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System Engineer Specialist

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2 rounds | 3 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 1 month
Topics: Core Java, Oops Concept, System Design, Exceptions, Collections, Thread, Springboot Framework, Hibernate, JPA.
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Practice, Practice & Practice your code.
Tip 2 : Schedule minimum 2 hours for coding/preparation for the interview.
Tip 3 : Build up your mind set, that Company is hiring you, as they need you. You have to confident because you are already working and you are comfortable with this. Don't be in hurry. Take time in negotiations.

Application process
Where: Referral
Eligibility: Java Developer
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Mention only Key points of your role in the projects.
Tip 2 : Mention tools and hands on application and skills you have.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration75 minutes
Interview date26 Jan 2021
Coding problem2

They started from basics for both backend and front end, and ended up on data structures and problem solving skills.
There were some situational based questions.

1. Search In Rotated Sorted Array

Moderate
30m average time
65% success
0/80
Asked in companies
InformaticaDelhiveryGoldman Sachs

Aahad and Harshit always have fun by solving problems. Harshit took a sorted array consisting of distinct integers and rotated it clockwise by an unknown amount. For example, he took a sorted array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] and if he rotates it by 2, then the array becomes: [4, 5, 1, 2, 3].

After rotating a sorted array, Aahad needs to answer Q queries asked by Harshit, each of them is described by one integer Q[i]. which Harshit wanted him to search in the array. For each query, if he found it, he had to shout the index of the number, otherwise, he had to shout -1.

For each query, you have to complete the given method where 'key' denotes Q[i]. If the key exists in the array, return the index of the 'key', otherwise, return -1.

Note:

Can you solve each query in O(logN) ?
Problem approach

I used Data structure, and told 3-4 ways to solve the problem, discussed pseudo codes with the interviewer.

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2. Bubble Sort

Easy
10m average time
90% success
0/40
Asked in companies
Lenskart.comOptumWells Fargo

Bubble Sort is one of the sorting algorithms that works by repeatedly swapping the adjacent elements of the array if they are not in sorted order.

You are given an unsorted array consisting of N non-negative integers. Your task is to sort the array in non-decreasing order using the Bubble Sort algorithm.

For Example:
Bubble Sort implementation for the given array:  {6,2,8,4,10} is shown below :-

Alt test

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02
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration25 minutes
Interview date30 Jun 2022
Coding problem1

It was discussion related to job location and negotiation

1. Basic HR Questions

Why should we hire you?

What is your favourable location?

 

Problem approach

Tip 1 : Having positive attitude to every question can help.
 

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Solving this problem will increase your chance to get selected in this company

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