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2 rounds | 2 Coding problems

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Preparation
Duration: 6 months
Topics: Data Structures, Pointers, OOPS,Dynamic Programminng,Operating System,DBMS
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Be confident! 
Tip 2 : Maintain high Cgpa
Tip 3 : Do your best

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

Tip 1 : Mention clear points
Tip 2 : Atleast 3 projects and never put anything you have not revised

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration75 min
Interview date15 Oct 2020
Coding problem1

This round was MCQ and coding round. 25 MCQs and one coding question were asked. MCQs were based on OS, DBMS, Aptitude and Data Structures.

1. Minimum days to complete work

Easy
15m average time
90% success
0/40
Asked in companies
OptumIBM

We have to complete a total of ‘N’ works. Now, each work can be done on only one of the two special days given in 2 different arrays ‘day1’ and ‘day2’ respectively.

day1[i] denotes that the ‘i-th’ work can on the day1[i] th day and day2[i] denotes that the ‘i-th’ work can on the day2[i] th day. Also, it is guaranteed that day2[i] < day1[i].

Also, make sure, the works are being done in such a way that they must be in non-decreasing order in terms of days given in array ‘day1’.

Your task is to find the minimum number of days in which all the work can be completed.

For example
day1 = {5, 6, 2}
day2 = {2, 4, 1}

In this case, the ideal order will be to perform work 3 on the first day, work 1 on the second day and work 2 on the fourth day. The order with respect to Day1 in which the work is done will be {2, 5, 6} which is non-decreasing. Hence the number of days needed to finish all work will be 4.
Problem approach

It is a simple iteration problem.

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02
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration30 min
Interview date17 Oct 2020
Coding problem1

This was a Data Structural round. Only one coding question was asked by the interviewer. The interviewer was very friendly. This round was very easy.

1. Bubble Sort

Easy
10m average time
90% success
0/40
Asked in companies
HCL TechnologiesSAP LabsHCL Technologies

Bubble Sort is one of the sorting algorithms that works by repeatedly swapping the adjacent elements of the array if they are not in sorted order.

You are given an unsorted array consisting of N non-negative integers. Your task is to sort the array in non-decreasing order using the Bubble Sort algorithm.

For Example:
Bubble Sort implementation for the given array:  {6,2,8,4,10} is shown below :-

Alt test

Problem approach

Just applied the normal bubble sort algorithm. It is very easy and simple.

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