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Updated 30 Nov 2024

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posted on 30 Nov 2024

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

2 easy level dsa ques

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. A simple 2d matrix ques
  • Q2. Ques on computer networks and projects

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I applied via Campus Placement

Round 1 - Coding Test 

3 Coding Questions of moderate level .

Round 2 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. DBMS Project asked in deep.
  • Q2. Basic codes to write e.g. Insertion , Deletion in Linkedlist
  • Q3. As i haved added ML project. They go into algorithms detailed explanation.
Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Ask Questions abt family background.
  • Q2. Few more details about your future plan.
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Very easy online coding round

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. E mail classifier using ML
  • Ans. 

    Email classifier using ML

    • Use supervised learning algorithms like Naive Bayes or Support Vector Machines

    • Preprocess email data by tokenizing, removing stop words, and stemming

    • Split data into training and testing sets for model evaluation

    • Evaluate model performance using metrics like accuracy, precision, recall, and F1 score

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What do you think about chatgot

Skills evaluated in this interview

SDE Interview Questions & Answers

Visa user image Anonymous

posted on 5 Sep 2022

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Palindrome check standard leetcode question pretty easy
  • Q2. Why Visa inc etc etc standard hr question

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Good experience only one interview and be thourouh with resume.
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Different scopes of a bean
  • Ans. 

    The different scopes of a bean in software development.

    • Singleton: A single instance of the bean is created and shared across the application.

    • Prototype: A new instance of the bean is created every time it is requested.

    • Request: A new instance of the bean is created for each HTTP request.

    • Session: A new instance of the bean is created for each user session.

    • Global session: A new instance of the bean is created for each glob

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Instahyre and was interviewed in Feb 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

INTERNAL HARD LEETCODE

Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Easy apptitiue question

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - GENernal discuiion with hr
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I applied via Campus Placement

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Moderate to easy level questions were asked mostly of arrays and linked list and stack

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Keep up with all ds algo concepts and oodp
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basics of react
  • Q2. Dsa questions on tree

I was interviewed before Jan 2021.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

(2 Questions)

Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

It was conducted in Hacker rank which consisted of 10 aptitude questions that included C, C++, Java MCQ. 2 programming questions were also given.

  • Q1. 

    Minimum Cost Path Problem Statement

    Given an N x M matrix filled with integers, determine the minimum sum obtainable from a path that starts at a specified cell (x, y) and ends at the top left corner of t...

  • Ans. 

    The problem involves finding the minimum sum path from a specified cell to the top left corner of a matrix.

    • Start from the specified cell and calculate the minimum sum path to reach the top left corner using dynamic programming.

    • Consider the three possible moves: down, right, and down-right diagonal.

    • Keep track of the minimum sum at each cell and update it based on the minimum of the three possible moves.

    • Finally, the mini...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. 

    Balanced Parentheses Combinations

    Given an integer N representing the number of pairs of parentheses, find all the possible combinations of balanced parentheses using the given number of pairs.

    Explanati...

  • Ans. 

    Generate all possible combinations of balanced parentheses for a given number of pairs.

    • Use backtracking to generate all possible combinations of balanced parentheses.

    • Keep track of the number of open and close parentheses used in each combination.

    • Recursively generate combinations by adding open parentheses if there are remaining, and closing parentheses if the number of open parentheses is greater than the number of clo...

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Face to Face 

(4 Questions)

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Technical round with questions based on data structures, oops and networking.

  • Q1. 

    Character Counting Challenge

    Create a program that counts and prints the total number of specific character types from user input. Specifically, you need to count lowercase English alphabets, numeric digi...

  • Ans. 

    Create a program to count lowercase alphabets, digits, and white spaces from user input until '$' is encountered.

    • Read characters from input stream until '$' is encountered

    • Count lowercase alphabets, digits, and white spaces separately

    • Print the counts of each character type as three integers separated by spaces

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. 

    K Largest Elements Problem Statement

    Given an unsorted array containing 'N' integers, you are required to find 'K' largest elements from the array and return them in non-decreasing order.

    Input:

    The fir...
  • Ans. 

    Find K largest elements in an unsorted array and return them in non-decreasing order.

    • Sort the array in non-decreasing order.

    • Return the last K elements of the sorted array.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. How can you check whether you have an internet connection on your system?
  • Ans. 

    To check internet connection on a system, you can use various methods like pinging a website or checking network status.

    • Use ping command to check connectivity to a website (e.g. ping www.google.com)

    • Check network status using network settings or command line tools

    • Try accessing a website or online service to verify internet connection

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. What happens when you type a URL in a web browser?
  • Ans. 

    When you type a URL in a web browser, the browser sends a request to the server hosting the website, which then responds with the necessary files to display the webpage.

    • Browser checks cache for DNS resolution

    • If not found, browser sends a DNS query to resolve the domain name to an IP address

    • Browser establishes a TCP connection with the server

    • Browser sends an HTTP request to the server for the webpage

    • Server processes the...

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Face to Face 

(2 Questions)

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Technical round with questions based on data structures, oops and networking.

  • Q1. 

    Counting Sort Problem Statement

    Ninja is learning about sorting algorithms, specifically those that do not rely on comparisons. Can you help Ninja implement the counting sort algorithm?

    Example:

    Input:
    ...
  • Ans. 

    Implement counting sort algorithm to sort an array of integers without comparisons.

    • Count the frequency of each element in the input array.

