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3 rounds | 4 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
I was a Senior Software Developer at Ivanti before to applying for this position. I've worked as a Java developer for 7 years overall in fields like banking, OTT, insurance, and WMS. I started putting together DSA once more as soon as I noticed a position opening at Paypal. In order to refresh my coding abilities and System designing , I reviewed my prior interview experiences and began doing mock interviews.
Application story
I started applying through Instahyre when I started looking for a new job. I noticed PayPal was opening up there and I applied. My resume was shunned after I applied and I was given a link to take the HackerRank test. The interviews went well, and I was chosen.
Why selected/rejected for the role?
I was chosen because of my spirit of perseverance. I approached questions in a unique way. I first made sure I fully understood the question before formulating a response. I answered in a confident and clear manner in this way.
Preparation
Duration: 4 months
Topics: Data Structure , Java , Spring Boot , Databse , Low Level Design ,High Level Design ,System Designing
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Focus of clearing basic about System designing . Why we use load balancers , proxy , different types of databases etc .
Tip 2 : Try to solve different type of patterns of questions as problem solving like greedy ,graph, backtracking ,tree etc .

Application process
Where: Other
Eligibility: No
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1: Add project details of every organisation .
Tip 2:Add only those skill set on which you have worked not to just show on resume.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Face to Face
Duration60 mins
Interview date6 Jan 2023
Coding problem2

It was a technical face to face round . I was asked two coding questions . Interviewer was friendly and asked me to drive the interview .Overall I was able to solve the questions in asked time and got selected for next round .

1. Convert to Hexadecimal

Easy
15m average time
85% success
0/40
Asked in companies
FacebookPayPal

You are given an integer N. Your task is to convert the number to its equivalent Hexadecimal.

Note - All letters in Hexadecimal (A-F) must be in uppercase.

For example:

If N = 50, then output will be 32.
If N = -50, then output will be FFFFFFCE.
Problem approach

This is a mathematical questions that we have solved in school time also . I approached the question in the same way and most importantly share my thoughts with interviewer .

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2. Compress the String

Moderate
25m average time
60% success
0/80
Asked in companies
AdobeMathworksCIS - Cyber Infrastructure

Ninja has been given a program to do basic string compression. For a character that is consecutively repeated more than once, he needs to replace the consecutive duplicate occurrences with the count of repetitions.

Example:

If a string has 'x' repeated 5 times, replace this "xxxxx" with "x5".

The string is compressed only when the repeated character count is more than 1.

Note :

The consecutive count of every character in the input string is less than or equal to 9.
Problem approach

This is a very famous questions at leetcode . We can use normal String operation also and can use Stack also .

Try solving now
02
Round
Medium
Face to Face
Duration60 mins
Interview date9 Jan 2023
Coding problem1

This was again a technical round on call . In this round questions were around Java , SpringBoot , Microservices etc.

1. Spring based questions

How Spring boot application works , hibernate questions .
Garbage collector algorithims , string questions .

03
Round
Medium
Face to Face
Duration60 mins
Interview date11 Jan 2023
Coding problem1

It was a hiring manager round . He discussed team fit questions like how to meet timelines , how to interact with team members etc.

1. Basic HR Questions

1.How to resolve cross team dependecy . 
2. Where you see yourself down the line after 5 years . 
It was general interview not such technical .

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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