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SDE - 2
Spinny
3 rounds | 3 Coding
problems
Selected Interview preparation journey
Preparation
Duration: 2 Months
Topics: DSA- (stack, queue, tree), TIME COMPLEXITY, PYTHON optimizations, HIGH LEVEL SYSTEM DESIGN, LOW LEVEL SYSTEM DESIGN
Tip 1 : practise coding with time limits
Tip 2 : solve for 2-3 medium to hard problems daily
Tip 3 : read, think in detail and analyse system design of companies which are doing good now
Application process
Where: Other
Eligibility: No criteria
Tip 1 : should be short and crisp, add only whatever required for job
Tip 2 : should mention details for tech stack used in ur projects section
Interview rounds
01
Round
Easy
Online Coding Test
Duration45 Minutes
Interview date22 Feb 2021
Coding problem1
Coding and problem solving
1. Job Sequencing Problem
Moderate
30m average time
70% success
0/80
Asked in companies
You are given a 'Nx3' 2-D array 'Jobs' describing 'N' jobs where 'Jobs[i][0]' denotes the id of 'i-th' job, 'Jobs[i][1]' denotes the deadline of 'i-th' job, and 'Jobs[i][2]' denotes the profit associated with 'i-th job'.
You will make a particular profit if you complete the job within the deadline associated with it. Each job takes 1 unit of time to be completed, and you can schedule only one job at a particular time.
Return the number of jobs to be done to get maximum profit.
Note :
If a particular job has a deadline 'x', it means that it needs to be completed at any time before 'x'.
Assume that the start time is 0.
For Example :
'N' = 3, Jobs = [[1, 1, 30], [2, 3, 40], [3, 2, 10]].
All the jobs have different deadlines. So we can complete all the jobs.
At time 0-1, Job 1 will complete.
At time 1-2, Job 3 will complete.
At time 2-3, Job 2 will complete.
So our answer is [3 80].
Problem approach
Step 1 : I first applied normal sort. It was not good enough.
Step 2 : Interviewer asked me other possible ways to sort the array and to pick an optimised solution.
Step 3 : Then i gave solution with quick sort and interviewer was happy.
02
Round
Medium
Face to Face
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date26 Feb 2021
Coding problem1
Nice interviewer - gave hints to tackle problem.
It was more of a discussion like how we will design a solution in the company
1. System Design Question
Design a system for cricket score board
Problem approach
Tip 1 : focus on requirements
Tip 2 : be interactive with interviewer
Tip 3 : think in advance about the tweaks interviewer can bring after u give basic solution.
03
Round
Medium
Face to Face
Duration50 Minutes
Interview date1 Mar 2021
Coding problem1
System design round was there and focus was on scalability
1. System Design Question
Design a way to store images and fetch the relevant images using keyword search
Problem approach
Tip 1 : try to clear about the requirements and assumptions which you are makin
Tip 2 : At every major step, ask if i should go in detail for this module
Tip 3 : time is limited, therefore, try to show a broad solution for the problem and focus on 1-2 modules in detail in which interviewer is interested
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