Academian Inc Senior Software Developer Interview Questions and Answers for Experienced

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2 hrs duration with 2 easy level dsa questions and 15 around mcqs based on core cs concepts.

Q1. Implement stack using linked list.
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Implementing stack using linked list
• Create a Node class with data and next pointer

• Create a Stack class with top pointer

• Implement push() method to add element to top of stack

• Implement pop() method to remove element from top of stack

• Implement peek() method to return top element without removing it
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Q2. Print first duplicate value in a string.
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Find the first duplicate value in an array of strings.
• Create a hash table to store the frequency of each string.

• Iterate through the array and check if the string already exists in the hash table.

• If it does, return the string. If not, add it to the hash table.

• If no duplicates are found, return null or an appropriate message.
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Round duration - 120 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

It was a mix of mathematical aptitude, logical ability, and puzzles along with 2 programming questions of easy and medium level. Time was enough and no sectional time was present. 1-2 MCQs on SQL were also present.

This round was immediately followed by an SHL aptitude test which was basically a quick limited time check of your verbal ability and math because many questions were to be done in 1 hour.

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Boolean Matrix Transformation Challenge
Given a 2-dimensional boolean matrix mat of size N x M, your task is to modify the matrix such that if any element is 1, set its entire row and column to 1. Specifi...read more
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Modify a boolean matrix such that if any element is 1, set its entire row and column to 1.
• Iterate through the matrix and mark rows and columns to be modified

• Use additional arrays to keep track of rows and columns to be modified

• Update the matrix in-place based on the marked rows and columns
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Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

It was an online video interview round on HackerEarth with simultaneous code option. It was mostly justifying your resume in the first 15 minutes. After that OOPS was majorly asked. Basics of programming including questions on STL were asked. A class which required inheritance was asked by the interviewer to write. I was helped by the interviewer if i got stuck somewhere, Some questions on implementation of hashmaps and priority queues were also asked. A puzzle was asked which luckily struct to me at that moment.

Q1. Sdlc lifecycle of components and architecture.
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SDLC lifecycle involves planning, designing, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining software components and architecture.
• SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) includes phases like planning, designing, coding, testing, and maintenance.

• Components are designed, developed, tested, and integrated into the overall architecture.

• Architecture involves defining the structure, behavior, and interactions of software comp...read more
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Q1. Role and responsibility my tasks and questions on project
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Q1. Basics of js and react
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Q2. What are closures and give an example
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Closures are functions that have access to variables from their outer scope even after the outer function has finished executing.
• Closures are created when a function is defined within another function and has access to the outer function's variables.

• They can access variables from the outer function even after the outer function has returned.

• Closures are commonly used in event handlers and callbacks in JavaScript.
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Q3. What is event loop and features of es5
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Event loop is a mechanism that allows JavaScript to perform non-blocking operations by handling asynchronous events.
• Event loop is responsible for executing code, collecting and processing events, and executing queued sub-tasks.

• ES5 features include strict mode, JSON object, Array methods like forEach, map, filter, and reduce, and Object.create method.

• ES5 also introduced new methods for manipulating strings, such as trim
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Q1. General management round and past experience
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3 coding question around prime number arrays and strings

Q1. Introduce youself
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Q2. Question around project and skill in the resume and one coding question to solve
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Q1. Question on project and skill in resume
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Q2. 2 question arouond data structer and algorithm
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Q1. Low Level design on Quiz Portal Application
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Designing a low level architecture for a quiz portal application
• Use a microservices architecture for scalability and flexibility

• Implement a database schema to store quiz questions, answers, and user responses

• Utilize caching mechanisms to improve performance

• Design an authentication system to ensure secure access to quizzes

• Include features for creating, editing, and taking quizzes
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Q1. Salary Expectations and Joining Process
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Question were very basic from array and stacks