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4 rounds | 4 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 4 months
Topics: Data structure, algorithms, C, C++, computer networks, operating system
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Practice coding daily
Tip 2 : Learn new concepts everyday
Tip 3 : Know all that standard coding questions

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: 8
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Do not bluff on ur resume.
Tip 2 : Keep relevant projects.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration90 minutes
Interview date17 Dec 2020
Coding problem1

1. Compress the String

Moderate
32m average time
60% success
0/80
Asked in companies
ArcesiumQualcommAmazon

Write a program to do basic string compression. For a character which is consecutively repeated more than once, replace consecutive duplicate occurrences with the count of repetitions.

Example:
If a string has 'x' repeated 5 times, replace this "xxxxx" with "x5".
The string is compressed only when the repeated character count is more than 1.
Note:
Consecutive count of every character in the input string is less than or equal to 9. You are not required to print anything. It has already been taken care of. Just implement the given function and return the compressed string.
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02
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration90 minutes
Interview date18 Feb 2021
Coding problem1

This was my first technical round. he asked me about all my projects and the technologies used. some questions were on c and c++. what is heap , stack, memory allocation methods. Basically they covered all the concepts of c from string to pointers. Then they gave me one coding question which was on arrays. Best part was interviewers were very friendly.

1. Jumping Numbers

Hard
10m average time
90% success
0/120
Asked in companies
AmazonOracleRed Hat

You are given a positive integer 'N'. Your task is to print all the jumping numbers smaller than or equal to 'N'.

A number is called a jumping number if all adjacent digits in it differ by 1. All the single-digit numbers are considered jumping numbers.

Note:

The difference between ‘9’ and ‘0’ is not considered as 1.

Example:

Let’s say 'N' = 25. The jumping numbers less than or equal to 25 are: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 21, 23. In all these numbers the adjacent digits differ by 1.
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03
Round
Hard
Video Call
Duration75 minutes
Interview date18 Feb 2021
Coding problem1

This round was completely on data structures . he asked me all the questions related to linked list like detect a loop, remove a loop and graphs like BFS and DFS algorithms and some on trees. even on Adjacency matrix and adjacency list.

1. General

Questions related to my projects, oops concepts, why red Hat, what do u know about red Hat, some real time problems and many.

04
Round
Medium
HR Round
Duration60 minutes
Interview date18 Feb 2021
Coding problem1

1. Puzzle

Find the outer layer of points in the grid, which algorithm you would apply?

Problem approach

Tip 1 : Be yourself
Tip 2 : Express yourself

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