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Software Engineer

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3 rounds | 3 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 : Stay focused
Tip 2 : Practice coding questions.
Tip 3 : View previous interviews of the companies

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

Tip 1 : Don't lie on resume
Tip 2 : Just write in format that is catchy

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Online Coding Interview
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date29 Oct 2020
Coding problem0

It was an MCQ round with aptitude, output and ds questions.

02
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date29 Oct 2020
Coding problem2

It was an coding round

1. The Skyline Problem

Hard
15m average time
85% success
0/120
Asked in companies
Samsung R&D InstituteAppleUber

You are given 'N' rectangular buildings in a 2-dimensional city. Your task is to compute the skyline of these buildings, eliminating hidden lines return the skyline formed by these buildings collectively. A city's skyline is the outer contour of the silhouette formed by all the buildings in that city when viewed from a distance. The geometric information of each building is given in the array of buildings where BUILDINGS[i] = [LEFT_i, RIGHT_i, HEIGHT_i]:

-> LEFT_i is the x coordinate of the left edge of the ith building.

-> RIGHT_i is the x coordinate of the right edge of the ith building.

-> HEIGHT_i is the height of the ith building.

You may assume all buildings are perfect rectangles grounded on an absolutely flat surface at height 0.

The skyline should be represented as a list of "key points" sorted by their x-coordinate in the form [[x1, y1], [x2, y2], ...]. Each key point is the left endpoint of some horizontal segment in the skyline except the last point in the list, which always has a y-coordinate 0 and is used to mark the skyline's termination where the rightmost building ends. Any ground between the leftmost and rightmost buildings should be part of the skyline's contour.

Note:
There must be no consecutive horizontal lines of equal height in the output skyline. For instance, [...,[2 3], [4 5], [7 5], [11 5], [12 7],...] is not acceptable; the three lines of height 5 should be merged into one in the final output.

As such: [..., [2 3], [4 5], [12 7],...]. 

Also, the buildings are sorted by a non-decreasing order.

For more clarification see sample case 1.
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2. Rat In A Maze

Easy
15m average time
85% success
0/40
Asked in companies
OlaIBMGoldman Sachs

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.
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03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration30 Minutes
Interview date29 Oct 2020
Coding problem1

It was an HR round with some general questions. it was just for formality.

1. Basic HR Questions

Why should we hire you?

How many members are there in your family?

Here's your problem of the day

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

Skill covered: Programming

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