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3 rounds | 5 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
When I joined college, I was unaware of this Data Structure and Algorithm, which made my journey to getting an internship way more complicated. From that point, I started doing questions on leetcode and code studio.
Application story
This company visited to my campus for the selection they first took a test then allow us to come for the interview.
Why selected/rejected for the role?
I was rejected because I have a good history of content preparation and i do not have a decent rank in leetcode and code forces. ,
Preparation
Duration: 4 Months
Topics: Data Structures, Pointers, OOPS, System Design, Algorithms, Dynamic Programming
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Practice from Leetcode, solve Leetcode medium level problems.
Tip 2 : Brush up computer fundamentals from subjects like OS, DBMS and CN.
Tip 3 : Have a good project or good internship experience and have in-depth knowledge regarding what you have done.

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: No criteria
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Have some projects on resume.
Tip 2 : Do not put false things on resume

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date28 Oct 2022
Coding problem2

1. Distinct Islands

Moderate
25m average time
80% success
0/80
Asked in companies
SalesforceExpedia GroupMicrosoft

You are given a two-dimensional array/list of integers consisting of 0s and 1s. In the list, 1 represents land and 0 represents water.

The task is to find the number of distinct islands where a group of connected 1s(horizontally or vertically) forms an island.

Note:
Two islands are considered to be the same if and only if one island is equal to another(not rotated or reflected) i.e if we can translate one island on another without rotating or reflecting then it would be considered as the same islands. 
For example:
1 1 0
0 0 1
0 0 1

In this example, we have two islands and they would be considered as distinct islands as we can not translate them on one another even if they have the same no of 1's.
For example :
1 1 0 0 0 
1 1 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 1
0 0 0 1 1

In this example, we have two islands and they are the same as we can translate one island onto another island, so our answer should be 1.
Try solving now

2. Word Wrap

Moderate
20m average time
75% success
0/80
Asked in companies
CoinbaseMicrosoftGroww

You are given ‘N’ words of various lengths, now you have to arrange these words in such a way that each line contains at most ‘M’ characters and each word is separated by a space character. The cost of each line is equal to the cube of extra space characters required to complete ‘M’ characters in that particular line. Total cost is equal to the sum of costs of each line.

Your task is to form this arrangement with the minimum cost possible and return the minimum total cost.

Note:
The length of each word should be less than or equal to ‘M’.

You can’t break a word, i.e. the entire word should come in the same line and it must not be the case that a part of it comes in the first line and another part on the next line.
Try solving now
02
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date28 Oct 2022
Coding problem1

1. System Design Question

Design something similar to red bus which can handle bookings and can onboard vendors and customers to their platform

Problem approach

Tip 1 : Clear out the requirements first.
Tip 2 : Convey your thoughts regularly and don't overthink the problem.
Tip 3 : Design small and then expand.

03
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date28 Oct 2022
Coding problem2

1. System Design Question

Design synchronous system which can handle producers and consumers. Pretty much the same as a producer-consumer problem. However, the discussion went deep into implementation and the pros and cons.

Problem approach

Tip 1 : Have your basics cleared out.
Tip 2 : Be well versed in multi-threading

2. System Design Question

Design a chat app like Whatsapp

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

Skill covered: Programming

How do you remove whitespace from the start of a string?

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