum-minimum is ‘15 - 2’ = ‘13’ 
( 8, 15, 11 ) difference of maximum-minimum is ‘15 - 8’ = ‘7’
( 8, 7, 2 ) difference of maximum-minimum is ‘8 - 2’ = ‘6’
( 8, 7, 11 ) difference of maximum-minimum is ‘11 - 7’ = ‘4’
( 8, 2, 11 ) difference of maximum-minimum is ‘11 - 2’ = ‘9’
( 15, 7, 2 ) difference of maximum-minimum is ‘15 - 2’ = 13’
( 15, 7, 11 ) difference of maximum-minimum is ‘15 - 7’ = ‘8’
( 15, 2, 11 ) difference of maximum-minimum is ‘15 - 2’ = ‘13’
( 7, 2, 11 ) difference of maximum-minimum is ‘11 - 2’ = ‘9’

Hence there are 10 possible ways to distribute ‘5’ packets of chocolate among the ‘3’ students and difference of combination (8, 7, 11) is ‘maximum - minimum’ = ‘11 - 7’ = ‘4’ is minimum in all of the above.
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2. Group Anagrams Together

Moderate
0/80
Asked in companies
PayPalArcesiumDunzo

You have been given an array/list of strings 'STR_LIST'. You are supposed to return the strings as groups of anagrams such that strings belonging to a particular group are anagrams of one another.

Note :
An Anagram is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of a different word or phrase. We can generalize this in string processing by saying that an anagram of a string is another string with the same quantity of each character in it, in any order.
Example:
{ “abc”, “ged”, “dge”, “bac” } 
In the above example the array should be divided into 2 groups. The first group consists of { “abc”, “bac” } and the second group consists of { “ged”, “dge” }.
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02
Round
Medium
Face to Face
Duration60 minutes
Interview date20 Jul 2022
Coding problem3

1. Painting Fences

Moderate
25m average time
75% success
0/80
Asked in companies
AmazonPayPalCodenation

You are given ‘N’ fences. Your task is to find the total number of ways to paint fences using 2 colors only such that at most 2 adjacent fences are painted with the same color.

As the answer can be too large, return the answer modulo 10^9 + 7.

For Example:
Consider If N = 2, then there can be 4 different ways to color fences such that at most 2 adjacent fences have the same color-:
[ [0, 1],
  [1, 0],
  [1, 1],
  [0, 0] ]
Hence, the answer is 4.
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2. OS Questions

What is kernel?
What is monolithic kernel?
What is the concept of reentrancy?
What is the use of paging in operating system?
What is the concept of demand paging?
What is the advantage of a multiprocessor system?
What are the four necessary and sufficient conditions behind the deadlock?
What is thrashing?

3. DBMS Questions

What are the disadvantages of file processing systems?
Explain the functionality of DML Compiler.
What do you mean by durability in DBMS?
What is normalization?
What is Denormalization?
What are the integrity rules in DBMS?

03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration20 minutes
Interview date30 Jul 2022
Coding problem1

1. Basic HR Questions

Introduce yourself
Why do you want to join us?
What are your hobbies?
How will you react if you are asked to work overtime at the same pay?
How will you handle conflict with your colleagues?
Are you willing to relocate?
What do you know about the work culture here in our organization?

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