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3 rounds | 6 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 2 months
Topics: DP, Greedy Techniques, Sorting Concepts, OS, DBMS
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Practice daily 4-5 medium level problems on sites like Leetcode, CodeZen, Hackerearth
Tip 2 : Even though Data Structures and Algorithms is the base but study Course Subjects like DBMS,OS,OOPS too.
Tip 3 : Try to Participate in Contests on LeetCode,Codeforces.

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

Tip 1 : Mention atleast 1 project and past work experience as it sets good impression.
Tip 2 : Keep your resume up to date for the role you are applying.
Tip 3 : Try to keep your resume of 1 Page.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Online Coding Interview
Duration75 minutes
Interview date28 Nov 2020
Coding problem3

This round was conducted in Hackerrank portal for a total duration of 75 minutes and was divided into 4 sections.

1st Section : Aptitude Section : 14 questions , 28 minutes
2nd Section : Technical Section : 12 questions , 17 minutes
3rd Section :1 coding Questions : 20 minutes+30 minutes

This Round was Conducted on Hackerrank (Webcam Enabled).

1. SQL Question

Write a query that prints a list of employee names (i.e.: the name attribute) for employees in Employee having a salary greater than $2000 per month who have been employees for less than 6 months. Sort your result by ascending employee_id.
 

2. Code correction

Given a Problem Statement and a Code we need to find the bug in the code and correct the given code.

Moderate
20m average time
80% success
0/80
Asked in companies
Goldman SachsWalmartHike

You have been given a Binary Tree of distinct integers and two integers “target” and ‘K’. You are supposed to return the list of values of all the nodes which are situated at ‘K’ distance from the target node.

Distance between two nodes ‘u’ and ‘v’ is defined as the number of edges in the shortest path from ‘u’ to ‘v’.

Note :
You may assume that the given target node definitely exists in the given binary tree.
For example :
For the given binary tree

Example

Nodes in the above binary tree that has K = 2 distance from the target node are highlighted in yellow colour.
Try solving now
02
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration90 minutes
Interview date8 Dec 2020
Coding problem2

I was shared a link of Google Meet and the Google Docs was shared where there was 1 coding problem to be coded there and then the code was run on an IDE to check the sample tests.
Then the interview was followed by a lot of Operating System and Computer System Architecture Questions.
There were 2 Interviewers and both were helpful.
The timing was from 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM

1. Largest subarray with equal number of 0s and 1s

Moderate
10m average time
85% success
0/80
Asked in companies
OraclePhonePeSAP Labs

You are given an array consisting of 0s and 1s. You need to find the length of the largest subarray with an equal number of 0s and 1s.

For example:

If the given array is: [0, 0, 1, 0, 1] The largest subarray would be: [0, 1, 0, 1] (last 4 elements) having length 4.
Try solving now

2. Technical Questions

What is TLB? Why is it used? What are huge pages and their advantages? Which is accessed first TLB or cache? Can we access TLB and cache in parallel?

How are system calls made at assembly level? How are IO operations like cout translated at low level?

Discussion about how the file system is stored on disk and how ls works.

Distinguish between RISC and CISC architectures.

03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration45 minutes
Interview date10 Dec 2020
Coding problem1

The round was held on Google Meet with HR from 2:30 PM to 3:15 PM.
The HR was friendly and asked the basic questions.

1. Basic HR Questions

What is the difference between hard work and smart work? 

How do you feel about working weekends and night shifts?

Why should we hire you?

Where do you see yourself in  3 years?

Here's your problem of the day

Solving this problem will increase your chance to get selected in this company

Skill covered: Programming

How do you remove whitespace from the start of a string?

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