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SDE - Intern

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3 rounds | 6 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
Solve a comprehensive DSA sheet and follow important core questions for core subjects. For projects, focus on two web development projects (MERN Stac
Application story
I applied through the on-campus recruitment drive, so initially, the test was conducted on HackerEarth, followed by 3 rounds of interviews.
Why selected/rejected for the role?
Because I had prepared core subjects from Love Babbar and practiced DSA using Striver's DSA sheet, I was well-prepared.
Preparation
Duration: 12 months
Topics: Operating System,OOPS,Dynamic Programming,DBMS,Graph Theory
Tip
Tip

Tip 1: Prepare core subjects well. 

Tip 2: Practice questions from a comprehensive DSA sheet. 

Tip 3: Two projects would suffice, but consider why you chose a particular framework, etc., over any other.

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: >8 CGPA
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1: Avoid including false information that you cannot justify. 

Tip 2: Structure your resume well by placing your strengths and relevant details at the top.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Face to Face
Duration90 minutes
Interview date14 Sep 2023
Coding problem3

Conducted online on Zoom.

1. Next Greater Element

Easy
10m average time
90% success
0/40
Asked in companies
IBMInfo Edge India (Naukri.com)Amazon

You are given an array 'a' of size 'n'. Print the Next Greater Element(NGE) for every element.

Problem approach

1.Used 2 loops initially.
2.Used stack for optimisation.

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2. Color Change in Image Processing

Moderate
10m average time
90% success
0/80
Asked in companies
ShareChatAppleAdobe

Ninja has found his new passion for photography. He has clicked some really good photos but in one of his images, he doesn’t like the color of a particular region. So, he decides to change the color of that region. Can you help him with this task?The image is represented in the form of a 2D array of size M * N. Each pixel in the image is a positive integer. Ninja has given you the coordinates (row and column) of a certain pixel and the new color value. You need to replace the color of the given pixel and all adjacent same-colored pixels with the new color.

Problem approach

Start with the given pixel.
Base Condition 1: If the pixel has a different color than the starting pixel, return.
Base Condition 2: If the pixel has already been replaced with the new color, return.
Replace the colour of the current pixel with the new colour.
Recur for the adjacent pixels (up, down, left and right).
Return the new image.

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3. Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock

Moderate
22m average time
0/80
Asked in companies
FacebookOYOHCL Technologies

You have been given stock values/prices for N number of days. Every i-th day signifies the price of a stock on that day. Your task is to find the maximum profit which you can make by buying and selling the stocks.

Problem approach

1.Using 2 pointers.
2.Used stack to optimise it.

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02
Round
Medium
Face to Face
Duration90
Interview date14 Sep 2023
Coding problem2

Asked me about few DSA problems but only approach was needed to be shared

1. Efficient Sorting Strategies for Large Datasets

Easy
0/40
Asked in companies
Morgan StanleySamsungPayPal

If you had to sort large amount of then how would you go about it and why.

Problem approach

Optimised approach was using counting sort.

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2. Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock

Moderate
20m average time
80% success
0/80
Asked in companies
IntuitOptumOYO

You are given an array/list 'prices' where the elements of the array represent the prices of the stock as they were yesterday and indices of the array represent minutes. Your task is to find and return the maximum profit you can make by buying and selling the stock. You can buy and sell the stock only once.

Note:

You can’t sell without buying first.
For Example:
For the given array [ 2, 100, 150, 120],
The maximum profit can be achieved by buying the stock at minute 0 when its price is Rs. 2 and selling it at minute 2 when its price is Rs. 150.
So, the output will be 148.
Problem approach

In order to maximize the profit, we have to minimize the cost price and maximize the selling price. So at every step, we will keep track of the minimum buy price of stock encountered so far. If the current price of stock is lower than the previous buy price, then we will update the buy price, else if the current price of stock is greater than the previous buy price then we can sell at this price to get some profit. After iterating over the entire array, return the maximum profit.

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03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration60 minutes
Interview date14 Sep 2023
Coding problem1

Asked me about my strengths, my past internship experience,my family background and why playsimple

1. Basic HR Questions.

  1. The interviewer asked me about my strengths and weaknesses.
  2. I discussed my past internship experience.
  3. I talked about my family background and why I chose PlaySimple.

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