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2 rounds | 4 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
I started preparing for placements in the third year, and then I got this opportunity in the fourth year. There were a total of three rounds. Unfortunately, I got rejected in the second round because I wasn't good enough in DSA at that time. First Round - Coding Test, Second Round - Technical Interview ,Third Round - Technical + HR Interview
Application story
I got this opportunity in my fourth year by referral. There were a total of 3 rounds.
Why selected/rejected for the role?
I got rejected in the 2nd round just because I wasn't good enough in DSA at that time, and there were a few topics in Computer Networks that I couldn't answer.
Preparation
Duration: 3 months
Topics: Data Structures, Algorithms, OOPS, System Design, Dynamic Programming, DBMS, Computer Networks, Operating Systems
Tip
Tip

Tip 1: Practice at least 300 medium to hard coding questions.
Tip 2: Have thorough knowledge about your role in the project.
Tip 3: Prepare one system design question.

Application process
Where: Referral
Eligibility: 7 CGPA
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1: Include only your latest project on your resume.
Tip 2: Mention your extracurricular activities on your resume.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Online Coding Test
Duration75 minutes
Interview date14 Apr 2021
Coding problem2

There were 2 coding questions: one easy and one medium level, and 30 aptitude MCQ questions.

1. Reverse Linked List

Moderate
15m average time
85% success
0/80
Asked in companies
DelhiveryOracleCIS - Cyber Infrastructure

Given a singly linked list of integers. Your task is to return the head of the reversed linked list.

For example:
The given linked list is 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4-> NULL. Then the reverse linked list is 4 -> 3 -> 2 -> 1 -> NULL and the head of the reversed linked list will be 4.
Follow Up :
Can you solve this problem in O(N) time and O(1) space complexity?
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2. Count Set Bits

Hard
15m average time
85% success
0/120
Asked in companies
HSBCSamsungBank Of America

You are given a positive integer ‘N’. Your task is to find the total number of ‘1’ in the binary representation of all the numbers from 1 to N.

Since the count of ‘1’ can be huge, you are required to return it modulo 1e9+7.

Note:
Do not print anything, just return the number of set bits in the binary representation of all integers between 1 and ‘N’.
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02
Round
Easy
Face to Face
Duration45 minutes
Interview date20 Apr 2021
Coding problem2

Started off with an introduction. Then, the interviewer asked about my projects. Moving on, he asked the basics of bit manipulation, and then he asked me 2 DSA problems.

1. Reverse Bits

Moderate
0/80
Asked in companies
Chegg Inc.GrofersMicrosoft

There is a song concert going to happen in the city. The price of each ticket is equal to the number obtained after reversing the bits of a given 32 bits unsigned integer ‘n’.


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2. 0 1 Knapsack

Moderate
0/80
Asked in companies
AmazonTwitterInnovaccer

A thief is robbing a store and can carry a maximum weight of ‘W’ into his knapsack. There are 'N' items available in the store and the weight and value of each item is known to the thief. Considering the constraints of the maximum weight that a knapsack can carry, you have to find the maximum profit that a thief can generate by stealing items.

Note: The thief is not allowed to break the items.

For example, N = 4, W = 10 and the weights and values of items are weights = [6, 1, 5, 3] and values = [3, 6, 1, 4]. Then the best way to fill the knapsack is to choose items with weight 6, 1 and 3. The total value of knapsack = 3 + 6 + 4 = 13.

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