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SDE - Intern

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2 rounds | 4 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 6-7 months
Topics: data structure,dp,two pointers,graphs,backtracking,linked list,greedy,dp,all important algorithms,os,dbms,oops and C memory management
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : practise at least 600 problems of a different varieties,Don't stick with one website while preparing, if doing leetcode make sure to solve on codeforces as well 
Tip 2 : try to solve at least 2-3 questions everyday while preparing
Tip 3 : Add atleast 2 good projects in resume and the relevant skills

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: only computer science student having good score in coding test were selected
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Add only those points on your resume which are relevant and you can answer related to them in the interview
Tip 2 : Resume should reflect the skills for the role which you are applying for

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration60 minutes
Interview date14 Sep 2021
Coding problem1

All the round were conducted in the office timings platform was good for coding test and hence overall a good coding round experience.
The interview was taken by a single person only on the Microsoft teams platform and was polite during the entire interview.

1. Sort 0 1 2

Easy
22m average time
0/40
Asked in companies
Expedia GroupWalmartHCL Technologies

You have been given an integer array/list(ARR) of size 'N'. It only contains 0s, 1s and 2s. Write a solution to sort this array/list.

Note :
Try to solve the problem in 'Single Scan'. ' Single Scan' refers to iterating over the array/list just once or to put it in other words, you will be visiting each element in the array/list just once.
Try solving now
02
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration40-45 minutes
Interview date18 Oct 2022
Coding problem3

Interview

1. Special Primes

Moderate
15m average time
85% success
0/80
Asked in companies
OptumMAQ Software

You are given an integer N, and you need to find the number of Special Primes smaller than or equal to N.

Note:

1. A Prime number is a number that has only two factors 1 and N itself.
2. A Prime number P is known as Special Prime if it can 
be represented as follows:
    P = A^2 + B^4
where A and B are positive integers.
3. A and B should be greater than 0.
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2. Delete a Node from Linked List

Problem approach

check whether the value in the node is prime or not and then simply delete that node if the value is prime.

3. Excel Column Number

Easy
23m average time
0/40
Asked in companies
OYODirectiGoldman Sachs

You have been given a column title as appears in an Excel sheet, return its corresponding column number.

For example:
A -> 1
B -> 2
C -> 3
...
Z -> 26
AA -> 27
AB -> 28 
...
Problem approach

can be found on leetcode.The basic approach is to divide the number by 26 repeatedly and take the letter corresponding to number mod 26 and append that letter in string

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Here's your problem of the day

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

Skill covered: Programming

How do you remove whitespace from the start of a string?

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