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Software Analyst

Standard Chartered Bank
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4 rounds | 7 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 3 Months
Topics: C++,OOPS, Data Structures, Projects, machine Learning
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Focus on Communication Skills
Tip 2 : Do atleast 2 projects
Tip 3 : Solve as many questions as possible.

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: Above 7CGPA
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Put only those things which you are confident that you can answer anything .
Tip 2 : Have some projects on your resume.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Online Coding Interview
Duration170 minutes
Interview date30 Aug 2020
Coding problem2

For MCQ Round, we have 2 rounds:- 
1. Logical Reasoning 
2. Mathematical Reasoning

Logical Reasoning, in which there were 12 questions, and for each question we had a time limit of 75 seconds. There was a cut-off of 40 for the next round, and people who qualified were sent an e-mail with a link to continue with the process.

Numerical Reasoning-The questions were in a pair of 3 in which a table/bank statement was given and 3 questions were based on that. The questions were purely based on calculations and semi-subjective. The time given for the 1st question was 90 seconds and for the rest 2 questions, 75 seconds each

For Coding Round, 
120 minutes window(Test was of 90 minutes)
We have two questions
For the first question(30 Minutes it can be solved 2 times)
For the second question(60 Minutes)

1. Rat In A Maze

Easy
15m average time
85% success
0/40
Asked in companies
AdobeOYOCIS - Cyber Infrastructure

You are given a starting position for a rat which is stuck in a maze at an initial point (0, 0) (the maze can be thought of as a 2-dimensional plane). The maze would be given in the form of a square matrix of order 'N' * 'N' where the cells with value 0 represent the maze’s blocked locations while value 1 is the open/available path that the rat can take to reach its destination. The rat's destination is at ('N' - 1, 'N' - 1). Your task is to find all the possible paths that the rat can take to reach from source to destination in the maze. The possible directions that it can take to move in the maze are 'U'(up) i.e. (x, y - 1) , 'D'(down) i.e. (x, y + 1) , 'L' (left) i.e. (x - 1, y), 'R' (right) i.e. (x + 1, y).

Note:
Here, sorted paths mean that the expected output should be in alphabetical order.
For Example:
Given a square matrix of size 4*4 (i.e. here 'N' = 4):
1 0 0 0
1 1 0 0
1 1 0 0
0 1 1 1 
Expected Output:
DDRDRR DRDDRR 
i.e. Path-1: DDRDRR and Path-2: DRDDRR

The rat can reach the destination at (3, 3) from (0, 0) by two paths, i.e. DRDDRR and DDRDRR when printed in sorted order, we get DDRDRR DRDDRR.
Try solving now

2. Maximum Frequency Number

Easy
10m average time
90% success
0/40
Asked in companies
IBMInfo Edge India (Naukri.com)Qualcomm

Ninja is given an array of integers that contain numbers in random order. He needs to write a program to find and return the number which occurs the maximum times in the given input. He needs your help to solve this problem.

If two or more elements contend for the maximum frequency, return the element which occurs in the array first i.e. whose index is lowest.

For example,

For 'arr' = [ 1, 2, 3, 1, 2]. you need to return 1.
Try solving now
02
Round
Easy
Face to Face
Duration30 minutes
Interview date1 Sep 2020
Coding problem3

It was an face to face round.There were 2 interviewers and they asked me coding question and some puzzles and some questions related to my project which was mentioned in my resume.

1. Nth Fibonacci Number

Easy
0/40
Asked in companies
WalmartAccentureMicrosoft

The n-th term of Fibonacci series F(n), where F(n) is a function, is calculated using the following formula -

    F(n) = F(n - 1) + F(n - 2), 
    Where, F(1) = 1, F(2) = 1


Provided 'n' you have to find out the n-th Fibonacci Number. Handle edges cases like when 'n' = 1 or 'n' = 2 by using conditionals like if else and return what's expected.

"Indexing is start from 1"


Example :
Input: 6

Output: 8

Explanation: The number is ‘6’ so we have to find the “6th” Fibonacci number.
So by using the given formula of the Fibonacci series, we get the series:    
[ 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21]
So the “6th” element is “8” hence we get the output.
Try solving now

2. Puzzle

25 horses problem

There are 25 horses. What is the minimum number of races needed so you can identify the fastest 3 horses? You can race up to 5 horses at a time, but you do not have a watch.

Egg Dropping problem

 

3. Ways To Make Coin Change

Moderate
20m average time
80% success
0/80
Asked in companies
SamsungThought WorksApple

You are given an infinite supply of coins of each of denominations D = {D0, D1, D2, D3, ...... Dn-1}. You need to figure out the total number of ways W, in which you can make a change for value V using coins of denominations from D. Print 0, if a change isn't possible.

Try solving now
03
Round
Medium
Face to Face
Duration30 minutes
Interview date1 Sep 2020
Coding problem1

It was basically a resume round Interviewer went through my resume throughly and asked me about the things mentioned in my resume.

1. Technical Questions

She asked me why do haven't done java to which i replied i have good logics and good understanding of c++ .Learning java is not difficult for me and i only have to learn syntax(be confident in your answer).
She then asked me about my projects and told me to explain them one by one.
So write only those projects which you have made on your own .
In the end she asked if i want to ask anything .

04
Round
Easy
Telephonic
Duration15 minutes
Interview date1 Sep 2020
Coding problem1

It was a simple hr round and he asked me basic questions

1. Basic HR Questions

Some questions asked are-
Why you want to join standard chartered?
Any military background?
Any political background?
Are you willingly to relocate?
About my family and what are there profession?

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