24/7 Customer SDE-2 Interview Questions and Answers

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

It is online round and it was conducted around 11 AM on campus. Difficulty was medium. 2 coding questions were asked. One question is based on arrays(easy) and the other question is based on usage of oops concepts like Inheritance, polymorphism. Everything went smooth.

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Subarray With Given Sum Problem Statement
Given an array ARR of N integers and an integer S, determine if there exists a contiguous subarray within the array with a sum equal to S. If such a subarray exis...read more
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Given an array of integers, find a subarray with a given sum S.
• Use a sliding window approach to find the subarray with the given sum.

• Keep track of the current sum and adjust the window based on the sum.

• Return the start and end indices of the subarray if found, otherwise return [-1, -1].
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Round duration - 50 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Round started with self introduction and discussion of project. Everything went fine.
Note: we didn't have hr round due to time constraint. You can expect hr round.

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Find the Duplicate Number Problem Statement
Given an integer array 'ARR' of size 'N' containing numbers from 0 to (N - 2). Each number appears at least once, and there is one number that appears twice. Yo...read more
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Find the duplicate number in an array of integers from 0 to (N-2).
• Iterate through the array and keep track of the frequency of each number using a hashmap.

• Return the number with a frequency greater than 1 as the duplicate number.
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Q2. Can you explain the concept of normalization and its types?
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Normalization is the process of organizing data in a database to reduce redundancy and improve data integrity.
• Normalization is used to eliminate data redundancy and ensure data integrity in a database.

• There are different normal forms such as 1NF, 2NF, 3NF, BCNF, and 4NF.

• Each normal form has specific rules that must be followed to ensure data is properly organized.

• Normalization helps in reducing data anomalies and incon...read more
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Q3. Can you explain the ACID properties in the context of database management systems?
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ACID properties are essential characteristics of a transaction in a database management system.
• Atomicity ensures that either all operations in a transaction are completed successfully or none of them are.

• Consistency ensures that the database remains in a valid state before and after the transaction.

• Isolation ensures that the execution of multiple transactions concurrently does not interfere with each other.

• Durability e...read more
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Q4. Can you explain the concepts of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) with real-life examples?
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OOP is a programming paradigm based on the concept of objects, which can contain data and code to manipulate that data.
• OOP focuses on creating objects that interact with each other to solve complex problems.

• Encapsulation: Objects can hide their internal state and require interactions through well-defined interfaces. Example: A car object with methods like start(), stop(), accelerate().

• Inheritance: Objects can inherit a...read more
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Round duration - 30 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

It was in the morning about 10:00AM-10:40AM. The platform used for this round was hackerrank. There are 15 MCQ's which cover portions of Aptitude, Data Structures, DBMS, SQL

Q1. 
Minimum Operations Problem Statement
You are given an array 'ARR' of size 'N' consisting of positive integers. Your task is to determine the minimum number of operations required to make all elements in t...read more
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Minimum number of operations to make all elements in the array equal by performing addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division.
• Iterate through the array to find the maximum and minimum values.

• Calculate the difference between the maximum and minimum values.

• The minimum number of operations needed is the difference between the maximum and minimum values.
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Round duration - 15 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

It was in the night around 7:00PM-7:20PM. Platform used for this round was skype. Interviewer was very serious while taking my interview.

Round duration - 180 minutes
Round difficulty - Hard

Timing: 8 a.m. to 11a.m.
Environment was optimum.
No significant activity.

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Edit Distance Problem Statement
Given two strings S and T with lengths N and M respectively, your task is to find the "Edit Distance" between these strings.
The Edit Distance is defined as the minimum nu...read more
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The task is to find the minimum number of operations required to convert one string into another using delete, replace, and insert operations.
• Use dynamic programming to solve the problem efficiently.

• Create a 2D array to store the minimum edit distance for substrings of the two input strings.

• Iterate through the strings and update the array based on the operations needed for each character.

• Return the value in the bottom ...read more
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Round duration - 30 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Timing: 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The environment was quite good.
No significant activity.
Interviewers were very friendly. They were behaving like friends.

Round duration - 15 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Timing: 3:00 p.m. to 3:20 p.m.
Environment was very good.
No significant activity was monitored.
HR was very good and friendly.

Round duration - 360 minutes
Round difficulty - Hard

Timing- Any 6 hours of my choice in the 24 hour window. (10:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. I selected)
Environment was very friendly and easy to use.
No significant activity.
This was the only coding round.

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Prime Time Again Problem Statement
You are given two integers DAY_HOURS and PARTS. The integer 'DAY_HOURS' represents the number of hours in a day, and the day can be divided into 'PARTS' equal parts. You...read more
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Find total instances of equivalent prime groups in a day divided into equal parts.
• Iterate through each part of the day and check for prime pairs in different parts

• Use a helper function to check if a number is prime

• Ensure the day is evenly divided by parts and each prime group has hours from different parts
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Round duration - 10-15 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Timing- 12:15 p.m. 
Environment was very good .
Not any significant activity.
The interviewer was very friendly and talked like friends.

Round duration - 20 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Timing- 12:30 p.m. to 12:45 p.m
Environment was very comfortable.
No other significant activity.
Interviewer was very good and talking very politely & friendly.