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4 rounds | 5 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 3 Months
Topics: Algorithms, Data Structures, OOPs, Low level design, High Level design
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Do atleast one Coding on leet code
Tip 2 : Take top 500 questions of geeks for geeks and practice them topic by topic
Tip 3 : Go through the reviews and past interview experience of companies you are about to give interview for

Application process
Where: Naukri
Eligibility: 3 years experience
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Keep it clear
Tip 2 : mention only things you are confident about

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration90 Minutes
Interview date10 Sep 2021
Coding problem1

2 coding questions and One sql question

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

Given two Binary Search Trees, your task is to return a list of integers which contains the values that are present in both the Binary Search Trees.

For example:
If the binary search trees look like the ones below:

The only common values are 6 and 7, therefore we return the list [6, 7].
Problem approach

Take the string and keep in hashset and check the next string using contains method which will take only O(1) time

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02
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date7 Oct 2021
Coding problem2

Questions about projects and two Coding question

1. Median in a stream

Hard
50m average time
50% success
0/120
Asked in companies
Disney + HotstarAmazonMakeMyTrip

Given that integers are read from a data stream. Your task is to find the median of the elements read so far.

Median is the middle value in an ordered integer list. If the size of the list is even there is no middle value. So the median is the floor of the average of the two middle values.

For example :
[2,3,4] - median is 3.
[2,3] - median is floor((2+3)/2) = 2.


Problem approach

This is well known problem, Need to find out the median by splitting it into two groups.

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2. Count Set Bits

Hard
15m average time
85% success
0/120
Asked in companies
HSBCSamsungBank Of America

You are given a positive integer ‘N’. Your task is to find the total number of ‘1’ in the binary representation of all the numbers from 1 to N.

Since the count of ‘1’ can be huge, you are required to return it modulo 1e9+7.

Note:
Do not print anything, just return the number of set bits in the binary representation of all integers between 1 and ‘N’.
Problem approach

Take the integer one by one and count the number of bits and observe the pattern and came out with a mathematical formula.

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03
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date14 Oct 2021
Coding problem1

Regarding previous experience

1. System Design Question

Design Rate limiter

Problem approach

Tip 1 : Give basic naive solution, and develop it 
Tip 2 : Use Microservice architecture
Tip 3 : Get the clarity of the requirements

04
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date22 Oct 2021
Coding problem1

It was Hiring manager round

1. DBMS Question

Given two tables, need to normalise the tables so that data duplication is not done

Problem approach

Tip 1 : Understand the problem properly.
Tip 2 : Whatever you have in your mind please say the same , and take the feedback.

Here's your problem of the day

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

Skill covered: Programming

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