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3 rounds | 5 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
I started my coding journey from the second year of graduation. I asked and consulted seniors on how to start in my career. I started doing DSA. In starting it was not regular but from the seventh semester, I started practicing DSA on regular basis. Meanwhile I also learned Web Development in the last phase of third year. Than, I was ready to apply in different companies
Application story
My friend texted me about this company visiting our campus and told me some of the important questions and topics for its selection process. I applied and participated in its selection process and luckily most of the questions were from the list of important questions shared by my friend. So, I was lucky here.
Why selected/rejected for the role?
I was confident during the full interview process. Actually, I worked a lot on my communications skills and I think they were the main reasons for me getting par the selection process.
Preparation
Duration: 7 months
Topics: Data Structures, Algorithms, System Design, Aptitude, OOPS
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.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Telephonic
Duration60 minutes
Interview date21 Feb 2022
Coding problem2

1. Reverse Words In A String

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

You are given a string 'str' of length 'N'.


Your task is to reverse the original string word by word.


There can be multiple spaces between two words and there can be leading or trailing spaces but in the output reversed string you need to put a single space between two words, and your reversed string should not contain leading or trailing spaces.


Example :
If the given input string is "Welcome to Coding Ninjas", then you should return "Ninjas Coding to Welcome" as the reversed string has only a single space between two words and there is no leading or trailing space.
Try solving now

2. Course Schedule II

Hard
50m average time
50% success
0/120
Asked in companies
AppleUberPhonePe

You have been given ‘N’ courses and some courses may have prerequisites. Now consider a matrix ‘PREREQUISITES’ of size 'M' x 2 which represents that you must complete the course 'PREREQUISITES[i][1]' before the course 'PREREQUISITES[i][0]'.


Your task is to return the order of courses you should take to finish all courses.


Note:
If it is impossible to finish all courses, return an empty array. If there are multiple answers, return any one.


For example:
Input:
3 2
1 2
2 3

There are three courses to take. To start with, First course 3 is taken. Then course 2 is taken for which course 3 must be completed. 

At last course 1 is taken for which course 2 must be completed. So the correct course order is [3,2,1].    
Try solving now
02
Round
Easy
Telephonic
Duration50 minutes
Interview date27 Feb 2022
Coding problem2

1. Maximum of minimum for every window size

Hard
45m average time
50% success
0/120
Asked in companies
MicrosoftIBMLaunch IT

You are given an array of ‘N’ integers, you need to find the maximum of minimum for every window size. The size of the window should vary from 1 to ‘N’ only.

For example:

ARR = [1,2,3,4]
Minimums of window size 1 = min(1), min(2), min(3), min(4) = 1,2,3,4
Maximum among (1,2,3,4)  is 4

Minimums of window size 2 = min(1,2), min(2,3),   min(3,4) = 1,2,3
Maximum among (1,2,3) is 3

Minimums of window size 3 = min(1,2,3), min(2,3,4) = 1,2
Maximum among (1,2) is 2

Minimums of window size 4 = min(1,2,3,4) = 1
Maximum among them is 1
The output array should be [4,3,2,1].
Try solving now

2. Puzzle

You are blindfolded and 10 coins are placed in front of you on the table. You are allowed to touch the coins but can’t tell which way up they are by feel. You are told that there are 5 coins head up, and 5 coins tails up but not which ones are which. Can you make two piles of coins each with the same number of heads up? You can flip the coins any number of times.

03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration20 minutes
Interview date10 Mar 2022
Coding problem1

1. Basic HR Questions

Introduce yourself
Why do you want to join us?
What are your hobbies?
What do you think makes you a better choice than the other candidates?

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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