ACKO SDE (Software Development Engineer) Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. It was an MCQ Round and the questions were a mixture of CS fundamentals topics.
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This round contained 2 coding questions.

Q1. This was a one on one coding round where I was asked 3 questions that were of Easy to Medium level of LeetCode.
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Q1. HR round was more of a technical interview round where I was asked about my android projects and some core android topics since both me and my interviewer were Android Developers.
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Q1. Number of Islands
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Count the number of islands in a 2D grid.
• Iterate through the grid and for each '1', perform a depth-first search to mark all connected '1's as visited.

• Increment the count of islands for each new '1' encountered.

• Return the total count of islands.
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Q2. Coin change problem
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The coin change problem involves finding the minimum number of coins needed to make a certain amount of change.
• Use dynamic programming to solve the problem efficiently

• Start with a base case where the amount of change is 0

• Iterate through each coin denomination and calculate the minimum number of coins needed for each amount of change

• Store the results in a table and use them to calculate the minimum number of coins for l
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Q1. Javascript based questions
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Q1. Discussion with a senior manager
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75 min test with 18 Java theory questions

Q1. Synchronized keyword usage
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The synchronized keyword in Java is used to control access to shared resources in a multithreaded environment.
• Synchronized keyword can be used to synchronize access to critical sections of code to prevent race conditions.

• It can be applied to methods or code blocks to ensure only one thread can access them at a time.

• Example: synchronized void myMethod() { // code }

• Example: synchronized(this) { // code }
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Q2. Message Queue types
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Q3. Thread Contention
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Q4. Java Profiling Tools
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Q5. Abstract classes
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Q1. One leetcode easy-medium problem
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Q2. Java, springboot and oops question
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Q1. Project related questions
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Q2. System design questions
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Normal DSA round from hacker rank

DSA round from hacker rank or leetcode

Q1. With hiring manager
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It was more based on array/string manipulation, stack/queue based, if you have solved questions before then it will be easy/medium difficulty level for yo

Q1. Asteroid collision
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Q2. Stack/queue based
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Q1. Resume based discussion. therory concepts/ OOPS's , DBMS, OS,etc
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Q1. Explain Concurrency
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Concurrency is the ability of a system to execute multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Concurrency allows multiple tasks to run concurrently, improving performance and efficiency.

• Concurrency can be achieved through multithreading or multiprocessing.

• Example: A web server handling multiple requests simultaneously using multithreading.
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Q2. Explain Acid principles
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ACID principles are a set of properties that guarantee database transactions are processed reliably.
• Atomicity: Transactions are all or nothing. If one part of the transaction fails, the entire transaction is rolled back.

• Consistency: Transactions bring the database from one valid state to another. All constraints are satisfied.

• Isolation: Transactions are isolated from each other until they are completed.

• Durability: Once...read more
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Q1. Given a code snippet, do code review and provide all the improvements. Mainly they look at how well you can catch the logical errors over minor improvements
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