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3 rounds | 7 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
It was a great journey. First, I cracked the coding round, which was of medium to high difficulty. Then came the technical interview—the interviewer was very nice and helpful. They wanted to assess your understanding and how you approach problems. Finally, there was the HR round, which was the best, as the interviewer was exceptionally good.
Application story
I’m in a course where we had to complete everything within a year, and companies would approach us directly. I got shortlisted by one of the companies, and the first round was conducted within 10 days. Two days later, I had the technical round, and just a couple of hours after that, I received a call for the HR round.
Preparation
Duration: 1 year
Topics: MongoDB, React, Express, Node.js, Python, C++, Java
Tip
Tip

Tip 1: Learn everything in detail, starting from the basics.
Tip 2: Build as many projects as you can.
Tip 3: Practice DSA every day.

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: No criteria
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1: Have strong projects.
Tip 2: Don’t include things you haven’t done, or it could put you in a difficult situation.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration60 minutes
Interview date12 Jul 2024
Coding problem1

1. Keyboard Problem

Moderate
0/80
Asked in company
Lowe's

Alex is having a problem with his keyboard. If he presses any key, he may get extra occurrences of that character. Example: If he wants to write "hey", he may end up typing: hhey, hheey, heey, hhheyyy, etc.


You are given a string 'S' typed by Alex. Your task is to find out the number of possible strings Alex was trying to type and return the same.


Output can be very large. Return (number of ways % 1e9 + 7). Where % is the modular operator.


For Example :
Let 'S' = "adddef".
Alex could have been trying to type:
- "adef" (second and third 'd' are extra)
- "addef" (second 'd' is extra)
- "addef" (third 'd' is extra)
- "adddef" (no extra characters) 
So we have 3 distinct possibilities: "adef", "addef", and "adddef".
Therefore, the answer is 3.
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02
Round
Medium
Face to Face
Duration50 minutes
Interview date15 Jul 2024
Coding problem5

1. Search In Rotated Sorted Array

Moderate
30m average time
65% success
0/80
Asked in companies
InformaticaDelhiveryGoldman Sachs

Aahad and Harshit always have fun by solving problems. Harshit took a sorted array consisting of distinct integers and rotated it clockwise by an unknown amount. For example, he took a sorted array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] and if he rotates it by 2, then the array becomes: [4, 5, 1, 2, 3].

After rotating a sorted array, Aahad needs to answer Q queries asked by Harshit, each of them is described by one integer Q[i]. which Harshit wanted him to search in the array. For each query, if he found it, he had to shout the index of the number, otherwise, he had to shout -1.

For each query, you have to complete the given method where 'key' denotes Q[i]. If the key exists in the array, return the index of the 'key', otherwise, return -1.

Note:

Can you solve each query in O(logN) ?
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2. DBMS

What is the difference between SQL and NoSQL? (Learn)

3. OOP Basics

  1. What are the different pillars of OOP? (Learn)
  2. What is encapsulation? (Learn)

4. Access Control

What are authentication and authorization in an application?

5. DSA

What are sorting algorithms, and which one is the best? (Learn)

03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration30 minutes
Interview date15 Jul 2024
Coding problem1

1. HR Questions

  1. Give your introduction.
  2. If you have issues with a team member, how would you resolve them?
  3. Have you ever led a team? If so, how did you handle it?
  4. If you ever get stuck on a problem at work, how would you tackle it?

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Skill covered: Programming

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