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3 rounds | 5 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
My journey started when I was in class 12th and my teacher guided me to take part in the coding competitions that are hosted by codechef. After that I started participating in them and developed a habit of doing coding questions.
Application story
I applied to this company throw the on-campus opportunity as my college is a tier 1 college this company always visit my college for hire.
Why selected/rejected for the role?
I was rejected because i was not able to explain all the concept with the correct accuracy.
Preparation
Duration: 4 months
Topics: Data Structures, Pointers, OOPS, System Design, Algorithms, Dynamic Programming
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Regarding DSA preparation, I have a theory. 20 percent of the questions will be asked in 80 percent of the interview and 80 percent of the questions will be asked in 20 percent of the interviews. In short, some questions have a very high chance of coming up during the interviews and some have very low chance. We should focus more on the questions that have more chance of coming up in the interview. You can find these questions on Striver SDE Sheet, InterviewBit, Leetcode 100 most liked, Leetcode 100 most important.

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

Tip 1 : Make Sure that your resume is simple and also try to fit all the information on only one page.
Tip 2 : Have at least 2 projects with the latest technologies, Github link of projects should be provided

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Face to Face
Duration45 minutes
Interview date13 Oct 2022
Coding problem2

1. Dice throw

Hard
35m average time
65% success
0/120
Asked in companies
MakeMyTripMicrosoftDisney + Hotstar

You are given D dice, each having F faces numbered 1 to F, both inclusive. The task is to find the possible number of ways to roll the dice together such that the sum of face-up numbers equal the given target S.

Note :
As the answer can be large, return your answer modulo 10^9  + 7.
Follow Up :
Can you solve this using not more than O(S) extra space?
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2. Check Identical Trees

Moderate
20m average time
85% success
0/80
Asked in companies
HikeDelhiveryMorgan Stanley

You are given two binary trees with 'n' and 'm' nodes respectively.


You need to return true if the two trees are identical. Otherwise, return false.


Example:
For the trees given below:- 

example

The given trees are identical as:-
1. The number of nodes in both trees is the same. 
2. The number of edges in both trees is the same. 
3. The data for root for both the trees is the same i.e 5. 
4. The data of root -> left (root’s left child) for both the trees is the same i.e 2.
5. The data of root -> right (root’s right child) for both the trees is the same i.e 3.
6. The data of root -> right -> left ( left child of root’s right child) for both the trees is the same i.e 6.
7. Nodes with data 2 and 6 are the leaf nodes for both the binary trees. 
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02
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration60 minutes
Interview date13 Oct 2022
Coding problem2

1. Distinct subsequences

Easy
0/40
Asked in companies
AmazonMicrosoftInnovaccer

Given two strings S and T consisting of lower case English letters. The task is to count the distinct occurrences of T in S as a subsequence.

A subsequence is a sequence generated from a string after deleting some or no characters of the string without changing the order of the remaining string characters. (i.e. “ace” is a subsequence of “abcde” while “aec” is not).

For example, for the strings S = “banana” and T=”ban”, output is 3 as T appears in S as below three subsequences.

[ban], [ba n], [b an ]

Problem approach

You have been given string 'S' of length 'N' that may contain duplicate alphabets. Your task is to return the count of distinct subsequences of it.

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2. K-th node from the end of the linked list

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

Given the head node of the singly linked list and an integer ‘k’, , find the value at the kth node from the end of the linked list.

For example:

Linked List

For the above-linked list, if k=2, then the value at the kth i.e second node from the end is ‘12’.
Note :
1.You don’t need to take any input. It has already been taken care of. Just implement the given function and return a pointer pointing to the k-th element from the last of the linked list.
2.It is guaranteed that k<=size of the linked list.
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03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration30 minutes
Interview date13 Oct 2022
Coding problem1

1. Basic HR Questions

Why do you want to work at our company?
What is the difference between confidence and over confidence?
What is the difference between hard work and smart work?

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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