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Software Engineer
Samsung
2 rounds | 3 Coding
problems
Selected Interview preparation journey
Preparation
Duration: 2 months
Topics: Stack, Queue, Linked List, Binary Tree, Binary Search Tree, Trie, Graph, Binary Search, Backtracking
Tip 1 : Tree, Graph, Backtracking are the most important topic for cracking samsung.
Tip 2 : Pointer concept and OOPs concept is important.
Application process
Where: Referral
Eligibility: Tire 1/2 college
Tip 1 : Single page resume.
Tip 2 : Showcase your achievements using numbers.
Interview rounds
01
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration60 minutes
Interview date3 Feb 2022
Coding problem2
1. Find Number Of Islands
Moderate
34m average time
60% success
0/80
Asked in companies
You are given a 2-dimensional array/list having N rows and M columns, which is filled with ones(1) and zeroes(0). 1 signifies land, and 0 signifies water.
A cell is said to be connected to another cell, if one cell lies immediately next to the other cell, in any of the eight directions (two vertical, two horizontal, and four diagonals).
A group of connected cells having value 1 is called an island. Your task is to find the number of such islands present in the matrix.
Problem approach
I solve the problem using BFS.
2. Cycle Detection in a Singly Linked List
Moderate
15m average time
80% success
0/80
Asked in companies
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.
02
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration30 minutes
Interview date3 Feb 2022
Coding problem1
1. Basic HR Questions
What are your hobbies?
What are your strengths and weaknesses?
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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