    • Calculate the prefix sum of frequencies to determine the position of each element in the sorted array.

    • Place each element in its correct position based on the prefix sum.

    • Time complexity of counting sort is O(n+k), where n is the number of elements and k is the range of input.

    • Example: ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What are the applications of the Fibonacci series in real life?
  • Ans. 

    The Fibonacci series has applications in various fields such as mathematics, computer science, art, and nature.

    • Used in algorithms for optimization problems and dynamic programming.

    • Found in nature, such as the arrangement of leaves on a stem, the branching of trees, and the spiral shapes of shells.

    • Applied in financial markets for predicting stock prices and analyzing market trends.

    • Utilized in art and design for creating

  • Answered by AI
Round 4 - HR 

Round duration - 30 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

HR round where the interviewer asked questions to know more about me.

Interview Preparation Tips

Eligibility criteriaAbove 7 CGPAPaypal interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Data Structures, Algorithms, System Design, Aptitude, OOPSTime required to prepare for the interview - 6 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Must do Previously asked Interview as well as Online Test Questions.
Tip 2 : Go through all the previous interview experiences from Codestudio and Leetcode.
Tip 3 : Do at-least 2 good projects and you must know every bit of them.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Have at-least 2 good projects explained in short with all important points covered.
Tip 2 : Every skill must be mentioned.
Tip 3 : Focus on skills, projects and experiences more.

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

I was interviewed before Jan 2021.

Round 1 - Face to Face 

(3 Questions)

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Technical Interview Round with questions based on Data structures, OOPS and SQL.

  • Q1. 

    Delete a Node from a Linked List

    You are provided with a linked list of integers. Your task is to implement a function that deletes a node located at a specified position 'POS'.

    Input:

    The first line co...
  • Ans. 

    Implement a function to delete a node from a linked list at a specified position.

    • Traverse the linked list to find the node at the specified position.

    • Update the pointers of the previous and next nodes to skip the node to be deleted.

    • Handle edge cases such as deleting the head or tail of the linked list.

    • Ensure to free the memory of the deleted node to avoid memory leaks.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Write an SQL query to find the nth highest salary.
  • Ans. 

    SQL query to find the nth highest salary

    • Use the ORDER BY clause to sort salaries in descending order

    • Use the LIMIT and OFFSET clauses to skip the first n-1 highest salaries

    • Combine the above steps in a single query to find the nth highest salary

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Can you explain the concepts of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)?
  • Ans. 

    OOP is a programming paradigm based on the concept of objects, which can contain data in the form of fields and code in the form of procedures.

    • OOP focuses on creating objects that interact with each other to solve problems.

    • Key concepts include encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism.

    • Encapsulation involves bundling data and methods that operate on the data into a single unit.

    • Inheritance allows classes to inherit at...

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Face to Face 

(4 Questions)

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Was asked me about my favorite technologies, What i liked about Facebook. And asked me to design a cinema ticket reservation web site­ like the one satyam has.

  • Q1. 

    Kth Largest Element Problem

    Given an array containing N distinct positive integers and a number K, determine the Kth largest element in the array.

    Example:

    Input:
    N = 6, K = 3, array = [2, 1, 5, 6, 3, ...
  • Ans. 

    Find the Kth largest element in an array of distinct positive integers.

    • Sort the array in non-increasing order and return the Kth element.

    • Handle multiple test cases efficiently.

    • Ensure all elements in the array are distinct.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What are virtual functions?
  • Ans. 

    Virtual functions are functions in a base class that are overridden in derived classes to achieve runtime polymorphism.

    • Virtual functions are declared in a base class with the 'virtual' keyword.

    • They are overridden in derived classes using the 'override' keyword.

    • They allow a function to be called based on the runtime type of an object.

    • Virtual functions enable dynamic binding and late binding in C++.

    • Example: virtual void ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Design a Cinema Ticket Reservation System.
  • Ans. 

    Design a Cinema Ticket Reservation System

    • Use a database to store movie information, showtimes, and seat availability

    • Allow users to search for movies, select showtimes, and choose seats

    • Implement a payment system for ticket purchases

    • Send confirmation emails with QR codes for ticket validation

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. In how many attempts can you find a defective ball among 10 given balls using a two-pan balance scale?
  • Ans. 

    You can find a defective ball among 10 given balls in 2 attempts using a two-pan balance scale.

    • Divide the 10 balls into two groups of 5 each.

    • Weigh the two groups on the balance scale.

    • If one group is heavier, it contains the defective ball. If they are equal, the defective ball is in the remaining 5 balls.

    • Divide the group of 5 balls with the defective one into two groups of 2 and 3 balls.

    • Weigh the two groups on the bala...

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 30 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

HR round that lasted for about 30 minutes. The interviewer asked me questions to know more about me and a puzzle.

  • Q1. Can you tell me about your projects and your extracurricular activities?

Interview Preparation Tips

Eligibility criteriaAbove 7 CGPAPaypal interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Data Structures, Algorithms, System Design, Aptitude, OOPSTime required to prepare for the interview - 3 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Must do Previously asked Interview as well as Online Test Questions.
Tip 2 : Go through all the previous interview experiences from Codestudio and Leetcode.
Tip 3 : Do at-least 2 good projects and you must know every bit of them.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Have at-least 2 good projects explained in short with all important points covered.
Tip 2 : Every skill must be mentioned.
Tip 3 : Focus on skills, projects and experiences more.

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

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