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3 rounds | 4 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 3 months
Topics: Arrays, Strings, Recursion, Dynamic Programming &GRAPHS, System Design (LLD)
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Listen the question properly and speak loud
Tip 2 : Read your resume thoroughly
Tip 3 : Prepare for LLD as well

Application process
Where: Linkedin
Eligibility: 7+ CGPA
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Make at least 2 projects
Tip 2 : Add links for Github/website or App URL any

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Face to Face
Duration60 minutes
Interview date20 Aug 2022
Coding problem2

DSA

1. Create Target Array

Hard
35m average time
65% success
0/120
Asked in companies
AdobeSpinny

You are given an array of integers. Starting with an array of 'N' elements consisting of all 1’s, you need to create the given array. To do so, you can update any index of the current array, with the sum of all elements present in the array.

For example:
Consider the starting array: [1, 1, 1, 1]. You can update any index of this array with 4 (the sum of all elements of the current array).

You can perform the above operations any number of times. Your task is to check if it is possible to get the target array from the starting array of all 1’s or not.

Problem approach

I first applied bubble sort. It was not good enough.
Interviewer asked me to optimise the solution.
Then i gave solution with merge sort and interviewer was happy.

Try solving now

2. Longest Consecutive Sequence

Moderate
40m average time
70% success
0/80
Asked in companies
AmazonAppleUber

You are given an unsorted array/list 'ARR' of 'N' integers. Your task is to return the length of the longest consecutive sequence.

The consecutive sequence is in the form ['NUM', 'NUM' + 1, 'NUM' + 2, ..., 'NUM' + L] where 'NUM' is the starting integer of the sequence and 'L' + 1 is the length of the sequence.

Note:

If there are any duplicates in the given array we will count only one of them in the consecutive sequence.
For example-
For the given 'ARR' [9,5,4,9,10,10,6].

Output = 3
The longest consecutive sequence is [4,5,6].
Follow Up:
Can you solve this in O(N) time and O(N) space complexity?
Try solving now
02
Round
Medium
Face to Face
Duration60 minutes
Interview date4 Oct 2022
Coding problem1

1. System Design Question

Design a Cricket Score Board. The Score Board should have: 
a. Runs scored by the current batsmen
b. Ball wise over history of what event took place on that ball (4, 6, wicket) 
c. Innings should switch over smoothly. 
d. Target countdown, runrate computation is a plus.
e. With the inputs given, the scoreboard should recognise which team won and tag that event's winner.

03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration60 minutes
Interview date20 Sep 2022
Coding problem1

Work Life Balance
Future Balance

1. Basic HR Questions

Introduce yourself.

What are your strengths?

What are your weaknesses?

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?

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