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2 rounds | 4 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
Being from a tier 3 college, I got no opportunity; our college had no coding culture, so I ended up starting up in a service-based company. I worked for two years at a service-based company and worked hard to get multiple offers and selected Microsoft.
Application story
I applied on the LinkedIn Jobs Section and got the test link two days after that, and the recruiter called me to schedule my interviews.
Why selected/rejected for the role?
I was rejected. I don't know why because these people ghosted me after two rounds despite regularly mailing them for status.
Preparation
Duration: 4 Months
Topics: Data structures, Algorithms, OOPS, OS, DBMS, Computer Networks, System Design
Tip
Tip

Tip 1: Make sure you have your computer science fundamentals very clear.
Tip 2: You should know the complexity of the code you write and the internal implementation of the data structure you use while coding.
Tip 3: You should know about everything you write in your resume.
Tip 4: Practice a lot of programming problems. Participate in competitive programming contests.

Application process
Where: Linkedin
Eligibility: Good Knowlege of Java, 1+Year Experience in Java or similar Technologies
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1: Be honest about what you write in your resume.
Tip 2: Should have at least two projects
Tip 3: Maintain a precise and self-speaking one-page resume.
Tip 4: Add technical achievements only.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date24 Mar 2022
Coding problem2

The interviewer and me shared the greetings and then he gave me 2 coding questions and asked to code in Java

1. Jump Game

Moderate
15m average time
85% success
0/80
Asked in companies
ZSOLX GroupDisney + Hotstar

You have been given an array 'ARR' of ‘N’ integers. You have to return the minimum number of jumps needed to reach the last index of the array i.e ‘N - 1’.


From index ‘i’, we can jump to an index ‘i + k’ such that 1<= ‘k’ <= ARR[i] .


'ARR[i]' represents the maximum distance you can jump from the current index.


If it is not possible to reach the last index, return -1.


Note:
Consider 0-based indexing.
Example:
Consider the array 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 
We can Jump from index 0 to index 1
Then we jump from index 1 to index 2
Then finally make a jump of 3 to reach index N-1

There is also another path where
We can Jump from index 0 to index 1
Then we jump from index 1 to index 3
Then finally make a jump of 2 to reach index N-1

So multiple paths may exist but we need to return the minimum number of jumps in a path to end which here is 3.
Try solving now

2. Subsequences of String

Moderate
15m average time
85% success
0/80
Asked in companies
Chegg Inc.Expedia GroupQuikr

You are given a string 'STR' containing lowercase English letters from a to z inclusive. Your task is to find all non-empty possible subsequences of 'STR'.

A Subsequence of a string is the one which is generated by deleting 0 or more letters from the string and keeping the rest of the letters in the same order.
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02
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date24 Mar 2022
Coding problem2

This round was conducted on the same day. The interviewer asked me to explain the architecture of the project I was working on in my previous company. Then he asked me to code 2 coding questions in Java.

1. Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock IV

Hard
20m average time
80% success
0/120
Asked in companies
Disney + HotstarAmazonOracle

You have been given an array 'PRICES' consisting of 'N' integers where PRICES[i] denotes the price of a given stock on the i-th day. You are also given an integer 'K' denoting the number of possible transactions you can make.

Your task is to find the maximum profit in at most K transactions. A valid transaction involves buying a stock and then selling it.

Note
You can’t engage in multiple transactions simultaneously, i.e. you must sell the stock before rebuying it.
For Example
Input: N = 6 , PRICES = [3, 2, 6, 5, 0, 3] and K = 2.
Output: 7

Explanation : The optimal way to get maximum profit is to buy the stock on day 2(price = 2) and sell it on day 3(price = 6) and rebuy it on day 5(price = 0) and sell it on day 6(price = 3). The maximum profit will be (6 - 2) + (3 - 0) = 7.
Try solving now

2. Find All Triplets With Zero Sum

Moderate
30m average time
50% success
0/80
Asked in companies
MicrosoftFacebookDunzo

You are given an array Arr consisting of n integers, you need to find all the distinct triplets present in the array which adds up to zero.

An array is said to have a triplet {arr[i], arr[j], arr[k]} with 0 sum if there exists three indices i, j and k such that i!=j, j!=k and i!=k and arr[i] + arr[j] + arr[k] = 0.

Note :
1. You can return the list of values in any order. For example, if a valid triplet is {1, 2, -3}, then (2, -3, 1), (-3, 2, 1) etc is also valid triplet. Also, the ordering of different triplets can be random i.e if there are more than one valid triplets, you can return them in any order.
2. The elements in the array need not be distinct.
3. If no such triplet is present in the array, then return an empty list, and the output printed for such a test case will be "-1".
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