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4 rounds | 9 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
So, I started my journey in coding in the second sem after getting motivation from my seniors in 2020. I am a (2019-23 B.E/ C.S.E Student); I initially started my journey by doing a contest on code forces and solving questions on it; it felt like what I was doing as I was not getting those types of questions at all. Still, I kept trying to be consistent in doing so. After 2-3 months, I solved some questions on coding practice sites. Then, my 3rd sem started as we have DSA in this sem, so I started practicing that. I also started learning SQL and some concepts of DBMS, and my CP journey was going as it was. Then, in 4th sem, I kept doing the same thing. However, I started learning blockchain as I greatly liked this tech stack, along with some Operating Systems concepts. In the 5th sem, I was left off from my studies due to personal family issues for 2-3 months. Then again, I started revising everything I had done earlier, solving more code studio questions, and creating one project. Then, in the 6th semester, I rigorously focused on DSA problems, solved various sheets along with code forces, and completed one project in blockchain; I also did an Internship as a problem setter at one of the Edtech-based startups. And then, near the end of my 6th sem, an opportunity came to us by Lowe's India, and I applied to that.
Application story
So this was an off campus Codeathon conducted by Lowe’s India every year.In past years it was on Hackerearth (for <=2022 Batch) and this year it was on Unstop as House of Code. Link: https://unstop.com/hackathon/house-of-code-campus-edition-lowes-companies-inc-363650 Timeline: Application Started from 1st Week of July, Final results were out till second week of August.Total around 50k+ students applied.
Why selected/rejected for the role?
And after exactly 3 days ie. On 12th august, i got mail that i am selected and on the same day evening i got the offer letter and other related documents from the company.
Preparation
Duration: 6 Months
Topics: Data Structures, Pointers, OOPS, System Design, Algorithms, Dynamic Programming
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Focus on CS fundamentals.
Tip 2 : Focus on medium-hard coding problems to solve them in given time.
Tip 3 : Make a proper resume having good ATS score.

Application process
Where: Other
Eligibility: Above 7 CGPA
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Have some good live projects.
Tip 2 : Having any relevant internship experience helps.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration25 Minutes
Interview date16 Jul 2022
Coding problem3

1. Add binary strings

Easy
15m average time
85% success
0/40
Asked in companies
FacebookMicrosoftSamsung R&D Institute

You have been given two binary strings ‘A’ and ‘B’. Your task is to find the sum of both strings in the form of a binary string.

Binary strings are the representation of integers in the binary form. For example, the binary strings of 9 and 16 are “1001” and “10000” respectively.

Try solving now

2. OS Question

what are semaphores and mutex

3. DBMS Questions

what are ACID properties

what is concurrency in DBMS and write a sql querry for this

02
Round
Medium
Online Coding Test
Duration90 Minutes
Interview date22 Jul 2022
Coding problem2

1. Word Break

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

You are given a list of “N” strings A. Your task is to check whether you can form a given target string using a combination of one or more strings of A.

Note :
You can use any string of A multiple times.
Examples :
A =[“coding”, ”ninjas”, “is”, “awesome”]  target = “codingninjas”
Ans = true as we use “coding” and “ninjas” to form “codingninjas”
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2. Count the AP

Hard
65m average time
45% success
0/120
Asked in companies
UberLowe's

Bob and Alice recently learned about the arithmetic progression. Alice found an array ‘A’ of size ‘N’ and wondered how many subsequences of this array of size at least 3 are an arithmetic progression.

A sequence is an arithmetic progression if the difference between one term and the next is a constant.

Bob asked you to help her count the number of such subsequences.

Note: It is guaranteed that the answer fits in 32-bit integer.

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03
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date8 Aug 2022
Coding problem3

1. Matrix Chain Multiplication

Easy
0/40
Asked in companies
AdobeGrabSpringworks

You are given ‘N’ 2-D matrices and an array/list “ARR” of length ‘N + 1’ where the first ‘N’ integers denote the number of rows in the Matrices and the last element denotes the number of columns of the last matrix. For each matrix, the number of columns is equal to the number of rows of the next matrix. You are supposed to find the minimum number of multiplication operations that need to be performed to multiply all the given matrices.

Note :
You don’t have to multiply the matrices, you only have to find the minimum number of multiplication operations.
For Example :
ARR = {2, 4, 3, 2}

Here, we have three matrices with dimensions {2X4, 4X3, 3X2} which can be multiplied in the following ways:
a. If the order of multiplication is (2X4, 4X3)(3X2), then the total number of multiplication operations that need to be performed are: (2*4*3) + (2*3*2) = 36

b. If the order of multiplication is (2X4)(4X3, 3X2), then the total number of multiplication operations that need to be performed are  (2*4*2) + (4*3*2) = 40
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2. Left View Of a Binary Tree

Easy
10m average time
90% success
0/40
Asked in companies
OlaHSBCArcesium

You have been given a binary tree of integers. You are supposed to find the left view of the binary tree. The left view of a binary tree is the set of all nodes that are visible when the binary tree is viewed from the left side.

Example:

example

The left view of the above binary tree is  {5, 7, 14, 25}.
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3. OS Question

Explain all CPU scheduling algorithms

Problem approach

Tip 1 : Be prepared with your CS fundamentals

04
Round
Medium
HR Round
Duration45 minutes
Interview date9 Aug 2022
Coding problem1

1. Basic HR Questions

Discussion over my internships and projects.

How do you learn something new? How do you manage stress? 

Why should we hire you? Why are you a great fit? 

Lastly, I was asked about the company in detail, their numbers, mission goal, why Lowe’s, etc.

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Skill covered: Programming

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