Senior Software Engineer Pristyn Care interview experience

Interview rounds

Round

Medium

Video Call

Duration60 Minutes

Interview date15 Dec 2021

Coding problem2

1. Kth largest element in the unsorted array

Moderate

10m average time

90% success

0/80

Asked in companies

You are given an array consisting of 'N' distinct positive integers and a number 'K'. Your task is to find the kth largest element in the array.

Example:

Consider the array {2,1,5,6,3,8} and 'K' = 3, the sorted array will be {8, 6, 5, 3, 2, 1}, and the 3rd largest element will be 5.

Note:

1) Kth largest element in an array is the kth element of the array when sorted in non-increasing order. 

2) All the elements of the array are pairwise distinct.

Problem approach

I applied sorting and then picked the kth largest element.

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2. Puzzle

It is the puzzle of determining how to store 4L of water from given buckets of 2L and 5L of water.

Problem approach

Tip 1 : Be prepared with general logical problems.
Tip 2 : Solve 5 problems before the interview, to be logically prepared.

Round

Easy

HR Round

Duration30 Minutes

Interview date24 Dec 2021

Coding problem1

1. Basic HR Questions

They asked me why I think I should be selected.

What are your expectations?

Problem approach

Tip 1 : Be prepared with general HR questions.
Tip 2 : Revise whys of each decision you have already made.

Senior Software Engineer

Interview preparation journey

Interview rounds

1. Kth largest element in the unsorted array

You are given an array consisting of 'N' distinct positive integers and a number 'K'. Your task is to find the kth largest element in the array.

Example:

Note:

2. Puzzle

1. Basic HR Questions