Barclays Software Developer Intern Interview Questions and Answers

Standard Aptitude test

Medium level question on graphs

Q1. Matrix least sum path (dp)
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Q2. Medium level question on Linked List
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The questiona all are from aptitude

Some technical medium range questions asked

Q1. Main questions are from data structure
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Q2. Some questions are from java
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Q3. Some personal questions
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Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

The test started at 4 in the afternoon. It was online coding test from home only.

Q1. 
Query and Matrix Problem Statement
You are given a binary matrix with 'M' rows and 'N' columns, initially consisting of all 0s. You will receive 'Q' queries, which can be of four types:
Query 1: 1 R inde...read more
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Q2. 
Jump Game Problem Statement
In this problem, you are given an array ARR consisting of N integers. Your task is to determine the minimum number of jumps required to reach the last index of the array N - 1....read more
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Round duration - 40 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Timing was 11 a.m. approximately. It was an online technical round.

Round duration - 30 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

This was the ProFit(Professional Fitment) Round to check if we are suitable for their company and if we find their company suitable for ourselves.
Timing was around p.m.

Round duration - 10 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Timing was around 9 p.m.

Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Timing - Late in the evening(7pm - 8 pm)
Virtual round, can give from home. 
Had to keep webcam on during the test. 
Tab switching was not allowed, and activity was monitored.

Round duration - 20 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Round in the morning, with 2 interviewers.
Questions based on Resume.

Q1. 
Longest Subarray Zero Sum Problem Statement
Given an array of integers arr, determine the length of the longest contiguous subarray that sums to zero.
Input:
N (an integer, the length of the array)
arr (...read more
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Round duration - 20 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

In the afternoon, with 3 recruiters, 2 HRs and 1 project manager.

Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

It was first entrance round which was conducted in online mode. It had 2 coding question and 10 mcqs.it was around 90 min in total and took place in evening at around 5 pm. 

Q1. 
Rooks Placing Problem Statement
You are given an n×n chessboard where rows and columns are numbered from 0 to n-1. Each cell (r, c) is located at the intersection of row 'r' and column 'c'. A rook is a ch...read more
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Round duration - 40 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

It was the first interview round conducted on skype. Each of the candidates were provided with the name of the interviewer and time slot in advance, and were expected to join to the link provided . The interviewer was really sincere and asked question straight to the point and asked me to write 2 3 codes for which he gave me questions and asked me to share my screen.

Round duration - 30 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

it was a technical and hr round .he asked me about my projects ,discussed my resume and questioned my skills and projects . He asked me why I wanted to join this company. Here also we were told about the result of previous round, interviewer and time slot in advance.

Q1. Why do you want to join this company, and can you tell me about your projects?
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Round duration - 30 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

He discussed my project and what all changes I would like to implement in near future and about resources and references We were given time slot and name of interviewer in advance.

Round duration - 30 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

This video call interview round was fairly based on the Resume. The interviewer went in detail about a couple of projects related to ML and Djikstra algorithm. The questions asked were very basic; based on the technology stack I used and why did I really choose it. He also asked me to present my screen and show the code I wrote for the project.

Q1. 
Dijkstra's Shortest Path Problem
Given an undirected graph with ‘V’ vertices (labeled 0, 1, ... , V-1) and ‘E’ edges, where each edge has a weight representing the distance between two connected nodes (X,...read more
Ans. Using Adjacency Matrix
The idea is to maintain two arrays, one stores the visited nodes, and the other array stores the distance (element at index ‘i’ denotes the distance from node 0 to node ‘i’). We pick an unvisited minimum distance vertex, then update the distance of all its adjacent vertices considering the path from source to an adjacent vertex to pass through the picked minimum distance vertex. Repeat the process...read more
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Round duration - 10 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

This was a typical round by HR. There were only 5 students shortlisted for this round so it wasn't an eliminator round. The straight strategy followed by HR was to understand why I have shifted to the IT field from Civil engineering and how keen I am to continue in this field and not exit later.

Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

The test was conducted at 11 am in Hackerearth and was of 90 minutes. The time was enough to solve both the questions as well as the MCQ's. It consisted of 2 coding questions and 10 MCQs. The level of questions was medium and the mcqs ranged from easy to difficult.

Q1. 
Find the Minimum Cost to Reach Destination via Train
Given 'N' stations on a train route, where the train travels from station 0 to 'N'-1, determine the minimum cost to reach the final station using given...read more
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Q2. 
Next Smaller Palindrome Problem Statement
You are provided with a palindrome number 'N' presented as a string 'S'. The task is to determine the largest palindrome number that is strictly less than 'N'.
I...read more
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Round duration - 45 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

After clearing the coding round, Video call Interview was conducted at 12 pm. The interviewer was cooperative and gave hints whenever I stuck upon any question.

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Longest Consecutive Sequence Problem Statement
You are provided with an unsorted array/list ARR of N integers. Your task is to determine the length of the longest consecutive sequence present in the array...read more
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Round duration - 40 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

I already gave the technical round so I wasn't that nervous. Also the interviewer was patiently listening the answers. It seemed like a normal conversation.

Round duration - 30 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

It was the last round. 15 students were selected for this round. I was tired since I already gave 2 interviews.