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2 rounds | 4 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
My life has had many ups and downs, but I somewhat managed to get admission to the college where I took computer science as a subject. Then my coding journey started from here.
Application story
This company visited to my campus for the placements .
Why selected/rejected for the role?
I was rejected because i am not able to answer all the questions correctly and precise .
Preparation
Duration: 4 months
Topics: Data Structures, Pointers, OOPS, System Design, Algorithms, Dynamic Programming
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Practice more problem-solving questions
Tip 2 : Understand the concepts in depth
Tip 3 : Try to work on one or two hands on projects to get more experience in that stack.

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: Above 7 CGPA
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Have some projects on resume.
Tip 2 : Do not put false things on resume.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration45 minutes
Interview date18 Nov 2022
Coding problem2

1. Intersection of Linked Lists

Easy
20m average time
70% success
0/40
Asked in companies
MakeMyTripCIS - Cyber InfrastructureMathworks

You are given two linked lists L1 and L2 which are sorted in ascending order. You have to make a linked list with the elements which are present in both the linked lists and are present in ascending order.

Example:-
L1 = 1->2->3->4->7
L2 = 2->4->6->7

ANSWER:- The answer should be 2->4->7 because 2,4, and 7 are present in both the linked lists.
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2. Find Number of Islands

Moderate
34m average time
60% success
0/80
Asked in companies
MicrosoftAmazonUber

You are given a 2-dimensional array/list having N rows and M columns, which is filled with ones(1) and zeroes(0). 1 signifies land, and 0 signifies water.

A cell is said to be connected to another cell, if one cell lies immediately next to the other cell, in any of the eight directions (two vertical, two horizontal, and four diagonals).

A group of connected cells having value 1 is called an island. Your task is to find the number of such islands present in the matrix.

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02
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration60 minutes
Interview date18 Nov 2022
Coding problem2

1. Delete Leaf Nodes with Value X

Moderate
27m average time
0/80
Asked in companies
MicrosoftDunzoSprinklr

You are given a binary tree, in which the data present in the nodes are integers. You are also given an integer X.

Your task is to delete all the leaf nodes with value X. In the process, if the newly formed leaves also have value X, you have to delete them too.

For example:

For the given binary tree, and X = 3:

tree

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2. Delete alternate nodes

Easy
20m average time
80% success
0/40
Asked in companies
Morgan StanleyMakeMyTripMicrosoft

Given a Singly Linked List of integers, delete all the alternate nodes in the list.

Example:
List: 10 -> 20 -> 30 -> 40 -> 50 -> 60 -> null
Alternate nodes will be:  20, 40, and 60.

Hence after deleting, the list will be:
Output: 10 -> 30 -> 50 -> null
Note :
The head of the list will remain the same. Don't need to print or return anything.
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