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4 rounds | 4 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 3 months
Topics: Data Structures, OOPS, Machine-Learning, Database(both sql and nosql), Python,
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Be confident about whatever you put in your resume.
Tip 2 : Have a solid grasp of DSA.
Tip 3 : Prepare for some logical questions riddles etc

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: Above 7 gpa, No active backlogs in any semester,Only CS/IT and Circuit Branches were allowed
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Keep it short and to the point.
Tip 2 : Focus on DSA and one or 2 coding languages.The interviewers will anyways not look for how many frameworks you know because all that stuff is available in the internet.
Tip 3 : Highlight industry experience (internship,gsoc etc.)

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Online Coding Interview
Duration120 minutes
Interview date14 Sep 2022
Coding problem0

MCQ Round. 

Aptitude-5 

Os-10 

Dbms-10 

Logical-Reasoning-10 

DSA-25

02
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration45 minutes
Interview date21 Jan 2021
Coding problem2

Technical Interview.

1. Missing and repeating numbers

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

You are given an array of size ‘N’. The elements of the array are in the range from 1 to ‘N’.

Ideally, the array should contain elements from 1 to ‘N’. But due to some miscalculations, there is a number R in the range [1, N] which appears in the array twice and another number M in the range [1, N] which is missing from the array.

Your task is to find the missing number (M) and the repeating number (R).

For example:
Consider an array of size six. The elements of the array are { 6, 4, 3, 5, 5, 1 }. 
The array should contain elements from one to six. Here, 2 is not present and 5 is occurring twice. Thus, 2 is the missing number (M) and 5 is the repeating number (R). 
Follow Up
Can you do this in linear time and constant additional space? 
Problem approach

I summed up the array and then from (n*(n+1)/2) I subtracted the sum.

Try solving now

2. Puzzle

Given 11 balls .One ball is defective i.e either light or heavy.Find the defective ball with minimum number of uses of the weighing machine

03
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration30 minutes
Interview date21 Jan 2021
Coding problem1

Mostly questions were asked related to my projects.Some puzzles were also asked.

1. Puzzle

3 ants and triangle

There are 3 ants sitting on three corners of a triangle. All ants randomly pick a direction and start moving along edge of the triangle. What is the probability that any two ants collide?

04
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration50 minutes
Interview date21 Jan 2021
Coding problem1

Technical+hr round.I was also asked questions about my internship.I was also asked questions about docker and dockerfiles.In my resume I had put selenium so I was asked about automation and where had I used it.

1. Reverse Linked List

Moderate
15m average time
85% success
0/80
Asked in companies
WalmartHCL TechnologiesInfo Edge India (Naukri.com)

Given a singly linked list of integers. Your task is to return the head of the reversed linked list.

For example:
The given linked list is 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4-> NULL. Then the reverse linked list is 4 -> 3 -> 2 -> 1 -> NULL and the head of the reversed linked list will be 4.
Follow Up :
Can you solve this problem in O(N) time and O(1) space complexity?
Problem approach

I used 3 pointers(prev,curr,next) in a while loop to reverse the linked list.

Try solving now

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