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SDE - Intern
Standard Chartered Bank
3 rounds | 2 Coding
problems
Selected Interview preparation journey
Preparation
Duration: 6 months
Topics: Data Structures, Algorithms, Machine Learning, Data Science, Probability, Dynamic Programming
Tip 1 : Have at least 2-3 projects in your which you can talk about confidently and be able to answer all the questions asked (and also be able to show the code if asked for).
Tip 2 : Advanced concepts like Dynamic programming and Graphs can be useful for the coding tests.
Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: No criteria
Tip 1 : Make sure to include all the relevant projects with crisp and brief points.
Tip 2 : I felt the extracurricular activities mentioned on the resume had some weightage and HR probably look for that as well.
Interview rounds
01
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration30 Minutes
Interview date15 Sep 2020
Coding problem1
This video call interview round was fairly based on the Resume. The interviewer went in detail about a couple of projects related to ML and Djikstra algorithm. The questions asked were very basic; based on the technology stack I used and why did I really choose it. He also asked me to present my screen and show the code I wrote for the project.
1. Dijkstra's shortest path
Moderate
25m average time
65% success
0/80
Asked in companies
You have been given an undirected graph of ‘V’ vertices (labeled 0,1,..., V-1) and ‘E’ edges. Each edge connecting two nodes (‘X’,’Y’) will have a weight denoting the distance between node ‘X’ and node ‘Y’.
Your task is to find the shortest path distance from the source node, which is the node labeled as 0, to all vertices given in the graph.
Example:
Input:
4 5
0 1 5
0 2 8
1 2 9
1 3 2
2 3 6
In the given input, the number of vertices is 4, and the number of edges is 5.
In the input, following the number of vertices and edges, three numbers are given. The first number denotes node ‘X’, the second number denotes node ‘Y’ and the third number denotes the distance between node ‘X’ and ‘Y’.
As per the input, there is an edge between node 0 and node 1 and the distance between them is 5.
The vertices 0 and 2 have an edge between them and the distance between them is 8.
The vertices 1 and 2 have an edge between them and the distance between them is 9.
The vertices 1 and 3 have an edge between them and the distance between them is 2.
The vertices 2 and 3 have an edge between them and the distance between them is 6.
Note:
1. There are no self-loops(an edge connecting the vertex to itself) in the given graph.
2. There can be parallel edges i.e. two vertices can be directly connected by more than 1 edge.
02
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration20 Minutes
Interview date15 Sep 2020
Coding problem0
This round was conducted by a Vice President of the company. He was largely interested in knowing how I started my journey of coding given that I am from the Civil engineering department and detailed questions regarding the language and technologies that I have learned. He also tried to test me with tricky questions and see if I fumble or show any drop in confidence with negative thoughts. In the end, there were some basic HR questions as well (e.g. family background).
03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration10 Minutes
Interview date15 Sep 2020
Coding problem1
This was a typical round by HR. There were only 5 students shortlisted for this round so it wasn't an eliminator round. The straight strategy followed by HR was to understand why I have shifted to the IT field from Civil engineering and how keen I am to continue in this field and not exit later.
1. Basic HR Questions
Who is your role model?
What are your hobbies?
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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