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3 rounds | 5 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 5 months
Topics: Data structures, Algorithms, My SQL, Computer Networks, Operating System
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Practice question on interviewbit /leetcode of each data structures thoroughly
Tip 2 : Do projects based on new technologies with proper understanding. Maximum 2 is sufficient. :

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: CS, IT and ECE with above 6 CGPA
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : It should me crisp and should not contain any false information.
Tip 2 : Adding about internships and achievement if available

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Online Coding Test
Duration45 mins
Interview date20 Aug 2021
Coding problem3

It consists of three coding question which were easy and related to basic data structures array and linked list

1. Reverse Linked List

Moderate
15m average time
85% success
0/80
Asked in companies
CIS - Cyber InfrastructureInfo Edge India (Naukri.com)Cisco

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 the recursive approach to reverse a linked list, just we have to divide the linked lists in two parts - first node and the rest of the linked list, and then call the recursion for the other part by maintaining the connection.

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2. Count characters

Easy
0/40
Asked in companies
RIVIGOPaytm (One97 Communications Limited)Accenture

Write a program to count and print the total number of characters (lowercase english alphabets only), digits (0 to 9) and white spaces (single space, tab i.e. '\t' and newline i.e. '\n') entered till '$'.

That is, input will be a stream of characters and you need to consider all the characters which are entered till '$'.

Problem approach

I used unordered set for this problem
I had counted the frequency of each letter and then return the one whose count was maximum

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3. Day of the Week

Easy
10m average time
90% success
0/40
Asked in companies
AdobePaytm (One97 Communications Limited)Hexaware Technologies

Write a function that calculates the corresponding day of the week for any particular date in the past or future.

For example, for the date 28th August 2020 happens to be Friday. Hence the expected output will be Friday.

Problem approach

It was mathematical approach you can refer to the link for better understanding.

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02
Round
Medium
Face to Face
Duration50 mins
Interview date24 Aug 2021
Coding problem1

It was first technical interview
Firstly I introduce myself, then interviewer asked question related to time complexity of popular algorithms quict sort, binary searching in all three cases.
Secondly he gave one coding problem related to linked list.
After that interviewer asked few sql queries related to join and count.

1. Cycle Detection in a Singly Linked List

Moderate
15m average time
80% success
0/80
Asked in companies
InformaticaUrban Company (UrbanClap)PhonePe

You are given a Singly Linked List of integers. Return true if it has a cycle, else return false.


A cycle occurs when a node's next points back to a previous node in the list.


Example:
In the given linked list, there is a cycle, hence we return true.

Sample Example 1

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03
Round
Medium
Face to Face
Duration30 mins
Interview date24 Aug 2021
Coding problem1

This round focused on project which I mentioned in my CV.
The interviewer ask about the challenges faced in making the project, technologies which were used in this project, question related to that technology and so on. 
After that he gave me one question related to tree and asked its approach part only.

1. Boundary Traversal of Binary Tree

Hard
20m average time
85% success
0/120
Asked in companies
Info Edge India (Naukri.com)SAP LabsGoldman Sachs

You are given a binary tree having 'n' nodes.


The boundary nodes of a binary tree include the nodes from the left and right boundaries and the leaf nodes, each node considered once.


Figure out the boundary nodes of this binary tree in an Anti-Clockwise direction starting from the root node.


Example :
Input: Consider the binary tree A as shown in the figure:

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Output: [10, 5, 3, 7, 18, 25, 20]

Explanation: As shown in the figure

The nodes on the left boundary are [10, 5, 3]

The nodes on the right boundary are [10, 20, 25]

The leaf nodes are [3, 7, 18, 25].

Please note that nodes 3 and 25 appear in two places but are considered once.
Problem approach

The question was similar to it
I had used level order traversal approach..

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