BigBasket Front end Developer Interview Questions and Answers

There was an online coding test on signal consisting of leetcode easy medium and hard

Q1. Questions on optimizations
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Q2. Question on React Js
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Medium level DSA question in JS

Coding a frontend UI from provided image. And creating a fucntional star rating system

Q1. Designing a Component API in React using Typescript.
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Designing a Component API in React using Typescript involves defining props, state, and methods for the component.
• Define the props interface to specify the expected input data for the component

• Use typescript types to ensure type safety and prevent runtime errors

• Define the state interface to manage the internal state of the component

• Implement methods to handle user interactions and component logic

• Document the component ...read more
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Q2. Create a function that can clear all the timer ids at once.
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Function to clear all timer ids at once
• Create an array to store all timer ids

• Iterate through the array and clear each timer id using clearTimeout() function
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Q1. Given a matrix zeros and ones find minimum distance for each one to a zero.
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Given a matrix of zeros and ones, find the minimum distance for each one to a zero.
• Use breadth-first search (BFS) to find the minimum distance from each one to a zero.

• Start by initializing a queue with all the zeros in the matrix.

• While the queue is not empty, dequeue a zero and enqueue its neighboring ones.

• Keep track of the distance from each one to the nearest zero.

• Repeat until all ones have been visited.

• Return the ma...read more
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30mins aptitude test

90 mins coding test for 3 questions

Q1. Why are you choosing this role
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I am choosing this role because of my passion for creating user-friendly and visually appealing websites.
• Passion for front end development

• Enjoy creating user-friendly interfaces

• Excited about the creative aspect of web design
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Q2. Why should we write you
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I am a dedicated and skilled front end developer with a passion for creating user-friendly interfaces.
• I have a strong understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

• I have experience with responsive design and cross-browser compatibility

• I am proficient in using front end frameworks like React and Angular
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Round duration - 75 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

This was the online round held at university. All students who met the eligibility criteria were called for the online test on hackerrank.

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Anagram Difference Problem Statement
Given two strings, 'STR1' and 'STR2', of equal lengths, determine the minimum number of manipulations required to make the two strings anagrams of each other.
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The problem involves finding the minimum number of manipulations required to make two strings anagrams of each other.
• Create frequency maps for both strings

• Find the absolute difference in frequencies of each character

• Sum up the absolute differences to get the total manipulations needed
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Round duration - 90 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

This round was technical round and the interview started with formal introduction and general questions.
After that We had a discussion on LRU Cache.
Followed by coding and set of data structure questions.

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Gas Tank Problem Statement
You have a car with a gas tank of infinite capacity. There are 'N' gas stations located along a circular route, numbered from 0 to N-1. You begin your journey with an empty tank...read more
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Find the starting gas station index to complete a circular route with gas and cost arrays.
• Iterate through gas stations, keeping track of total gas and total cost from each station

• If total gas is greater than or equal to total cost, update the starting station index

• Return the starting station index if a valid one is found, else return -1
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Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

This Round was DS and Algo round and it started with formal introduction, followed by 2 problems. We first dicussed the approach the time complexity and proper code covering all cases.

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Boundary Traversal of Binary Tree
Given a binary tree of integers, your task is to print the boundary nodes of this binary tree in an anti-clockwise direction starting from the root node.
Input:
The fir...read more
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Print the boundary nodes of a binary tree in an anti-clockwise direction starting from the root node.
• Traverse the left boundary nodes from the root to the leftmost leaf node.

• Traverse the leaf nodes from left to right.

• Traverse the right boundary nodes from the rightmost leaf node to the root.
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Q2. 
Maximum Sum of Two Non-Overlapping Subarrays
Given an integer array ARR and a positive integer K, your objective is to find two non-overlapping subarrays (contiguous) of length K each, such that their sum...read more
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Find two non-overlapping subarrays of length K with maximum sum in an integer array.
• Iterate through the array to find all possible subarrays of length K.

• Calculate the sum of each pair of non-overlapping subarrays of length K.

• Keep track of the maximum sum obtained from the pairs of subarrays.
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Round duration - 30 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

This was the Final Interview and it started with formal introduction and general HR questions. Then We discussed about the projects and the things written in my resume. The interviewer was very frank and this round was very interactive. He asked me about my college, my future plans, teachers, various subjects, why Expedia and questions like that.

Round duration - 120 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

The test was divided into two parts : Section A had questions from Quantitative, C language, Logical and English. The second part had two coding questions.

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Deletion in Circular Linked List Problem Statement
Given a Circular Singly Linked List of integers, and a specific value 'VAL', your task is to delete the first occurrence of this value in the linked list...read more
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Delete the first occurrence of a specific value in a Circular Linked List.
• Traverse the circular linked list to find the value to be deleted.

• Update the pointers to skip the node containing the value.

• Handle edge cases like deleting the only node in the list.

• Return the modified circular linked list.
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Q2. 
LRU Cache Design Question
Design a data structure for a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache that supports the following operations:
1. get(key) - Return the value of the key if it exists in the cache; otherw...read more
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Design a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache data structure that supports get and put operations with capacity constraints.
• Use a combination of a doubly linked list and a hashmap to efficiently implement the LRU cache.

• Keep track of the least recently used item and update it accordingly when new items are added.

• Ensure that the cache does not exceed its capacity by evicting the least recently used item when necessary.
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