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2 rounds | 4 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 3 months
Topics: Data Structures & Algorithms, Operating System, Object-Oriented Programming System, DBMS, CN
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Prepare DSA well and I personally recommend internet for interview preparation.
Tip 2 : Be confident & relaxed during the interview.
Tip 3 : Do revise your projects i.e how it works and what are its functionalities.

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: 8 CGPA
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Make your resume short and try to make it one page only and mention all your skills that you are confident in.
Tip 2 : Do not put false things on your resume.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration90 Minutes
Interview date24 Nov 2022
Coding problem2

2 coding questions, I solved both coding questions

1. Rat In A Maze

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

By using Dynamic programming

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2. Maximum Subarray Sum

Moderate
35m average time
81% success
0/80
Asked in companies
HCL TechnologiesInformaticaSamsung

You are given an array 'arr' of length 'n', consisting of integers.


A subarray is a contiguous segment of an array. In other words, a subarray can be formed by removing 0 or more integers from the beginning and 0 or more integers from the end of an array.


Find the sum of the subarray (including empty subarray) having maximum sum among all subarrays.


The sum of an empty subarray is 0.


Example :
Input: 'arr' = [1, 2, 7, -4, 3, 2, -10, 9, 1]

Output: 11

Explanation: The subarray yielding the maximum sum is [1, 2, 7, -4, 3, 2].
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02
Round
Hard
Face to Face
Duration60 minutes
Interview date27 Dec 2021
Coding problem2

The interviewer asked me to design LRU cache and Snake and Ladder Game.

1. LRU Cache

Moderate
0/80
Asked in companies
Info Edge India (Naukri.com)Expedia GroupOla
Design a data structure that satisfies the constraints of a Least Recently Used (LRU).
1. Get(int num): If the key exists, it will return the value of the key stored. Else, return -1.    
2. Put(int key, int value): If the key already exists, update the value of the key. Else add the key-value pair to the cache. If the number of keys is more than the capacity for this operation, delete the least recently key used. 
Example:
For the following input: 

4 2
2 1 4
1 1
1 4

We will initialize an empty LRU cache for the first operation with a maximum capacity of 2.
For the first operation, we need to add a key-value pair (1,4) to the cache.
For the second operation, we need to return the value stored for key 1, i.e., 4
For the third operation, we need to return -1, as we don't have any key 4 in the cache.

So, the final output will be: 
4  -1
Problem approach

Not able to code but give approach

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2. Snake and Ladder

Moderate
30m average time
60% success
0/80
Asked in companies
OlaDunzoIntuit

they had asked me to create a Low-level- design for Snake and Ladder game, to give all edge cases.

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