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Data Scientist

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3 rounds | 3 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
I kept practicing DSA and CS fundamentals from the third year of engineering. Along with that, I was also learning deep learning, and I made some good projects.
Application story
This was an on-campus opportunity. The company visited our campus, and we applied directly through their portal. Shortlisting was done based on resumes, and further interview rounds were then carried out."
Why selected/rejected for the role?
My basic concepts of all the topics were clear, and I also prepared for HR questions through mock interviews. I practiced all the basic to medium coding questions before the interview.
Preparation
Duration: 6 Months
Topics: DBMS, Data Structures and Algorithms, OOP, Maths puzzles, Aptitude, Deep Learning
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Practice daily
Tip 2 : Focus on all data structures 
Tip 3 : Build some good projects

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: Above 8 CGPA
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1: Add projects and internships if you have completed any and include only those things that you truly know.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration120 Minutes
Interview date13 Mar 2020
Coding problem1

1. Special Sum of Array

Easy
15m average time
80% success
0/40
Asked in companies
OptumSamsungNokia

You have been given an array/list ‘arr’ of length ‘N’, which contains single digit elements at every index. Your task is to return the sum of all elements of the array. But the final sum should also be a single digit.

To keep the output single digit - you need to keep adding the digits of the output number till a single digit is left.

For example:
For the given array [5, 8, 4, 9]

The sum of the elements of the array will be
5 + 8 + 4 + 9 = 26.
Since 26 is not a single-digit number, we will again take the sum of the digits of 26. 
2 + 6 = 8.
Now 8 is a single-digit number. So we will stop here and return 8.
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02
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date20 Mar 2020
Coding problem1

1. DBMS Questions

I was asked about joins, their types, and data movements during join operations. I was asked questions about transactions and ACID properties. Then he gave me two tables and some SQL statements. I was asked to provide the outputs for the SQL statements.

Problem approach

Tip 1: Revise the basics of DBMS.
Tip 2: Practice SQL on online platforms. This helped me a lot.

03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration45 minutes
Interview date24 Mar 2020
Coding problem1

1. Basic HR Questions

I was asked if I could relocate to Gurgaon. We discussed the work hours and days. We also discussed the compensation.

Problem approach

Tip 1 : Be yourself
Tip 2 : Be confident and calm in a HR interview

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Skill covered: Programming

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