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2 rounds | 7 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 12 months
Topics: Data Structures, Database management system, Object oriented programming, System design(a bit), Algorithms
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Practise company wise coding problems available on geeks for geeks
Tip 2 : Also try taking part in contests regularly so that you know how you stand among your peers
Tip 3 : Practise problems related to the areas you are less confident in

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: 7.5 CGPA
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Do relevant projects to increase your chances of getting shortlisted 
Tip 2 : Use bold fonts to showcase the tech stack you have worked on

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date3 Nov 2021
Coding problem2

It was held at 8:00 pm in the night and was held on hackerrank.

1. Minimum Spanning Tree

Moderate
34m average time
0/80
Asked in companies
AmazonWells FargoMicrosoft

You are given an undirected, connected and weighted graph G(V, E), consisting of V number of vertices (numbered from 0 to V-1) and E number of edges.

Find and print the total weight of the Minimum Spanning Tree (MST) using Kruskal's algorithm.

By definition, a minimum weight spanning tree is a subset of the edges of a connected, edge-weighted undirected graph that connects all the vertices together, without any cycles and with the minimum possible total edge weight.

Problem approach

The basic problem reduces to finding the minimum spanning tree of the graph.
Once we find that, we know that now every city can be powered and no power station is left idle.

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2. Segregate Odd-Even

Moderate
25m average time
75% success
0/80
Asked in companies
Wells FargoThought WorksMicrosoft

There is a wedding ceremony at NinjaLand. The bride and groom want everybody to play a game and thus, they have blindfolded the attendees. The people from the bride’s side are holding odd numbers and people from the groom’s side are holding the even numbers. For the game to start quickly, all the bride’s side people should come first, followed by the groom’s side people in the same order.

The attendees of the wedding with their numbers are given in the form of a Singly Linked List, arranged randomly.

A singly linked list is a type of linked list that is unidirectional; that is, it can be traversed in only one direction from head to the last node (tail).

Example:
The attendees holding numbers from 1, 4, 3 are shown: 

As the organizers are busy, you have to arrange all the people by arranging the bride’s side people first followed by the groom’s side people sequentially.

Note:
For the above example 1 -> 4 -> 3, 1 -> 3 -> 4 is the only correct answer, i.e nodes should be grouped sequentially. Hence, 3 -> 1 -> 4 is the wrong answer as we have to preserve the same order.
Problem approach

This was a very easy problem with just some implementation. We just needed to iterate the array and keep pushing the odd numbers in the first iteration to another vector, then we needed to do the same for the even numbers as well.

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02
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date1 Dec 2021
Coding problem5

It was an interview round designed to test our technical proficiency. Held from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm over a zoom call. There were 2 interviewers and were really friendly.

1. System Design Question

Design a chess game to be played online

Problem approach

Tip 1: Always start with basic implementation using oops to design the game based on the features required
Tip 2: Gradually add features into the objects and make class level functions to show your knowledge of encapsulation.
Tip 3: Take help from the interviewers, they do provide important hints

2. Operating System Question

What are the different process scheduling algorithms in OS

Problem approach

Tip 1: Go through the YT channel of gate smashers for the content on OS.
 

3. All prime numbers

Moderate
0/80
Asked in companies
Urban Company (UrbanClap)QualcommHackerEarth

Given an integer N, print all the prime numbers that lie in the range 2 to N (both inclusive).

Problem approach

Started with the most basic approach to find the number of factors by iterating in a loop and checking factor.
Then optimised to check it only till square root of n
Finally suggested the sieve method to find prime numbers.

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4. DBMS Questions

Asked the difference between SQL and NoSQL databases and the advantages of both

Problem approach

Tip 1: Can refer to DBMS material on javatpoint.com
 

5. Puzzle

Is there a way to generate a probability of 3/8 using a coin.

Problem approach

Tip 1: We can toss the coin for 3 times.
Tip 2: The probability of finding exactly 2 Heads is 3/8
Tip 3: Similarly the probability of finding exactly 2 tails is also 3/8

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

Skill covered: Programming

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