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3 rounds | 5 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
I started my coding journey on youtube, where I first learned the data structure and Algorithm. Then I started my preparation of Data Structure on the LinkedIn.
Application story
Company visited to your campus for the placement .
Why selected/rejected for the role?
I was rejected because I could not give precise and optimized solutions to the questions asked .
Preparation
Duration: 4 months
Topics: Data Structures, Pointers, OOPS, System Design, Algorithms, Dynamic Programming,System Design, Link List and Graphs
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 - Practice Atleast 250 Questions
Tip 2 - Ex- Do atleast 2 projects

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
Medium
Video Call
Duration45 minutes
Interview date18 Nov 2022
Coding problem2

1. Sort An Array According To The Count Of Set Bits

Moderate
25m average time
80% success
0/80
Asked in companies
AdobeAmazonSamsung

You are given an array consisting of N positive integers, and your task is to sort the array in decreasing order of count of set bits in the binary representation of the integers present in the array.

In other words, you have to modify the array such that an integer with more number of set bits should appear before the integer which has lesser number of set bits in its binary representation.

The number of set bits is nothing but the number of 1s present in the binary representation of the integer. For example, the number of set bits in 5(0101) is equal to 2.

Note :

1. If any two numbers have the same count of set bits, then in the sorted array they will appear in the order in which they appear in the original array. For example, let the array be { 2, 4, 3}, in this case, both 2 and 4 have the same number of set bits so the answer will be {3, 2, 4} and not {3, 4, 2}, because in the original array 2 appears before 4.

2. The array may contain duplicate elements.
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2. Validate Binary Tree Nodes

Moderate
15m average time
85% success
0/80
Asked in companies
FacebookMakeMyTripIntuit

You are given ‘N’ binary tree nodes numbered from 0 to N - 1 where node ‘i’ has two children LEFT_CHILD[i] and RIGHT_CODE[i]. Return ‘True’ if and only if all the given nodes form exactly one valid binary tree. If node ‘i’ has no left child then 'LEFT_CHILD[i]' will equal -1, similarly for the right child.

Example:

Let’s say we have n=4 nodes, 'LEFT_CHILD' = {1, -1, 3, -1} and 
RIGHT_CHILD = {2, -1, -1, -1}. So the resulting tree will look like this:

It will return True as there is only one valid binary tree and each node has only one parent and there is only one root.
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02
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration45 minutes
Interview date18 Nov 2022
Coding problem2

1. Count Ways To Reach The N-th Stairs

Moderate
30m average time
80% success
0/80
Asked in companies
OYOLinkedInGrab

You have been given a number of stairs. Initially, you are at the 0th stair, and you need to reach the Nth stair.


Each time, you can climb either one step or two steps.


You are supposed to return the number of distinct ways you can climb from the 0th step to the Nth step.

Note:

Note: Since the number of ways can be very large, return the answer modulo 1000000007.
Example :
N=3

Example

We can climb one step at a time i.e. {(0, 1) ,(1, 2),(2,3)} or we can climb the first two-step and then one step i.e. {(0,2),(1, 3)} or we can climb first one step and then two step i.e. {(0,1), (1,3)}.
Problem approach

You have been given a number of stairs. Initially, you are at the 0th stair, and you need to reach the Nth stair. Each time you can either climb one step or two steps. You are supposed to return the number of distinct ways in which you can climb from the 0th step to Nth step.

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2. Level Order traversal

Easy
15m average time
85% success
0/40
Asked in companies
FacebookMcAfeeOYO

You have been given a Binary Tree of integers. You are supposed to return the level order traversal of the given tree.

For example:
For the given binary tree

Example

The level order traversal will be {1,2,3,4,5,6,7}.
Problem approach

You have been given a Binary Tree of integers. You are supposed to return the level order traversal of the given tree.

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03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration30 minutes
Interview date18 Nov 2022
Coding problem1

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