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2 rounds | 4 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
as I am looking for a new opportunity. i applied in parkplus.I had 2 interview rounds with Parkplus.The first round was great! It lasted for an hour, and they asked me to write code and explain the approach for two DSA questions. It was challenging but enjoyable.The second round was a bit tougher. They asked a coding question, a system design question (LLD), and inquired about my work in current projects. Though I didn't make it to the next stage, I'm grateful for the opportunity and the chance to test my abilities. I'll keep pushing forward and exploring other opportunities.
Application story
got to know about an internal opportunity from a friend and asked for a referral from my friend. my resume got selected and I got the interview.
Why selected/rejected for the role?
i lacked a bit in system design so that was the main reason for my rejection in 2nd round. i was not able to do the database design properly which works well with the given requirements for small-scale and large-scale both. so my rejection was due to a lack of proficiency in designing databases that cater to both small and large-scale requirements. The ability to create scalable solutions was not adequately demonstrated, resulting in the decision. so It's essential to focus on improving skills in database design and understanding the principles of scalability
Preparation
Duration: 2 Months
Topics: Data Structures and Algorithms, Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Concepts, System Design and Architecture, Databases and SQL, Current projects
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : practice leetcode questions or any DSA questions as much as possible
Tip 2 : System Design(LLD) concepts are must.
Tip 3 : OOPS and complete knowledge about your current project in which you are involved in your current company.

Application process
Where: Referral
Eligibility: i-2 years of experience in java. degree in CSE(good to have)
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : mention all the technical projects you have done.
Tip 2 : elaborate on your current work in your current company

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date13 Apr 2023
Coding problem2

Started with an introduction and then had a discussion on current projects I was doing in my company. which tech stack i am working on which i want to learn and why. any personal project I am doing or not apart from company work. then i had my 1st coding question was Heap based and then 2nd was on dynamic programming

1. Car Pooling

Moderate
30m average time
70% success
0/80
Asked in companies
AmazonMathworksUber

You are working as a cab driver. Your car moves in a straight line and moves toward the forward direction only. Initially, you have ‘C’ empty seats for the passengers.

Now, you are given ‘N’ number of trips that you have to make. In each trip, you are given three integers ‘Num’, ‘pickPoint’, and ‘dropPoint’ denoting that there are ‘Num’ numbers of passengers standing at 'pickpoint’ and you have to drop them at 'droppoint’.

Your task is to find if it is possible to pick up and drop off all the passengers of all the given trips or not.

Note :
You have a special type of car containing any number of seats.
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2. Ways To Make Coin Change

Moderate
20m average time
80% success
0/80
Asked in companies
AmazonCIS - Cyber InfrastructureLinkedIn

You are given an infinite supply of coins of each of denominations D = {D0, D1, D2, D3, ...... Dn-1}. You need to figure out the total number of ways W, in which you can make a change for value V using coins of denominations from D. Print 0, if a change isn't possible.

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02
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date19 Apr 2023
Coding problem2

1 coding question was asked and then a system design for a parking lot. In the end, had some discussion on my projects.

1. Dijkstra's shortest path

Moderate
25m average time
65% success
0/80
Asked in companies
PayPalAmazonPhonePe

You have been given an undirected graph of ‘V’ vertices (labeled 0,1,..., V-1) and ‘E’ edges. Each edge connecting two nodes (‘X’,’Y’) will have a weight denoting the distance between node ‘X’ and node ‘Y’.

Your task is to find the shortest path distance from the source node, which is the node labeled as 0, to all vertices given in the graph.

Example:

Input:
4 5
0 1 5
0 2 8
1 2 9
1 3 2
2 3 6

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In the given input, the number of vertices is 4, and the number of edges is 5.

In the input, following the number of vertices and edges, three numbers are given. The first number denotes node ‘X’, the second number denotes node ‘Y’ and the third number denotes the distance between node ‘X’ and ‘Y’.

As per the input, there is an edge between node 0 and node 1 and the distance between them is 5.

The vertices 0 and 2 have an edge between them and the distance between them is 8.
The vertices 1 and 2 have an edge between them and the distance between them is 9.
The vertices 1 and 3 have an edge between them and the distance between them is 2.
The vertices 2 and 3 have an edge between them and the distance between them is 6.

Note:

1. There are no self-loops(an edge connecting the vertex to itself) in the given graph.

2. There can be parallel edges i.e. two vertices can be directly connected by more than 1 edge.
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2. System Design Question

Design a parking system for a parking lot. The parking lot has three kinds of parking spaces: big, medium, and small, with a fixed number of slots for each size.

Problem approach

Tip 1 : practice solving such problems
Tip 2 : keep the mind in ways of scaling, fault tolerance

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