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SDE - 1

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2 rounds | 3 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 4.5 Months
Topics: OOPS, System Design, Algorithms, Dynamic Programming
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : prepare topics
Tip 2 : read books
Tip 3 : practice coding

Application process
Where: Referral
Eligibility: No
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Make it short and crisp
Tip 2 : Write what you know

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration45 Minutes
Interview date3 Mar 2022
Coding problem2

Microsoft teams was used for all the interviews. It started with introduction. He then touched upon my projects and internship experience. 2 coding question were given and it was supposed to be solved by sharing screen . Interviewer was very helpful . Any language can be used to solve. Questions asked were:

Did that and Then certain OOPs concept were concepts were asked , difference between method overloading and method overriding , concept of abstraction, static methods and variables. Then I was screened in.

1. N-th Node From The End

Easy
10m average time
90% success
0/40
Asked in companies
Thought WorksHikeAmazon

You are given a Singly Linked List of integers. You have to find the N-th node from end.

For Example
If the given list is (1 -> -2 -> 0 -> 4) and N=2:

example

Then the 2nd node from the end is 0.
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2. Cycle Detection in a Singly Linked List

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

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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02
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration45 minutes
Interview date3 Mar 2022
Coding problem1

This happened after 5 mins on the same call. Again some introduction. He saw one of my project involving use of multithreading. Hence, he asked me about concept multithreading. Any language can be used to solve the coding question.

Types of inheritance in Cpp and resolution of ambiguity in multiple inheritance.
Compare Procedural and Object Oriented Programming with examples

1. Odd To Even

Easy
10m average time
90% success
0/40
Asked in companies
Morgan StanleyQualcommLTIMindtree

You are given an odd number in the form of a string, ‘S.’ Your goal is to convert the number into an even number such that the following two conditions are satisfied.

You can use swap operation over any two indices i,e you can choose two indices 'i' and 'j' and swap the digits present at S[i] and S[j]. But this operation can be used only once.

Your final even number should be the largest out of all other possible even numbers.
Note:
If it isn’t possible to make an even number print -1
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