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2 rounds | 4 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
I started my preparation in the early days of my college when I started practicing the leetcode and the code studio problems. In the end, I have done more than 300 questions on the leetcode platform.
Application story
I applied to this company throw the on-campus opportunity as my college is a tier 1 college; this company always visit my college for hire.
Why selected/rejected for the role?
I was rejected because I was not able to explain all the concept with the correct accuracy.
Preparation
Duration: 5 months
Topics: Data Structures, Pointers, OOPS, System Design, Algorithms, Dynamic Programming
Tip
Tip

Regarding DSA preparation, I have a theory. 20 percent of the questions will be asked in 80 percent of the interview and 80 percent of the questions will be asked in 20 percent of the interviews. In short, some questions have a very high chance of coming up during the interviews and some have very low chance. We should focus more on the questions that have more chance of coming up in the interview. You can find these questions on Striver SDE Sheet, InterviewBit, Leetcode 100 most liked, Leetcode 100 most important.

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

Tip 1 : Make Sure that your resume is simple and also try to fit all the information on only one page.
Tip 2 : Have at least 2 projects with the latest technologies. Github link of projects should be provided

Interview rounds

01
Round
Hard
Video Call
Duration60 minutes
Interview date25 Sep 2022
Coding problem2

1. Next Greater Element

Easy
10m average time
90% success
0/40
Asked in companies
IBMInfo Edge India (Naukri.com)Amazon

You are given an array 'a' of size 'n'.



The Next Greater Element for an element 'x' is the first element on the right side of 'x' in the array, which is greater than 'x'.


If no greater elements exist to the right of 'x', consider the next greater element as -1.


For example:
Input: 'a' = [7, 12, 1, 20]

Output: NGE = [12, 20, 20, -1]

Explanation: For the given array,

- The next greater element for 7 is 12.

- The next greater element for 12 is 20. 

- The next greater element for 1 is 20. 

- There is no greater element for 20 on the right side. So we consider NGE as -1.
Problem approach

For a given array/list of integers of size N, print the Next Greater Element(NGE) for every element. The Next Greater Element for an element X is the first element on the right side of X in the array, which is greater than X. If no greater elements exist to the right of X, consider the next greater element as -1.

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2. Row with Maximum 1's

Easy
10m average time
90% success
0/40
Asked in companies
ArcesiumDisney + HotstarMicrosoft

You have been given a non-empty grid ‘mat’ with 'n' rows and 'm' columns consisting of only 0s and 1s. All the rows are sorted in ascending order.

Your task is to find the index of the row with the maximum number of ones.

Note: If two rows have the same number of ones, consider the one with a smaller index. If there's no row with at least 1 zero, return -1.


Example:

Input: 'n' = 3, 'm' = 3, 'mat' = [[1, 1, 1], [0, 0, 1], [0, 0, 0]]

Output: 0

Explanation: The row with the maximum number of ones is 0 (0 - indexed).
Problem approach

You have been given a non-empty grid ‘MAT’ with 'N' rows and 'M' columns consisting of only 0s and 1s. All the rows are sorted in ascending order.
Your task is to find the index of the row that has the maximum number of ones.
Note: If two rows have the same number of ones, consider the one with a smaller index.

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02
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration60 minutes
Interview date25 Sep 2022
Coding problem2

1. System Design

Design Instagram type of app for photosharing. Mostly focussed on LLD

2. Longest Repeating Substring

Moderate
10m average time
90% success
0/80
Asked in companies
IBMMakeMyTripCIS - Cyber Infrastructure

You are given a string 'str' of length 'N'. You can perform at most 'k' operations on this string. In one operation, you can choose any character of the string and change it to any other uppercase English alphabet character.


Return the length of the longest substring containing same characters after performing the above operations.


For example :

Input:
str="AABC"  k=1

Output:3

Explanation: Replace 'B' with 'A', we will get "AAAC" and the longest substring with same character is "AAA" of length 3.
Problem approach

You are given a string 'STR' consisting of lowercase English alphabet letters. You can perform at most 'K' operations on this string. In one operation, you can choose any character of the string and change it to any other lowercase English alphabet character.

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