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SDE - Intern
Optum
2 rounds | 2 Coding
problems
Selected Interview preparation journey
Preparation
Duration: 5 month
Topics: Arrays, Linked Lists , Stacks & Queues ,Trees and Graphs, OOPs, Algorithms
Tip 1 : Consistency-Solving problems daily
Tip 2 : Quality over quantity
Tip 3 : build confidence by solving problems till you confident about any topic (don't go over number of questions)
Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: 7+ CGPA, No Active backlogs
Tip 1 : Be Precise
Tip 2 : mention only important tech related things like projects and experiences
Interview rounds
01
Round
Easy
Online Coding Interview
Duration90 minutes
Interview date7 Sep 2021
Coding problem1
First Round-It was 90 minutes round and basically contains aptitude question which you need to solve quickly.
1. MCQs
Normal aptitude and English and reasoning questions.
02
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration40 minutes
Interview date15 Sep 2021
Coding problem1
My interview started and the interviewer asked me to introduce myself. Also he asked me some questions related to my hobbies like the last movie I saw in theatre (these questions are asked to make you comfortable and familiarise you with the interview) .
After this he asked me about my projects.
In which technology did I work. What is my project all about , what are its features and how is it useful in the real world.
After this, since I made my project in native Android using Java he asked me some conceptual questions in Java.He asked me about Collection framework.
After this he asked me about OOPs.What is OOPs, then he asked me about polymorphism and told me to explain it.
Finally, he gave me a question and asked me to code it.
Q. Find the second largest element in the given array (don't use sorting ).
Eg. arr={6,7,8,9,0}
Then, output=8
Interview took around 35-40 min .
At last he asked me if I had any questions for him to which I replied in what technologies do I get to work on if I get selected.
1. Second largest element in the array
Easy
15m average time
80% success
0/40
Asked in companies
You have been given an array/list 'ARR' of integers. Your task is to find the second largest element present in the 'ARR'.
Note:
a) Duplicate elements may be present.
b) If no such element is present return -1.
Example:
Input: Given a sequence of five numbers 2, 4, 5, 6, 8.
Output: 6
Explanation:
In the given sequence of numbers, number 8 is the largest element, followed by number 6 which is the second-largest element. Hence we return number 6 which is the second-largest element in the sequence.
Problem approach
first calculate the largest no. then again run the loop for entire array and find the no. just less then that largest no. but greater than other nos.
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