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SDE - Intern

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3 rounds | 6 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
I started my journey in coding from second year after being motivated from my seniors. I initially started my journey by learning basic programming languages. Later, I started giving contests on code forces and solving questions on it. I kept trying to be consistent in doing so. After 2-3 months I was able to solve some questions on code forces. Then in my third year, I studied core subjects like OS, DBMS, OOPS and CN in depth. In this manner, I was well prepared before the placement season.
Application story
I applied for this job opportunity from the Company Careers page, where i have first to upload my resume and fill in some necessary details.
Why selected/rejected for the role?
i was rejected because i was not able to maintain the timing of the questions to be answer i should be more fast.
Preparation
Duration: 4 months
Topics: Data Structures, Pointers, OOPS, System Design, Algorithms, Dynamic Programming
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Practice coding from Leetcode, Interview bit, at least 100 questions 
Tip 2 : Practice any one automation framework includes design patterns

Application process
Where: Company Website
Eligibility: Above 7 CGPA
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Restrict your resume to 1 page and write your practical work only
Tip 2 : Mention top topics like Selenium, Rest Assured Automation, Language used Java etc

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration60 minutes
Interview date12 Feb 2022
Coding problem2

1. Count vowels, consonants, and spaces

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

Given a string, write a program to count the number of vowels, consonants, and spaces in that string.

EXAMPLE :
Input: ‘N’= 25, ‘s’ =”Take u forward is Awesome”
Output: 10 11 4
Try solving now

2. Kth largest element in the unsorted array

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

You are given an array consisting of 'N' distinct positive integers and a number 'K'. Your task is to find the kth largest element in the array.

Example:
Consider the array {2,1,5,6,3,8} and 'K' = 3, the sorted array will be {8, 6, 5, 3, 2, 1}, and the 3rd largest element will be 5.
Note:
1) Kth largest element in an array is the kth element of the array when sorted in non-increasing order. 

2) All the elements of the array are pairwise distinct.
Try solving now
02
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration60 minutes
Interview date22 Feb 2022
Coding problem3

1. DBMS

Explain the different languages present in DBMS. (Learn)

Problem approach

DDL(Data Definition Language): It contains commands which are required to define the database.
E.g., CREATE, ALTER, DROP, TRUNCATE, RENAME, etc.
DML(Data Manipulation Language): It contains commands which are required to manipulate the data present in the database.
E.g., SELECT, UPDATE, INSERT, DELETE, etc.

2. Trapping Rain Water

Moderate
15m average time
80% success
0/80
Asked in companies
HCL TechnologiesCiti BankAtlassian

You have been given a long type array/list 'arr’ of size 'n’.


It represents an elevation map wherein 'arr[i]’ denotes the elevation of the 'ith' bar.



Note :
The width of each bar is the same and is equal to 1.
Example:
Input: ‘n’ = 6, ‘arr’ = [3, 0, 0, 2, 0, 4].

Output: 10

Explanation: Refer to the image for better comprehension:

Alt Text

Note :
You don't need to print anything. It has already been taken care of. Just implement the given function.
Problem approach

Step 1 : Find the highest bar on the left and right, array traversal is needed which reduces the efficiency of the solution.
Step 2 : To make this efficient one must pre-compute the highest bar on the left and right of every bar in linear time.
Step 3 : Then use these pre-computed values to find the amount of water in every array element.

Try solving now

3. Puzzle

A 16 digits random number was given, I was asked to round off the number by 30

Problem approach

Tip 1 : Try to understand the problem clearly.
Tip 2 : Do ask questions to the interviewer to clear your doubts.
Tip 3 : Try giving the brute force solution first, then start optimizing.

03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration30 minutes
Interview date26 Feb 2022
Coding problem1

1. Basic HR Questions

Why should I hire you?
What are your strengths and weaknesses?

Why do you want to work at our company?
What is the difference between confidence and over confidence?
What is the difference between hard work and smart work?

Here's your problem of the day

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

Skill covered: Programming

How do you remove whitespace from the start of a string?

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