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Software Engineer

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3 rounds | 5 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
I took admission in tier 2 college for B.Tech in Computer Science. Firstly I planned that I will start learning DSA from the first year but I could not. So, I started DSA from the fourth semester and along with DSA, I also learned development because that is what I wanted to be. By the end of Third year, I was confident in both DSA and development but even then I keep on revising the concepts.
Application story
I got to know about this opening through linkedin post. I applied to the post and looked at the important question for the particular company and started practising for that. After few days, I got a mail that I will be having an assessment test after which there will be a face to face Technical Round and then the final HR round will takes place.
Why selected/rejected for the role?
I was giving correct explanation for my solutions in the coding round. I also built the optimal solution starting from the brute force algorithm which also added to my points.
Preparation
Duration: 6 months
Topics: Computer Networks, Data Structures, Algorithms, System Design, Aptitude, OOPS
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Go through all the previous interview experiences from Codestudio and Leetcode.
Tip 2 : Do at-least 2 good projects and you must know every bit of them.

Application process
Where: Linkedin
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 Test
Duration60 minutes
Interview date27 Aug 2022
Coding problem2

1. Implement strStr()

Moderate
25m average time
70% success
0/80
Asked in companies
IBMFacebookSamsung R&D Institute

You are given two strings A and B. Find the index of the first occurrence of A in B. If A is not present in B, then return -1.

For Example:
A = “bc”, B = “abcddbc”.
String “A” is present at index 1, and 5(0-based index), but we will return 1 as it is the first occurrence of “A” in string “B”.
Follow Up:
Can you solve this in linear time and space complexity?
Try solving now

2. Repeat Triangle

Easy
15m average time
85% success
0/40
Asked in companies
WalmartSimple Intelligence

Ninja wants to build a triangle pattern for English alphabets for a given integer input.

Example, for ‘N’ = 4

Pattern:

ABCDDCBA
 ABCCBA
  ABBA
   AA
Try solving now
02
Round
Medium
Online Coding Test
Duration50 minutes
Interview date5 Sep 2022
Coding problem2

1. Tiling Problem

Hard
45m average time
0/120
Asked in companies
OptumOlaAdobe

You have been given a board where there are '2' rows and 'N' columns. You have an infinite supply of 2x1 tiles, and you can place a tile in the following ways:

1. Horizontally as 1x2 tile
2. Vertically as 2x1 tile

Count the number of ways to tile the given board using the available tiles.

Note :
The number of ways might be large so output your answer modulo 10^9 + 7.

Here an example of tile and board for 'N' = 4 :

Tiling Example

Try solving now

2. Theory Questions

What are semaphores?
What is virtual memory?
What are acid properties in DBMS?
What is the benefit of ER Diagram?
Define different types of network topology

03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration20 minutes
Interview date14 Sep 2022
Coding problem1

1. Basic HR Questions

Introduce yourself.
What are your strengths and weaknesses?
How do you think one can overcome his weaknesses?
How will you react if you are asked to work overtime at the same pay?
How will you handle conflict in your colleagues?

Here's your problem of the day

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

Skill covered: Programming

What is recursion?

Choose another skill to practice
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