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3 rounds | 4 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 3 months
Topics: Data Structures: - Arrays, Stack, Sliding Windows, Two Pointers, BFS, DFS, Dynamic Programming(Medium) OOPS & LLD:- Educative (Grokking the Object-Oriented Programming)- Design Patterns: Refactoring guru- Multithreading - Udemy (Java Multithreading, Concurrency & Performance Optimization)HLD:- Educative: grokking-the-system-design-interview- Book: System Design Interview
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Stick to one coding platform either do it from geeks for geeks, coding ninja or leetcode. Never jump from one platform to other. Focus on Building the concept rather than solving it.
Tip 2 : Follow the Grooking the Object-Oriented Programming, and try to follow SOLID principle as much as you can. If possible take some MOCK interviews.
Tip 3 : Build your concept on Relational databases, you should be able to design the table structures and relationships.

Application process
Where: Referral
Eligibility: CGPA throughout
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Don't write too many paragraphs in the project description, It should be pointwise.
Tip 2 : Don't highlight too many skills, like HTML CSS kind of things.
Tip 3 : One page.
Tip 4 : If you are not a fresher, no need to mention school achievements.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration50 minutes
Interview date2 Aug 2022
Coding problem1

This is purely a coding round asked 3 coding questions based on data structures and algorithms and a system design question. Although I only remember system design question.

1. System Design Question

Design Facebook API
Given a basic interface and the list of functionality that need to implement.
And basic test cases were there again the operations.

Problem approach

Tip 1 : Clarify the doubts, and set up the context. Don't forget to mention assumptions if you are making any.
Tip 2 : You should be able to figure out entities, and responsibility for those entities.
Tip 3 : Follow SOLID principles.

02
Round
Medium
Face to Face
Duration40 minutes
Interview date8 Aug 2022
Coding problem2

This is My Technical Interview Round . Interviewer asked me about my technical projects as well as from Data Structures

Timing: Afternoon

1. Remove Consecutive Duplicates

Easy
0/40
Asked in companies
MeeshoSamsungGoldman Sachs

For a given string(str), remove all the consecutive duplicate characters.

Example:
Input String: "aaaa"
Expected Output: "a"

Input String: "aabbbcc"
Expected Output: "abc"
Problem approach

First I explained to him the brute force with pseudo code. 
Tip 1 : Recursively calling the same method, until the compression is possible.
Tip 2 : Complexity : O(n^2)

Try solving now

2. DBMS Question

DBMS design for storing college management.

03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration20 minutes
Interview date16 Aug 2022
Coding problem1

This is Final and very easy Round. Interviewer was polite and asked me about my strengths and weak areas

1. Basic HR Question

Introduce yourself.

Why do you want to join us?

Here's your problem of the day

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

Skill covered: Programming

What does the SQL function NOW() return?

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