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SDE - Intern

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3 rounds | 10 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
I applied in nokia through on campus placement first round was AMCAT exam which includes aptititude, english and technical questions and then technical and hr interview
Application story
I applied in nokia through on campus placement first round was AMCAT exam which includes aptititude, english and technical questions and then technical and hr interview
Why selected/rejected for the role?
I Selected because i was able to answer all the questions in interview. and also able to solve the coding questions in test
Preparation
Duration: 5 months
Topics: DSA(Arrays, Stack,Queue, LinkedList, Graph,Tree,Hashmap) , Operating System, CN, OOPS
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Prepare with DS and Algo
Tip 2 : Basic Knowledge of Core subject
Tip 3 : Some important SQL queries

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: 6 CGPA(Not Sure now)
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1: Add atleast 2 good project
Tip 2: please do not add unnecessary skills

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration180 mins
Interview date16 Jun 2021
Coding problem5

AMCAT online test to check the knowledge of core subject, coding and english

1. DS Question

Which of the following is not the type of queue?

Priority queue

Single-ended queue

Circular queue

Ordinary queue

Problem approach

Ans :- Singled-ended queue

2. What will be the output of the following code snippet?

void solve() {  

 int a[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};   int sum = 0;   for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {       if(i % 2 == 0) {           sum += a[i];       }   }   cout << sum << endl;}

Problem approach

Ans 9

3. DS Question

What is the disadvantage of array data structure

4. What is the output of the following code snippet?

void solve() {  

 stack s;   s.push(1);   s.push(2);   s.push(3);   for(int i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {       cout << s.top() << “ “;       s.pop();   }}3 2 11 2 331

Problem approach

Ans) 3 2 1

5. Next Greater Element

Easy
10m average time
90% success
0/40
Asked in companies
IBMInfo Edge India (Naukri.com)Amazon

You are given an array 'a' of size 'n'.



The Next Greater Element for an element 'x' is the first element on the right side of 'x' in the array, which is greater than 'x'.


If no greater elements exist to the right of 'x', consider the next greater element as -1.


For example:
Input: 'a' = [7, 12, 1, 20]

Output: NGE = [12, 20, 20, -1]

Explanation: For the given array,

- The next greater element for 7 is 12.

- The next greater element for 12 is 20. 

- The next greater element for 1 is 20. 

- There is no greater element for 20 on the right side. So we consider NGE as -1.
Try solving now
02
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration60 mins
Interview date24 Jun 2021
Coding problem4

1st Technical Interview

1. Merge Sort

Easy
15m average time
85% success
0/40
Asked in companies
Media.netHewlett Packard EnterpriseIBM

Given a sequence of numbers ‘ARR’. Your task is to return a sorted sequence of ‘ARR’ in non-descending order with help of the merge sort algorithm.

Example :

Merge Sort Algorithm -

Merge sort is a Divide and Conquer based Algorithm. It divides the input array into two-parts, until the size of the input array is not ‘1’. In the return part, it will merge two sorted arrays a return a whole merged sorted array.

subsequence

The above illustrates shows how merge sort works.
Note :
It is compulsory to use the ‘Merge Sort’ algorithm.
Problem approach

1. Divide the unsorted list into sublists, each containing element.
2. Take adjacent pairs of two singleton lists and merge them to form a list of 2 elements. will now convert into lists of size 2.
3. Repeat the process till a single sorted list of obtained.

Try solving now

2. Special Sum of Array

Easy
15m average time
80% success
0/40
Asked in companies
OptumSamsungNokia

You have been given an array/list ‘arr’ of length ‘N’, which contains single digit elements at every index. Your task is to return the sum of all elements of the array. But the final sum should also be a single digit.

To keep the output single digit - you need to keep adding the digits of the output number till a single digit is left.

For example:
For the given array [5, 8, 4, 9]

The sum of the elements of the array will be
5 + 8 + 4 + 9 = 26.
Since 26 is not a single-digit number, we will again take the sum of the digits of 26. 
2 + 6 = 8.
Now 8 is a single-digit number. So we will stop here and return 8.
Try solving now

3. DS Questions

Ques 1 : Diff b/w list and linked list?
Ques 2 : Design Stack and queue from starting
Ques 3 : Where we use linked list in real life
Ques 4 : Why linked list exists?

4. OS Questions

1. What is deadlock?
2. What is protocol?
3. How to identify deadlock?
4. How can we remove deadlock?
5. Suppose you are using a laptop and it got stuck in between how do you identify its a deadlock state or not?

03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration30 mins
Interview date28 Jun 2021
Coding problem1

Normal HR Round
 

1. Basic HR Questions

Tell me about yourself. 
Why do you want to work for our company? 
What are your greatest strengths and weaknesses?

Here's your problem of the day

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

Skill covered: Programming

What is recursion?

Choose another skill to practice
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