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3 rounds | 6 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
During my layoff time, I could not convert my internship to full-time at one of my dream companies. Nevertheless, I am preparing for an interview and have been active on CodeStudio and other platforms for around three years. After applying directly, I saw a job post on LinkedIn and received a call from HR, followed by 1 OA and two discussion rounds. In the end, I was able to secure an offer.
Application story
I applied through a LinkedIn post, and after the initial discussion, HR shared an OA link and scheduled two face-to-face rounds for discussions. In the end, I was able to get an offer.
Why selected/rejected for the role?
The only things I could think of as reasons for selection are solving and a good resume, which helped me showcase my skills to interviewers.
Preparation
Duration: 3 months
Topics: LinkedList, HashMap, Binary search, Array, Operating system, DBMS
Tip
Tip

Tip 1: Go through core subjects' notes.
Tip 2: Be confident, and always ask as many questions as you can to understand the problem better.
Tip 3: Believe in yourself.

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

Tip 1 : Don't mention false achievement or projects.
Tip 2 : Try to mention only those things which you have in-depth understanding.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration60 minutes
Interview date2 Mar 2023
Coding problem2

1. Add Two Numbers As Linked Lists ll

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

You have been given two singly Linked Lists, where each of them represents a positive number without any leading zeros.

Your task is to add these two numbers and print the summation in the form of a linked list.

Example:
If the first linked list is 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4 -> 5 -> NULL and the second linked list is 4 -> 5 -> NULL.

The two numbers represented by these two lists are 12345 and 45, respectively. So, adding these two numbers gives 12390. 

So, the linked list representation of this number is 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 9 -> 0 -> NULL.
Try solving now

2. Bursting Balloons

Moderate
40m average time
60% success
0/80
Asked in companies
QuikrSamsungOracle

You are given an array 'ARR' of N integers. Each integer represents the height of a balloon. So, there are N balloons lined up.

Your aim is to destroy all these balloons. Now, a balloon can only be destroyed if the player shoots its head. So, to do the needful, he/ she shoots an arrow from the left to the right side of the platform, from an arbitrary height he/she chooses. The arrow moves from left to right, at a chosen height ARR[i] until it finds a balloon. The moment when an arrow touches a balloon, the balloon gets destroyed and disappears and the arrow continues its way from left to right at a height decreased by 1. Therefore, if the arrow was moving at height ARR[i], after destroying the balloon it travels at height ARR[i]-1. The player wins this game if he destroys all the balloons in minimum arrows.

You have to return the minimum arrows required to complete the task.

Try solving now
02
Round
Medium
Face to Face
Duration60 minutes
Interview date6 Mar 2023
Coding problem2

1. House Robber

Moderate
26m average time
0/80
Asked in companies
SamsungAmazonQuikr

A thief wants to loot houses. He knows the amount of money in each house. He cannot loot two consecutive houses. Find the maximum amount of money he can loot.

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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?
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03
Round
Medium
Face to Face
Duration60 minutes
Interview date9 Mar 2023
Coding problem2

1. Search In Rotated Sorted Array

Moderate
30m average time
65% success
0/80
Asked in companies
FreshworksExpedia GroupPayPal

Aahad and Harshit always have fun by solving problems. Harshit took a sorted array consisting of distinct integers and rotated it clockwise by an unknown amount. For example, he took a sorted array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] and if he rotates it by 2, then the array becomes: [4, 5, 1, 2, 3].

After rotating a sorted array, Aahad needs to answer Q queries asked by Harshit, each of them is described by one integer Q[i]. which Harshit wanted him to search in the array. For each query, if he found it, he had to shout the index of the number, otherwise, he had to shout -1.

For each query, you have to complete the given method where 'key' denotes Q[i]. If the key exists in the array, return the index of the 'key', otherwise, return -1.

Note:

Can you solve each query in O(logN) ?
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2. OOPS Question

Explain polymorphism and inheritance. (Learn)

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Solving this problem will increase your chance to get selected in this company

Skill covered: Programming

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