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SDE - 1

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3 rounds | 5 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
I was unaware of this coding stuff till my school life. I got to know about the field of computer science in my class 11th. I found it intresting and decided that I will pursue my career in the field of computer science. I took admission in B.Tech CSE and learned the various concepts like DSA and all.
Application story
I got a message in my telegram group about the company visiting our campus for the hiring of SDE-1. As, I was in the fourth year, it was sure that I am going to apply for it. I started preparing accordingly and got selected at last.
Why selected/rejected for the role?
I think I was on point with my coding solutions to the questions asked in the interviews. I provided the optimal solutions and I was giving correct explanations to some theory questions asked.
Preparation
Duration: 4 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: Campus
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
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration60 minutes
Interview date12 Jan 2022
Coding problem2

1. Left Rotations of An Array

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

You are given an array consisting of 'N' elements and you need to perform 'Q' queries on the given array. Each query consists of an integer which tells the number of elements by which you need to left rotate the given array. For each query return the final array obtained after performing the left rotations.

Note:

Perform each query on the original array only i.e. every output should be according to the original order of elements.

Example:

Let the array be [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] and the queries be {2, 4, 1}. For every query, we’ll perform the required number of left rotations on the array.

For the first query, rotate the given array to the left by 2 elements, so the resultant array is: [3, 4, 5, 6, 1, 2].

For the second query, rotate the given array to the left by 4 elements, so the resultant array is: [5, 6, 1, 2, 3, 4].

For the third query, rotate the given array to the left by 1 element, so the resultant array is: [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1].
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2. Count Complete Binary Tree Nodes

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

Given a complete binary tree, you are supposed to return the number of nodes in the given tree.

In a complete binary tree every level, except possibly the last, is completely filled, and all nodes in the last level are as far left as possible.

For example:
For the binary trees in the image below.

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The left tree in the image is not a complete binary tree that’s why it is invalid and the right tree in the image is a valid complete binary tree which contains total 6 nodes.
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02
Round
Medium
Face to Face
Duration50 minutes
Interview date18 Jan 2022
Coding problem2

1. Palindromic Substrings

Moderate
20m average time
80% success
0/80
Asked in companies
MicrosoftSalesforceAmazon

You have been given a string STR. Your task is to find the total number of palindromic substrings of STR.

Example :
If the input string is "abbc", then all the possible palindromic substrings would be: ["a", "b", "b", c", "bb"] and hence, the output will be 5 since we have 5 substrings in total which form a palindrome.
Note :
A string is said to be a 'Palindrome' if it is read the same forwards and backwards. 
For example, “abba” is a palindrome, but “abbc” is not.

A 'Substring' is a contiguous sequence of characters within a string. 
For example, "a", "b", "c", "ab", "bc", "abc" are substrings of "abc".
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2. Keys and Rooms

Moderate
30m average time
70% success
0/80
Asked in companies
WalmartMicrosoftDisney + Hotstar

You are given some information about the rooms of a military camp. The rooms are numbered from 0 to 'N-1'. Each room contains keys to some other rooms. You can visit a room only if you have a key to that room. Your task is to determine whether each room can be visited or not.

Note:

1. Room 0 is the only room that is initially unlocked and doesn’t require any key to enter.

2. Any other room can be visited only if you have the key to that room.

3. More than one room can have keys to the same room.

4. You are allowed to visit rooms in any order.

5. You can visit any room multiple times.
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03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration20 minutes
Interview date26 Feb 2022
Coding problem1

1. Basic HR Questions

Introduce yourself
Why do you want to join us?
What are your hobbies?
What do you think makes you a better choice than the other candidates?

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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