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3 rounds | 5 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
I took admission in tier 2 college for B.Tech in Computer Science. Firstly I planned that I will start learning DSA from the first year but I could not. So, I started DSA from the fourth semester and along with DSA, I also learned development because that is what I wanted to be. By the end of Third year, I was confident in both DSA and development but even then I keep on revising the concepts.
Application story
I got to know about this opening through linkedin post. I applied to the post and looked at the important question for the particular company and started practising for that. After few days, I got a mail that I will be having an assessment test after which there will be a face to face Technical Round and then the final HR round will takes place.
Why selected/rejected for the role?
I was giving correct explanation for my solutions in the coding round. I also built the optimal solution starting from the brute force algorithm which also added to my points.
Preparation
Duration: 3 months
Topics: Data Structures, Algorithms, System Design, Aptitude, OOPS
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Must do Previously asked Interview as well as Online Test Questions.
Tip 2 : Go through all the previous interview experiences from Codestudio and Leetcode.
Tip 3 : Do at-least 2 good projects and you must know every bit of them.

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

Tip 1 : Have at-least 2 good projects explained in short with all important points covered.
Tip 2 : Every skill must be mentioned.
Tip 3 : Focus on skills, projects and experiences more.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Telephonic
Duration60 minutes
Interview date12 May 2022
Coding problem2

1. K Largest Element

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

You are given an unsorted array containing ‘N’ integers. You need to find ‘K’ largest elements from the given array. Also, you need to return the elements in non-decreasing order.

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2. 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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02
Round
Medium
Online Coding Test
Duration50 minutes
Interview date20 May 2022
Coding problem2

1. Valid Sudoku

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

You have been given a 9 X 9 2D matrix 'MATRIX' with some cells filled with digits(1 - 9), and some empty cells (denoted by 0).

You need to find whether there exists a way to fill all the empty cells with some digit(1 - 9) such that the final matrix is a valid Sudoku solution.

A Sudoku solution must satisfy all the following conditions-

1. Each of the digits 1 - 9 must occur exactly once in each row.
2. Each of the digits 1 - 9 must occur exactly once in each column.
3. Each of the digits 1 - 9 must occur exactly once in each of the 9, 3 x 3 sub-matrices of the matrix.
Note
1. There will always be a cell in the matrix which is empty.
2. The given initial matrix will always be consistent according to the rules mentioned in the problem statement.
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2. Puzzle

There are 100 doors in a row, all doors are initially closed. A person walks through all doors multiple times and toggle (if open then close, if close then open) them in the following way: In the first walk, the person toggles every door In the second walk, the person toggles every second door, i.e., 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, … In the third walk, the person toggles every third door, i.e. 3rd, 6th, 9th, … Likewise, In the 100th walk, the person toggles the 100th door.

03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration20 minutes
Interview date31 May 2022
Coding problem1

1. Basic HR Questions

Introduce yourself
How will you react if you are asked to work overtime at the same pay?
How will you handle conflict in your colleagues?
Are you willing to relocate?
What do you know about the work culture here in our organisation?

Here's your problem of the day

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

Skill covered: Programming

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