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Software Engineer

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3 rounds | 5 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
Being in Tier-3 College as well as Tier-3 mindset , nearly 2.5 years of college passed without the without even knowing about the ABC of programming and Coding. But as they its never too late to start working on things you want , So started the learning basic stuff in 5th semester , and kept on learning as well as exploring , eventually this opportunity at Optum came and I was able to crack it.
Application story
This company visited to my campus for the selection they first took a test then allow us to come for the interview.
Why selected/rejected for the role?
Because I solved both coding problems asked in interview and explained my projects mentioned in resume very well to the interviewer.
Preparation
Duration: 6 months
Topics: Computer Networks, DSA, DBMS, OS, OOPS, System Design
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Good knowledge of one programming language like C++, Python etc. and Basic Data Structure & Algorithms as well as OOPS concepts 
Tip 2 : At least one Good project
Tip 3 : Solve At least 200-250 questions of basic & medium level questions on any coding platform

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: 7 CGPA
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Have projects 
Tip 2 : It's better to have skillset defined that plays an important role in interviews

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Test
Duration60 minutes
Interview date26 Jul 2022
Coding problem2

1. Binary Array Sorting

Easy
20m average time
85% success
0/40
Asked in companies
OptumAthenahealthPolicyBazaar.com

A binary array is an array consisting of only 0s and 1s.

You are given a binary array "arr" of size ‘N’. Your task is to sort the given array and return this array after sorting.

Try solving now

2. Minimum Cost Path

Moderate
25m average time
70% success
0/80
Asked in companies
Goldman SachsOlaSalesforce

You have been given a matrix of ‘N’ rows and ‘M’ columns filled up with integers. Find the minimum sum that can be obtained from a path which from cell (x,y) and ends at the top left corner (1,1).

From any cell in a row, we can move to the right, down or the down right diagonal cell. So from a particular cell (row, col), we can move to the following three cells:

Down: (row+1,col)
Right: (row, col+1)
Down right diagonal: (row+1, col+1)
Try solving now
02
Round
Medium
Online Coding Test
Duration60 minutes
Interview date3 Aug 2022
Coding problem2

1. Clone Graph

Moderate
25m average time
75% success
0/80
Asked in companies
UberAppleFacebook

You are given a reference/address of a node in a connected undirected graph containing N nodes and M edges. You are supposed to return a clone of the given graph which is nothing but a deep copy. Each node in the graph contains an integer “data” and an array/list of its neighbours.

The structure of the graphNode class is as follows:

class graphNode 
{  
    public:
        int data;
        vector<graphNode*> neighbours;
}
Note :
1. Nodes are numbered from 1 to N.

2. Your solution will run on multiple test cases. If you are using global variables make sure to clear them.
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2. Right View

Moderate
35m average time
65% success
0/80
Asked in companies
AmazonAdobeUber

You have been given a Binary Tree of integers.

Your task is to print the Right view of it.

The right view of a Binary Tree is a set of nodes visible when the tree is viewed from the Right side and the nodes are printed from top to bottom order.

Try solving now
03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration20 minutes
Interview date9 Aug 2022
Coding problem1

1. Basic HR Questions

Introduce yourself
What do you think is special about you?
Why are you different?
Explain your project.
Any comment on your college?

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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