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Software Engineer

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2 rounds | 3 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Preparation
Duration: 1 month
Topics: Java, SpringBoot, Data Structures, Pointers, OOPS, System Design, Algorithms, Dynamic Programming
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Prepare algorithms and data structures.
Tip 2 : Java foundations have to be clear.
Tip 3 : Practice writing clean code before the interview.

Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: Above 7 CGPA, No active backlogs.
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Highlight important skills
Tip 2 : Have some projects on resume.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Online Coding Interview
Duration45 minutes
Interview date8 Aug 2016
Coding problem2

It was an online coding round which has MCQs for aptitude and logical reasoning, and two programming questions with choice of programming language being Java.

1. Shortest Path In A Binary Maze

Moderate
30m average time
75% success
0/80
Asked in companies
SamsungAmazonHSBC

Given a maze in the form of a binary rectangular matrix of size M*N, where each element can either be 0 or 1, the task is to find the length of the shortest path in a maze from a given source cell to a destination cell.

The path can only be created out of a cell if its value is 1 and at any given moment, we can only move one step in one of the four directions. The valid moves are:

Up: (x, y) -> (x - 1, y)
Left: (x, y) -> (x, y - 1)
Down: (x, y) -> (x + 1, y)
Right: (x, y) -> (x, y + 1)

If there is no path from a given source cell to a destination cell, return -1.

For example :
consider the binary matrix below. If source = (0, 0) and destination = (3, 4), the shortest path from source to destination has length 11.

example

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2. Power Set

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

You are given a sorted array of 'N' integers. You have to generate the power set for this array where each subset of this power set is individually sorted.

A set is a well-defined collection of distinct elements. Power set P(ARR) of a set 'ARR' is defined as a set of all possible subsets of 'ARR'.

You have to return the array of subsets. The elements in the subset should be sorted in ascending order. The order of subsets in the array does not matter. Hence there can be more than 1 possible solution for a given array.

For example :
If we are given an array ARR=[1,2,3] then the power set P(ARR) of the set ARR is: [ [], [1], [2], [1,2], [3], [1,3], [2,3], [1,2,3] ]
Note :
For every subset 'X' present in power set P(ARR) of set ARR, X must be sorted i.e. in the example above:
P1(ARR) =  [ [], [1], [2], [1,2], [3], [1,3], [2,3], [1,2,3] ]
P2(ARR) =  [ [], [1], [1,2,3], [2], [1,2], [3], [1,3], [2,3] ]
P3(ARR) =  [ [], [1], [2], [1,2], [3], [1,3], [2,3], [2,3,1] ]
P1(ARR) and P2(ARR) will be considered correct power sets but P3(ARR) will not be considered correct because there the last subset [2, 3, 1] is not sorted.
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02
Round
Hard
Face to Face
Duration60 minutes
Interview date8 Aug 2016
Coding problem1

It was a face to face interview round, where I was asked questions about each and everything that I had mentioned in my CV.

1. Technical Questions

Tell us about your project.

What challenges did you face while developing the project?

Tell us about your previous work experiences.

Here's your problem of the day

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

Skill covered: Programming

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