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SDE-3

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4 rounds | 5 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 3 Months
Topics: Data Structures, Dynamic Programming, System Design ,Binary Heaps, Trees ,Design Patterns, Microservice Patterns
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Prepare for System Design seriously if you are applying for SDE-2 and above role as there will be 1-2 rounds for system design.
Tip 2 : Solve medium , medium hard problems of DP, Tree and Heap and other topics.
Tip 3 : Atleast look in all design patterns and microservice patterns once so that you know about them and prepare some of them in depth.

Application process
Where: Linkedin
Eligibility: OLA hire or target people from product based companies mostly
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Keep your resume only single pager
Tip 2 : Highlight your skills and projects in separate sections

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date8 Sep 2021
Coding problem2

1. Number of Islands

Easy
0/40
Asked in companies
PhonePeExpedia GroupRazorpay

You have been given a non-empty grid consisting of only 0s and 1s. You have to find the number of islands in the given grid.

An island is a group of 1s (representing land) connected horizontally, vertically or diagonally. You can assume that all four edges of the grid are surrounded by 0s (representing water).

Problem approach

Applied DFS

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2. Minimum Coins

Moderate
30m average time
70% success
0/80
Asked in companies
DelhiveryWalmartOla

Bob went to his favourite bakery to buy some pastries. After picking up his favourite pastries his total bill was P cents. Bob lives in Berland where all the money is in the form of coins with denominations {1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1000}.

Bob is not very good at maths and thinks fewer coins mean less money and he will be happy if he gives minimum number of coins to the shopkeeper. Help Bob to find the minimum number of coins that sums to P cents (assume that Bob has an infinite number of coins of all denominations).

Problem approach

I applied DP approach to solve this.

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02
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date13 Sep 2021
Coding problem1

1. K Most Frequent Elements

Moderate
10m average time
85% success
0/80
Asked in companies
WalmartOracleFacebook

You are given an Integer array ‘ARR’ and an Integer ‘K’.


Your task is to find the ‘K’ most frequent elements in ‘ARR’. Return the elements in any order.


For Example:

You are given ‘ARR’ = {1, 2, 2, 3, 3} and ‘K’ = 2. 

The answer will {2, 3} as 2 and 3 are the elements occurring most times.
Problem approach

Applied Heap to solve the problem.

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03
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date17 Sep 2021
Coding problem1

1. System Design Question

Design a stock broker system

04
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date28 Sep 2021
Coding problem1

1. System Design Question

Design a system similar to Google Doc

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Skill covered: Programming

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