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SDE - Intern

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3 rounds | 4 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 6 months
Topics: Data Structures, Pointers, OOPS, System Design, Algorithms, Dynamic Programming, java, OS
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Practice Atleast 250 Questions from geeks from geeks and coding ninjas
Tip 2 : Ex- Do atleast 2 good projects

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

Tip 1 : Have some projects on resume.
Tip 2 : Do not put false things on resume and be confident.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Test
Duration60 minutes
Interview date29 Sep 2021
Coding problem2

2 coding questions

1. NFACTOR

Hard
50m average time
50% success
0/120
Asked in companies
AppleMicrosoftPayPal

You have given ‘Q’ queries where each query is represented by three positive integers ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘N’. For each query, you are supposed to find the number of integers in the range [A, B] which has exactly ‘N’ unique prime factors.

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2. Reverse List In K Groups

Hard
15m average time
85% success
0/120
Asked in companies
SAP LabsSamsungIBM

You are given a linked list of 'n' nodes and an integer 'k', where 'k' is less than or equal to 'n'.


Your task is to reverse the order of each group of 'k' consecutive nodes, if 'n' is not divisible by 'k', then the last group of nodes should remain unchanged.


For example, if the linked list is 1->2->3->4->5, and 'k' is 3, we have to reverse the first three elements, and leave the last two elements unchanged. Thus, the final linked list being 3->2->1->4->5.


Implement a function that performs this reversal, and returns the head of the modified linked list.


Example:
Input: 'list' = [1, 2, 3, 4], 'k' = 2

Output: 2 1 4 3

Explanation:
We have to reverse the given list 'k' at a time, which is 2 in this case. So we reverse the first 2 elements then the next 2 elements, giving us 2->1->4->3.


Note:
All the node values will be distinct.


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02
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration40 minutes
Interview date30 Sep 2021
Coding problem1

1 coding question

1. Minimum Removals

Moderate
10m average time
90% success
0/80
Asked in companies
HCL TechnologiesDeutsche BankPayPal

You’re given an array ‘ARR’ of size N and an integer K. Your task is to determine the minimum number of elements that should be removed from the array such that the difference between the maximum and the minimum element in the remaining array is less than or equal to K.

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03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration30 minutes
Interview date30 Sep 2021
Coding problem1

1. Basic HR Questions

After a brief introduction, he discussed my projects and internships.
Then, he asked why I was interested in joining PayPal, the team I’d like to work with, strengths and weaknesses etc. Wasn’t a very pleasant round, he seemed a strict person.
I had a research internship stated, so wanted to know why I want to work in corporate world.

Problem approach

The only thing is to practice as many questions as you can from GfG, Leetcode, etc.
Do PayPal tagged questions from coding ninjas
Staying calm and confident during the interview helps a lot.

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