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3 rounds | 4 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 8-10 months
Topics: Data Structures, Algorithms, OOPS, Java and C# Collection framework, Web Technologies - Angular, HTML, CSS
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Do Leetcode topic wise questions, then company wise, then Leetcode discuss to know recent experiences of people for each round of interview
Tip 2 : Also Search for interview experiences on Glassdoor as there are not many questions on LeetCode for a company like Tesla
Tip 3 : Prepare language fundamentals like OOPS, and other requirements as per the team/role you are interviewing for

Application process
Where: Linkedin
Eligibility: GPA above 3.0-3.2/4.0
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1: Don't forget to mention your contact details and links to linkedin and github profiles
Tip 2: Mention your location, i.e. city and state (alongwith your contact details) in case the company you are applying for is looking for local candidates

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration90 mins
Interview date17 Nov 2020
Coding problem1

1. Consecutive elements

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

You are given an array arr of N non-negative integers, you need to return true if the array elements consist of consecutive numbers otherwise return false.

For Example: If the given array is [4,3,5] then you should return true as all the array elements are in consecutive order.

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02
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration60 mins
Interview date26 Nov 2020
Coding problem1

1. Discussion on DSA Problems

Had to explain/walkthrough the approaches and solutions to all the 3 problems I had solved in the OA and solve another OOPS problem with the interviewer

Problem approach

Walked the interviewer though my solutions, talking about some test cases and then solved an OOPS problem he gave. Don't remember now.

03
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration4 hours, 5 interviews for 45 min each
Interview date4 Dec 2020
Coding problem2

1st round was to check OOPS knowledge, so it was like a rapid fire round of OOPs questions and scenarios
2nd was DSA
3rd was DSA and Web Tech- quiz on concepts like cookies, CSS declaration etc.
4th was DSA + design patterns
5th was Managerial round, mine turned out to be sort of behavioral, but normally is technical. I was basically asked to talk about my internships, previous work experiences and why Tesla

1. Rotate array

Easy
25m average time
80% success
0/40
Asked in companies
OYOWells FargoLinkedIn

Given an array 'arr' with 'n' elements, the task is to rotate the array to the left by 'k' steps, where 'k' is non-negative.


Example:
'arr '= [1,2,3,4,5]
'k' = 1  rotated array = [2,3,4,5,1]
'k' = 2  rotated array = [3,4,5,1,2]
'k' = 3  rotated array = [4,5,1,2,3] and so on.
Problem approach

Had to walk the interviewer through what I was thinking and brought up test and edge cases

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2. Count Ways To Reach The N-th Stairs

Moderate
30m average time
80% success
0/80
Asked in companies
InfosysTata Consultancy Services (TCS)PhonePe

You have been given a number of stairs. Initially, you are at the 0th stair, and you need to reach the Nth stair.


Each time, you can climb either one step or two steps.


You are supposed to return the number of distinct ways you can climb from the 0th step to the Nth step.

Note:

Note: Since the number of ways can be very large, return the answer modulo 1000000007.
Example :
N=3

Example

We can climb one step at a time i.e. {(0, 1) ,(1, 2),(2,3)} or we can climb the first two-step and then one step i.e. {(0,2),(1, 3)} or we can climb first one step and then two step i.e. {(0,1), (1,3)}.
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Solving this problem will increase your chance to get selected in this company

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