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2 rounds | 3 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 2 months
Topics: DSA, Competitive Coding, OOPS Concepts, OS, DBMS, CN.
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Practice the DSA sheet of 180 commonly asked questions by striver.
Tip 2 : Do Competitive coding regularly, try to be consistent in short contests.
Tip 3 : Revise the core subjects basics regularly.

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

Tip 1 : Resume must be concise and to the point.
Tip 2 : Never add any fake skill in your resume, because they can ask anything from your skills.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Face to Face
Duration45 Minutes
Interview date5 Aug 2021
Coding problem2

1. Trapping Rain Water

Moderate
15m average time
80% success
0/80
Asked in companies
SalesforcePayPalHexaware Technologies

You have been given a long type array/list 'arr’ of size 'n’.


It represents an elevation map wherein 'arr[i]’ denotes the elevation of the 'ith' bar.



Note :
The width of each bar is the same and is equal to 1.
Example:
Input: ‘n’ = 6, ‘arr’ = [3, 0, 0, 2, 0, 4].

Output: 10

Explanation: Refer to the image for better comprehension:

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Note :
You don't need to print anything. It has already been taken care of. Just implement the given function.
Problem approach

You have been given a long type array/list 'ARR' of size 'N'. It represents an elevation map wherein 'ARR[i]' denotes the elevation of the 'ith' bar. Print the total amount of rainwater that can be trapped in these elevations.

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2. K Most Frequent Words

Moderate
36m average time
65% success
0/80
Asked in companies
SalesforceDunzoPaytm (One97 Communications Limited)

You have been given an array/list 'WORDS' of 'N' non-empty words, and an integer 'K'. Your task is to return the 'K' most frequent words sorted by their frequency from highest to lowest.

Note:

If two words have the same frequency then the lexicographically smallest word should come first in your answer.

Follow up:

Can you solve it in O(N * logK) time and O(N) extra space? 
Problem approach

You have been given an array/list 'WORDS' of 'N' non-empty words, and an integer 'K'. Your task is to return the 'K' most frequent words sorted by their frequency from highest to lowest.

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02
Round
Easy
Face to Face
Duration45 minutes
Interview date7 Aug 2021
Coding problem1

1. Implement Stack With Linked List

Moderate
30m average time
73% success
0/80
Asked in companies
QualcommPaytm (One97 Communications Limited)Cisco

You must implement the Stack data structure using a Singly Linked List.


Create a class named 'Stack' which supports the following operations(all in O(1) time):


getSize: Returns an integer. Gets the current size of the stack

isEmpty: Returns a boolean. Gets whether the stack is empty

push: Returns nothing. Accepts an integer. Puts that integer at the top of the stack

pop: Returns nothing. Removes the top element of the stack. It does nothing if the stack is empty.

getTop: Returns an integer. Gets the top element of the stack. Returns -1 if the stack is empty
Problem approach

You need to implement the Stack data structure using a Singly Linked List.
Create a class named 'Stack' which supports the following operations(all in O(1) time):

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