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SDE - Intern

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4 rounds | 12 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 5 Months
Topics: Data Structures, Algorithms, Dynamic Programming, Graphs, Trees
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Practice as much as you can, Leetcode / CodeStudio whatever the choice of platform you make practice will be the most important thing in answering interviewers questions in detail
Tip 2 : First learn the basics of all the topics before going to advanced questions and don't jump hastily from topic to topic. Take your time and whatever you are doing do that properly. Focus on quality rather than quantity
Tip 3 : When stuck or if you feel you are not improving after trying a lot rather than feeling sad or depressed I always found it helpful to reach out to friends or seniors. You can also reach out to people who are good at DSA/ CP for guidance over linkedin but be considerate about their time and reach out only if you feel you are really stuck and need their guidance.

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: No Backlogs allowed
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Mention things that you have done or the projects you have done in a clear and concise manner. Also mention only those things that you have utmost confidence in and can tackle any questions related to that in an interview. As the interviewer doesn't know you so your resume will be the place from where he would get to know you.
Tip 2 : The ordering should be experience (if any) on the top, then projects in that domain, then Skills and related coursework that you have done, then any PoRs (add only the ones that are in the same field as the job you are applying for) and finally you achievements and they should be highlighted to stand out.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration90 Minutes
Interview date9 Aug 2021
Coding problem2

The round was held in afternoon. The test link was distributed through mail.

There were three sections - 
First Section consisted of English verbal and grammar questions
Second Section had some Mathematics Graph Analysis kind of questions in which we were given a graph with some follow up questions regarding it.
Third section had two coding questions which were of medium difficulty

1. Longest Bitonic Sequence

Moderate
15m average time
85% success
0/80
Asked in companies
MicrosoftWells FargoAmazon

A Bitonic Sequence is a sequence of numbers that is first strictly increasing and then strictly decreasing.


A strictly ascending order sequence is also considered bitonic, with the decreasing part as empty, and same for a strictly descending order sequence.


For example, the sequences [1, 3, 5, 3, 2], [1, 2, 3, 4] are bitonic, whereas the sequences [5, 4, 1, 4, 5] and [1, 2, 2, 3] are not.


You are given an array 'arr' consisting of 'n' positive integers.


Find the length of the longest bitonic subsequence of 'arr'.


Example :
Input: 'arr' = [1, 2, 1, 2, 1]

Output: 3

Explanation: The longest bitonic subsequence for this array will be [1, 2, 1]. Please note that [1, 2, 2, 1] is not a valid bitonic subsequence, because the consecutive 2's are neither strictly increasing, nor strictly decreasing.
Problem approach

n^2 solutions was acceptable here so I just checked for all elements as the peak point and found the length of such sequence for all the elements in the array and took the maximum of them as the answer

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Easy
15m average time
85% success
0/40
Asked in companies
Wells FargoCodenation

You are given an array 'ARR' consisting of 'N' integers and a non-negative integer 'K'. Consider an operation on the array as replacing every element 'ELE' of the array with 'MX - ELE', where 'MX' is the maximum element of the array. You need to return the updated array, given that this operation is performed on the array exactly 'K' number of times.

Note:

1. The array follows 0-based indexing.
2. Note that after each operation, the next operation will be performed on the updated array i.e the array obtained after the last operation.
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02
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration40 Minutes
Interview date12 Aug 2021
Coding problem6

The round was early in the morning around 9:00 AM. The interviewer was friendly.

1. Output Question

int a = 1;
switch(a)
{
case 1: print “5”;
case 2: print “6”;
case 3: print “7”;
}
What is the output of the above code?

Problem approach

Tip 1 : Know basic syntax

2. DS Questions

What is a pointer? What is an array? Give real world applications of Linked Lists.

3. DS Question

Difference between array and linked list.

Problem approach

I implemented linked list and explained how in real world where we use each of them

4. Bubble Sort

Easy
10m average time
90% success
0/40
Asked in companies
HCL TechnologiesSAP LabsHCL Technologies

Bubble Sort is one of the sorting algorithms that works by repeatedly swapping the adjacent elements of the array if they are not in sorted order.

You are given an unsorted array consisting of N non-negative integers. Your task is to sort the array in non-decreasing order using the Bubble Sort algorithm.

For Example:
Bubble Sort implementation for the given array:  {6,2,8,4,10} is shown below :-

Alt test

Problem approach

I explained the various sorting techniques to the interviewer and then explained their implementation

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5. DS Question

Is stack a LIFO or FIFO data structure. Briefly explain its working/ implementation as well.

6. Puzzle

8801 = 5
5261 = 1
9632 = 2
6381 = 3
6321 = ?

Problem approach

Tip 1 : I solved this questions assuming above equations are linear equations in four variables and interviewer was satisfied
Tip 2 : Later he told me this question has no solution he just wanted to see how I approach a problem
Tip 3 : Talking out aloud helped me out here

03
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration45 Minutes
Interview date12 Aug 2021
Coding problem3

It was near noon time around 12:00 PM, the interviewer wasn't very friendly and just seemed to keep the conversation about the interview round only

1. Technical Question

He asked me about how I had implemented the Machine Learning algorithm in my Face Recognition project.

Problem approach

Tip 1 : Know your projects inside out .
Tip 2 : Only write a project if you are sure you know everything about it.

2. Tree Traversals

Easy
15m average time
85% success
0/40
Asked in companies
Wells FargoBig BasketMicrosoft

You have been given a Binary Tree of 'N'

nodes, where the nodes have integer values.


Your task is to return the ln-Order, Pre-Order, and Post-Order traversals of the given binary tree.


For example :
For the given binary tree:

Binary - Tree1

The Inorder traversal will be [5, 3, 2, 1, 7, 4, 6].
The Preorder traversal will be [1, 3, 5, 2, 4, 7, 6].
The Postorder traversal will be [5, 2, 3, 7, 6, 4, 1].
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3. Technical Questions

He asked how I had implemented my Whatsapp Clone project and how I had implemented file sharing over the server real time messaging notifications sending. Then he used it to test my Computer Networks knowledge as well. He asked me about various protocols working underneath and the difference between HTTPS protocol and UDP protocol, UDP vs TCP

Problem approach

Tip 1 : Prepare core subject and interview questions related to technologies of your projects

04
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration10 minutes
Interview date12 Aug 2021
Coding problem1

I received a call from the HR in the evening. She was very polite and chill.

1. Basic HR Questions

How was your day so far? How did you like interacting with senior employees of the company?
Would describe yourself as a team player? How would you handle the situation if one of your team mates is not working up to the mark?
She had a discussion with me about technologies that I have worked on and then we had a little chat about the technologies used in the backed of wells fargo and how would I adapt to learning new technologies that are required to work on company products

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