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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: 5 months
Topics: Data Structures, Pointers, OOPS, System Design, Algorithms, Dynamic Programming
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 Sep 2021
Coding problem2

1. Maximum Subarray Sum

Moderate
35m average time
81% success
0/80
Asked in companies
HCL TechnologiesInformaticaSamsung

You are given an array 'arr' of length 'n', consisting of integers.


A subarray is a contiguous segment of an array. In other words, a subarray can be formed by removing 0 or more integers from the beginning and 0 or more integers from the end of an array.


Find the sum of the subarray (including empty subarray) having maximum sum among all subarrays.


The sum of an empty subarray is 0.


Example :
Input: 'arr' = [1, 2, 7, -4, 3, 2, -10, 9, 1]

Output: 11

Explanation: The subarray yielding the maximum sum is [1, 2, 7, -4, 3, 2].
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2. Maximum Width in Binary Tree

Moderate
38m average time
50% success
0/80
Asked in companies
MicrosoftAmazonGE (General Electric)

You have been given a Binary Tree of integers. You are supposed to return the maximum width of the given Binary Tree. The maximum width of the tree is the maximum width among all the levels of the given tree.


The width of one level is defined as the length between the leftmost and the rightmost, non-null nodes in the level, where the null nodes in between the leftmost and rightmost are excluded into length calculation.


For example :
For the given binary tree

Example

The maximum width will be at the third level with the length of 3, i.e. {4, 5, 6}.
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02
Round
Easy
Online Coding Test
Duration60 minutes
Interview date27 Sep 2021
Coding problem2

1. House Robber

Moderate
26m average time
0/80
Asked in companies
SamsungAmazonQuikr

A thief wants to loot houses. He knows the amount of money in each house. He cannot loot two consecutive houses. Find the maximum amount of money he can loot.

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2. Wildcard Pattern Matching

Hard
50m average time
30% success
0/120
Asked in companies
FreshworksWalmartSamsung R&D Institute

Given a text and a wildcard pattern of size N and M respectively, implement a wildcard pattern matching algorithm that finds if the wildcard pattern is matched with the text. The matching should cover the entire text not partial text.

The wildcard pattern can include the characters ‘?’ and ‘*’

 ‘?’ – matches any single character 
 ‘*’ – Matches any sequence of characters(sequence can be of length 0 or more)
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03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration20 minutes
Interview date10 Oct 2021
Coding problem1

1. Basic HR Questions

Introduce yourself
How will you react if you are asked to work overtime at the same pay?
How will you handle conflict in your colleagues?
Are you willing to relocate?
What do you know about the work culture here in Simple Intelligence?

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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