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2 rounds | 4 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
I came to know about this job from there official site i have applied to this job and get selected for exam, then i have given the exam and also got selected for the interview
Application story
I applied for this profile on the company website where i got the test link after applying for the jobs
Why selected/rejected for the role?
I was not able to answer the optimal approach for a problem that's why i think i was rejected in the interview
Preparation
Duration: 4 months
Topics: Data Structures, Pointers, OOPS, System Design, Algorithms, Dynamic Programming
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Graph should be on your tips.
Tip 2 : while explaining the solution to interviewer, dont just hop onto the most optimal solution. Start with the brute force one, give the cons of brute force solution, and then go step by step till you reach the optimal solution.
Tip 3 : Improve on your communication skills as well.

Application process
Where: Company Website
Eligibility: Above 6 CGPA
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Mention only what is required for your profile, for e.g. do not stress too much on your co curricular stuff. Rather, try explaining more of your technical stuff that is relevant for your job.
Tip 2 : keep it limited to 1 page. And make sure its a pdf and not an image.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Face to Face
Duration60 mins
Interview date17 Nov 2022
Coding problem2

1. Stones falling

Hard
45m average time
55% success
0/120
Asked in companies
AppleGoldman SachsMicrosoft

This time Ninja has a 'GRID' of size 'N' x 'M' of binary values (0s and 1s) the 1s in a cell represent the stones. A stone will not fall when that satisfies 2 conditions:

1) It is directly connected to the top of the grid

2) At least one of its adjacent (top,bottom,left, right) stones will not fall.

Ninja has 'R' sequence of locations of stones (given in a matrix 'REM' of size 'R' X 2). In each case, he wants to remove the stone placed at (i, j) place but due to this action, some other stones will also fall. So he needs your help to find the number of stones that fall after each removal in sequence.

Return an array of size 'R' denoting the number of stones that fall after each removal of a stone.

Note:

Sometimes a removal may refer to a location with no stone, in that case, no stone fall.
Try solving now

2. Design Question

Design a given signin page using HTML and CSS only.

02
Round
Easy
Face to Face
Duration60 mins
Interview date17 Nov 2022
Coding problem2

1. DS Questions

Why you used object for storing the todo list rather than using an array?

Difference between inline, inline-block and block elements?

What is CDN?

2. Longest Substring with At Most K Distinct Characters

Moderate
35m average time
65% success
0/80
Asked in companies
SAP LabsHikeBNY Mellon

You are given string S of length N, and an integer K. Your task is to find the length of the longest substring that contains at most K distinct characters.

Problem approach

A simple solution would be to generate all substrings of the given string and return the longest substring containing k distinct characters.

Try solving now

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