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I was interviewed before Jan 2024.
1. It was a peer to peer HackerRank coding assessment. Difficulty level - Leetcode medium. Dpn't remember the exact question. All I remember is it required me to apply Greedy technique to solve the DSA problem.
High-level design for a URL shortener system
Use a database to store original URLs and their corresponding short URLs
Implement a service to generate unique short URLs and redirect to original URLs
Consider scalability and performance by using caching and load balancing
Ensure security by validating input URLs and preventing malicious redirects
I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Sep 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.
UDP is connectionless, faster but less reliable. TCP is connection-oriented, slower but more reliable. Linux commands are used for system management. Python basics include dict and tuple data structures.
UDP is connectionless and does not guarantee delivery of data packets.
TCP is connection-oriented and ensures reliable delivery of data packets.
Linux commands like ls, cd, mkdir are used for system management.
Python dict...
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I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Jul 2022. There were 6 interview rounds.
Dynamic programming questions were asked
1) convert stack to queue
2) replace special characters in a string
I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Sep 2024. There was 1 interview round.
I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Jun 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.
Two DSA questions related to Arrays & strings
Design a URL shortener service with features like shortening, redirecting, tracking, handling collisions, and providing analytics.
Use a hashing algorithm to generate unique short URLs from long URLs
Store mappings of short URLs to original URLs in a database
Implement a redirect mechanism to direct users to the original URL when accessing the short URL
Track the number of times each short URL is accessed and store this da...
posted on 30 Nov 2024
I was interviewed in Nov 2023.
I applied via Campus Placement
3 coding question in 1:30 hr
2 medium + 1 hard
1- greedy
2- binary search, prefix sum
3- dp (too hard)
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