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System Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
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2 rounds | 4 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 3 Months
Topics: Data Structures, Pointers, OOPS, System Design, Algorithms, Dynamic Programming
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : OOPS - You should be well versed with basic OOPS principles
Tip 2 : You should be confident and have profound knowledge about the projects you worked on
Tip 3 : Basic DB concepts like joins, normalisation

Application process
Where: Company Website
Eligibility: Above 6 CGPA
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Have clean resume with projects mentioned separately 
Tip 2 : Internships should be mentioned if done

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration45 minutes
Interview date21 Oct 2021
Coding problem3

1. Spiral Matrix

Easy
0/40
Asked in companies
CultfitGoldman SachsDunzo

You are given a N x M matrix of integers, print the spiral path of the matrix.

For example:

Spiral Path

Problem approach

You are given a N x M matrix of integers, return the spiral path of the matrix

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2. Minimum Number of Platform Needed

Easy
23m average time
85% success
0/40
Asked in companies
OracleArcesiumQualcomm

You are given the arrival and departure times of N trains at a railway station in a day. You need to find the minimum of platforms required for the railway station such that no train waits i.e No train should wait for the platform to be clear or free.

Problem approach

You are given the arrival and departure times of N trains at a railway station in a day. You need to find the minimum of platforms required for the railway station such that no train waits i.e No train should wait for the platform to be clear or free.

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3. Trapping Rain Water

Moderate
15m average time
80% success
0/80
Asked in companies
SalesforcePayPalHexaware Technologies

You have been given a long type array/list 'arr’ of size 'n’.


It represents an elevation map wherein 'arr[i]’ denotes the elevation of the 'ith' bar.



Note :
The width of each bar is the same and is equal to 1.
Example:
Input: ‘n’ = 6, ‘arr’ = [3, 0, 0, 2, 0, 4].

Output: 10

Explanation: Refer to the image for better comprehension:

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Note :
You don't need to print anything. It has already been taken care of. Just implement the given function.
Problem approach

You have been given a long type array/list 'ARR' of size 'N'. It represents an elevation map wherein 'ARR[i]' denotes the elevation of the 'ith' bar. Print the total amount of rainwater that can be trapped in these elevations.

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02
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration30 Minutes
Interview date21 Oct 2021
Coding problem1

1. Basic HR Questions

It was an online round of Zoom meetings. They asked some questions from DS and algorithms. As I coded my questions in C++. So they asked some questions from C++ as well. They asked me many questions from OOPs.
They also asked about the projects mentioned in my resume. I knew everything about my projects. They were happy with this interview. So please write only what you know on your resume.
I was able to give answers to approximately all the questions asked by them.

Problem approach

Tip 1:Do not lie 
Tip 2:It better to no nothing than lieing

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