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4 rounds | 9 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 2 months
Topics: Data Structures, Pointers, OOPS, System Design, Algorithms, Angular, C#, .Net Core, SQL Server, AWS
Tip
Tip

Tip 1: Data Structure should be clear till hashmaps, graphs & DP are not asked frequently
Tip 2: Angular, .Net Core SQL Server should be most important in this interview.
Tip 3: it is a tough Aptitude question be prepared for that from RS Aggarwal and questions are tricky.

Application process
Where: Naukri
Eligibility: minimum 7 CGPA, experience of more than 1 year is required.
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Have good work experience in.net and angular.
Tip 2 : they generally need full-stack engineers so be prepared with all questions.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration60 mins
Interview date20 Jul 2022
Coding problem2

Normal MCQs based on .Net Core and 2 Basic Coding Questions.

1. Diamond of numbers

Moderate
15m average time
80% success
0/80
Asked in company
Samsung R&D Institute

Students at Ninja School were bored with their daily routine and wanted to try something new. So, they thought about observing patterns. While observing the patterns, they found a very interesting pattern which they wished to explore. Your task is to help the students to visualize the pattern for any given ‘N’.

Given an integer ‘N’ you need to return the corresponding pattern for it.

For example, pattern for N = 15 will be :
          1 
         123 
        12345 
       1234567 
      123456789 
     12345678912 
    1234567891234 
   123456789123456 
    1234567891234 
     12345678912 
      123456789 
       1234567 
        12345 
         123 
          1 
Try solving now

2. Remove Duplicates from Sorted Array

Easy
15m average time
85% success
0/40
Asked in companies
UnacademyAmerican ExpressGoldman Sachs

You are given a sorted integer array 'arr' of size 'n'.


You need to remove the duplicates from the array such that each element appears only once.


Return the length of this new array.


Note:
Do not allocate extra space for another array. You need to do this by modifying the given input array in place with O(1) extra memory. 


For example:
'n' = 5, 'arr' = [1 2 2 2 3].
The new array will be [1 2 3].
So our answer is 3.
Problem approach

Step 1: Input the size of an array from the user and store in the size variable.

Step 2: Use for loop to read the elements of an array and store them in arr[i] variable.

Step 3: To get the duplicate elements from an array we need to use two for loops. Where the first loop starts from 0 to size. And the structure of the loop is: for (i = 0; i < size; i++).

Step 4: then it asked some casual question and the interview is over

Try solving now
02
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration60 mins
Interview date26 Jul 2022
Coding problem5

Firstly They told me to introduce myself and then asked some Angular questions and follows by .Net Core questions, & SQL Server, OOPs, and 1 basic data structure question.

1. Check Permutation

Easy
0/40
Asked in companies
GeeksforGeeksAdobeOracle

For a given two strings, 'str1' and 'str2', check whether they are a permutation of each other or not.

Permutations of each other
Two strings are said to be a permutation of each other when either of the string's characters can be rearranged so that it becomes identical to the other one.

Example: 
str1= "sinrtg" 
str2 = "string"

The character of the first string(str1) can be rearranged to form str2 and hence we can say that the given strings are a permutation of each other.
Problem approach

Step 1: Create count arrays of size 256 for both strings. Initialize all values in count arrays as 0.
Step 2: Iterate through every character of both strings and increment the count of characters in the corresponding count arrays.
Step 3: Compare count arrays. If both count arrays are the same, then return true else return false.

Try solving now

2. DBMS Questions

What is RDBMS?
Why do I need an index in a database?
What is a full join in SQL?
What is the right join in SQL Server?
What is a trigger in SQL Server?

Problem approach

Tip 1: Prepare SQL server from Youtube and Javapoint.
Tip 2: Good notes available online can look into it.

3. DBMS Questions

What is the difference between SQL and PL/SQL?

4. SQL Question

What is a left join in SQL Server?

5. DBMS Question

Why and when to use triggers?

03
Round
Hard
Online Coding Interview
Duration90 mins
Interview date2 Aug 2022
Coding problem1

All Aptitude of MBA level
The most difficult round of my experience and hardest aptitude given till now passing is 50 %.
FYI: Never prepared for MBA those who have prepared for MBA then it is simple. Puzzles are long and lengthy need to rush through all the questions.
Also negative marking is there.

1. Puzzle

A,B, C ,D, E, F, and G are seven persons who travel to office everyday in a particular metro train which stops at five stations – Kashmere Gate, Rajiv chowk, INA, AIIMS and Qutab Minar respectively – after it leaves the base station.
I. Three among them get in the metro at the base station.

II. D gets down at the station next to the station at which F gets down.

III. B does not get down either with A or E.

IV. G alone gets in at INA and gets down with C after having passed one station.

V. A travels between only two consecutive stations and gets down at Qutab Minar.

VI. None of them gets in at Rajiv chowk.

VII. C gets in with F but does not get in with either B or D.

VIII. E gets in with two others and gets down alone after D.

IX. B and D work in the same office and they get down together at INA.

X. None of them gets down at Kashmere Gate.

All questions are of similar level and above.

04
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration30 mins
Interview date4 Jan 2023
Coding problem1

General Discussion and Knowledge are asked as some basic questions about my life.
Asked about previous company experience.

1. Basic HR Questions

What is your goal after joining Saxo Bank?
What is your learning path after 2 years of experience?
What is your hobby?
what are your future goals ?
What is your expected CTC?

Here's your problem of the day

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

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