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5 rounds | 7 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 4 Months
Topics: Data Structures, Pointers, OOPS, System Design, Algorithms, Dynamic Programming, C
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Learn about the profile and company 
Tip 2 : Use past interview experience to narrow your search for topics to study
Tip 3 : Always prepare DSA and puzzle questions well and have a pen and paper to work it on.

Application process
Where: Company Website
Eligibility: 7+ cgpa and tier 1 or 2 Universities
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Check throughout your projects and write extensively all you did and what did you contribute in numbers .
Tip 2 : Read your resume and learn about how would you answer the questions based on resume you have written.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration90 Minutes
Interview date13 Oct 2021
Coding problem1

In the morning 10 am and it was mostly to test knowledge for your DSA and oops topics

1. Middle Of Linked List

Easy
20m average time
80% success
0/40
Asked in companies
NoBrokerIBMHCL Technologies

Given a singly linked list of 'N' nodes. The objective is to determine the middle node of a singly linked list. However, if the list has an even number of nodes, we return the second middle node.

Note:
1. If the list is empty, the function immediately returns None because there is no middle node to find.
2. If the list has only one node, then the only node in the list is trivially the middle node, and the function returns that node.
Problem approach

Tip 1 : You need to have knowledge of C and DSA
Tip 2 : Prepare interview questions from past beforehand.

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02
Round
Easy
Telephonic
Duration30 Minutes
Interview date17 Nov 2021
Coding problem1

It was basic telephone call to which they checked my basic knowledge about C and told me more about the job and wanted to know language proficiency and work location availability.

1. OOPS Question

Tell me about yourself and basic C Language questions like pointers and memory allocation.

03
Round
Hard
Video Call
Duration90 Minutes
Interview date20 Nov 2021
Coding problem1

Morning interview

1. Insertion In Doubly Linked List

Easy
15m average time
95% success
0/40
Asked in companies
QualcommAmazonMicrosoft

You are given a Doubly linked list, where every node in the linked list contains two pointers ‘next’ and ‘prev’ which point to the next node and previous node in the list respectively. All nodes have some positive integer value associated with them. Your task is to insert an integer value ‘VAL’ in the linked list at a given position ‘K’.

Note:

The position given will always be less than or equal to the length of the linked list.
Assume that the Indexing for the linked list starts from 0.
EXAMPLE:
Input :
‘K’ = 3, ‘VAL’ = 4
list = [1, 2, 3]
Output: [1, 2, 3, 4]

The ‘VAL’ = 4, is inserted at end of the above doubly linked list.
Problem approach

Tip 1 : Go through what you already been done in the online test and optimise it
Tip 2 : Learn to be spontaneous problem solver

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04
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration45 Minutes
Interview date1 Dec 2021
Coding problem2

Puzzle and Coding questions.

1. Total area of overlapping rectangles

Easy
10m average time
90% success
0/40
Asked in companies
QualcommMicrosoftSAP Labs

You are given two arbitrary rectangles on a 2-D coordinate plane, which may have an intersecting area. You have to find the net area covered by both the rectangles on the cartesian plane.

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The orange area depicted in the above figure is the net area covered by both rectangles on the cartesian plane.

Note:

1. For a rectangle, its top left and bottom right coordinates are given.

2. Coordinates of the rectangles are integer values.

3. Edges of the given rectangles will always be parallel to the X and Y coordinate axes of the cartesian plane.

4. It is guaranteed that both the rectangles will have at least a unit area.
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2. Puzzle

You have 100 light bulbs lined up in a row. You walk past them and turn them all on in the first pass. Then, starting at the same end, you go along and switch every other light bulb off... so all even-numbered light bulbs are now turned off.

Problem approach

Tip 1 : Prepare puzzles very well from Google 
 

05
Round
Hard
Video Call
Duration30 mins
Interview date4 Dec 2021
Coding problem2

Hiring manager

1. Basic HR questions

Questions about other project and internship experience and what was your role and simple questions based on that.

Problem approach

Tip 1 : Prepare project and review every one of them again 
 

2. Reverse Linked List

Moderate
15m average time
85% success
0/80
Asked in companies
IBMQuikrMicrosoft

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

Tip 1 : Prepare it well and always use help given by interview and discuss where ever possible try to engage interviewer with yourself rather than being silent.
 

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