AlphaSense Software Engineer2 Interview Questions and Answers

You need to write code as algorithm for the given problem

You will need a end to end architecture and details , along with problem solving skillset

Q1. Techno managerial Round
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Q1. Senior manager round or as called AA round
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Q1. Was asked a simple question based on recursion
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Q1. System Design Concepts. Discussion about day to day work on my current job
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Q1. Detailed system design interview. Was asked a lots of questions about design of current project
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Q1. It was more about day to day work responsibilities. Whether I was willing to relocate. And some questions around strengths and weakness
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Q1. Q1 was about ds algo
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Q1. Q2 was about lld
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Q1. Q3 was about lld too
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Q1. Q4 was about hiring manager round, from resume basically
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Codility Test - 2 Medium LC type questions

Q1. DS Algo based round with 2 medium LC types questions on string
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Usually medium LC questions

Q1. Design Snakes and Ladder
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Design a snakes and ladder game with a board, dice, and player pieces.
• Create a game board with squares numbered from 1 to 100.

• Place snakes and ladders on specific squares to move players up or down.

• Players roll a dice to move their pieces on the board.

• The first player to reach square 100 wins the game.
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Data Structures and Algorithms - Easy

Code a chineese pebble game

Q1. 2 Entities for cross site sale promotion.
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Two entities for cross site sale promotion are affiliate marketing platform and customer loyalty program.
• Affiliate marketing platform: Allows businesses to partner with affiliates who promote their products on their own websites in exchange for a commission.

• Customer loyalty program: Rewards customers for repeat purchases or other actions, encouraging them to continue shopping with the brand.
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Q2. Grill on Q1 with questions on security and loop holes. List SPOF and how to fix it.
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Q1. Do you want to do a Puzzle round?
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Q2. Then asks Celebrity problem which I obviously didn't know at that time.
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The interviewer was a team Lead Engineer. He first asked me a few questions about database fundamentals (Cluster Index, Composite Index, ACID, etc). Then he presented me with a coding question on codility (LC Hard String question). He was very helpful during the interview and nudged me towards the right direction when I got stuck.

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

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Spiral Order Traversal of a Binary Tree Problem Statement
Given a binary tree with 'N' nodes, your task is to print the nodes in spiral order traversal.
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Input:
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Print nodes of a binary tree in spiral order traversal.
• Use a queue to perform level order traversal of the binary tree.

• Alternate between printing nodes from left to right and right to left at each level.

• Handle null nodes represented by '-1' appropriately.

• Example: For input '1 2 3 -1 -1 4 5 -1 -1 -1 -1', the output should be '1 3 2 4 5'.
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Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

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Word Break Problem Statement
You are given a list of N strings called A. Your task is to determine whether you can form a given target string by combining one or more strings from A.
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Given a list of strings, determine if a target string can be formed by combining one or more strings from the list.
• Iterate through all possible combinations of strings from the list to form the target string.

• Use recursion to try different combinations of strings.

• Check if the current combination forms the target string.

• Return true if a valid combination is found, otherwise return false.
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Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Q1. Design an elevator system.
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Design an elevator system for efficient vertical transportation.
• Divide building into zones to optimize elevator usage.

• Implement algorithms for efficient elevator scheduling.

• Include safety features like emergency stop buttons and overload sensors.

• Consider user interface for passengers to select floors and monitor elevator status.
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