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I was interviewed in Feb 2021.
Round duration - 24 hours
Round difficulty - Medium
Round duration - 120 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium
It was a Data Structures and Algorithm Round and Discussion on My assignment round to check my Problem Solving Skills.
And the Interviewer was very friendly to me. I first introduced myself to the interviewer and what did I have done in past as a Software Engineer and Why I want to work in Grofers.
Given a binary tree of integers, the task is to return the top view of the given binary tree. The top view of the binary tree is the set of nodes visible when viewed from the top.
...Return the top view of a binary tree given in level-order format.
Traverse the binary tree in level-order and keep track of the horizontal distance of each node from the root.
Use a map to store the nodes at each horizontal distance, and return the nodes at the top view.
Handle null nodes by adjusting the horizontal distance accordingly.
Example: For the given binary tree, the top view will be {10, 4, 2, 1, 3, 6}.
Given an array ARR
consisting of exactly four integer digits, your task is to form the maximum possible valid time in a 24-hour format using those digits.
Given an array of four digits, form the maximum valid 24-hour time. Return -1 if not possible.
Iterate through all permutations of the digits to find the maximum valid time.
Check if the time is valid (between 00:00 and 23:59) before returning.
Handle cases where no valid time can be generated by returning -1.
Tip 1 : Practise Data Structures and Algorithms as much as you can on daily basis. Don't Fix numbers in your head, but practise as much as you can from all topics on daily basis.
Tip 2 : Give Programming Contests on a Daily basis. As it helps you to think of any particular problem in the fixed time frame.
Tip 3 : For Mastering DP, Learn From Aditya Verma Youtube Playlist and apply around 100 questions for solving any DP problem.
Tip 4 : Also Learn Computer Science theory subject once a week so that you will have a deep understanding of the particular subject since many interviews grind on CS theory subjects like OS, DBMS and Networks
Tip 5 : Make at least 2-3 Projects in any technology you like maybe Web Development or Android Development. It shows that you have some experience in Development and the company don't need to waste time on you for teaching frameworks.
Tip 6 : If you have time learn some System Design and learn how to design any system from end to end. Especially learn about designing a database of any application. In many interviews, the interviewer asks to design an application from end to end. So if you have some practice, then you can easily clear this type of rounds.
Tip 1 : Always attached your Project links in your resume. As it seems your project is genuine and you are confident in showing your projects
Tip 2 : Don't add unnecessary things in your resume which are not related to the job, like your 10th class winning tournament certificate or managing a college society. These things didn't create any impact on your profile and takes an unnecessary space in your resume.
Tip 3 : Always make a 1-page resume. If you are making more than 1 page then it means you have added a lot of unnecessary information which are not related to the job profile.
Tip 4 : Always show your Project and Past experience on top, just after your basic info and education. Since these are the things which should be on top to showcast the skills.
I was interviewed in Nov 2020.
Round duration - 90 mintues
Round difficulty - Easy
Nice environment everything went good.
Given an integer 'N', calculate and print the sum of the least common multiples (LCM) for each integer from 1 to N with N.
The sum is represented as:LCM(1, N) + LCM(2, N) + ....
Calculate and print the sum of least common multiples (LCM) for each integer from 1 to N with N.
Iterate from 1 to N and calculate LCM of each pair with N
Sum up all the calculated LCMs to get the final result
Implement a function to calculate LCM of two numbers
Given a binary tree, return the vertical order traversal of the values of the nodes in the tree.
In a vertical order traversal, for each node at position (X, Y)...
Vertical order traversal of binary tree is obtained by running a vertical line from -∞ to +∞ and adding node values in top to bottom order, sorted by decreasing Y coordinates.
Implement a function to perform vertical order traversal of a binary tree
Maintain a map to store nodes at each vertical level
Sort the nodes at each level by their Y coordinates in decreasing order
Handle cases where two nodes share the same positio
Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Hard
It was a tough round focus on the key concepts
Create a stack data structure that supports not only the usual push and pop operations but also getMin(), which retrieves the minimum element, all in O(1) time complexity witho...
Implement a stack with getMin operation in O(1) time complexity without using extra space.
Use two stacks - one to store the actual elements and another to store the minimum values encountered so far.
When pushing an element, check if it is smaller than the current minimum and if so, push it onto the minimum stack.
When popping an element, check if it is the current minimum and if so, pop from the minimum stack as well.
Fo...
Tip 1 : Prepare Data structure and algorithm
Tip 2 : RDBMS and OS are also important
Tip 3 : Focus on CAO
Tip 1 : Have some projects on resume.
Tip 2 : Always write things which you can explain there
I was interviewed before Dec 2020.
Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium
This round was purely based on Data Structures and Algorithms . One has to be fairly comfortable in solving Algorithmic problems to pass this round . Both the questions asked were quite common and luckily I had already prepared them from CodeStudio and LeetCode.
Given a Binary Tree with 'N' nodes, where each node holds an integer value, your task is to compute the In-Order, Pre-Order, and Post-Order traversals of the binar...
Compute the In-Order, Pre-Order, and Post-Order traversals of a Binary Tree given in level-order format.
Implement functions to perform In-Order, Pre-Order, and Post-Order traversals of a Binary Tree.
Use level-order input to construct the Binary Tree.
Traverse the Binary Tree recursively to generate the required traversals.
Ensure proper handling of null nodes represented by -1 in the input.
Return the three traversals as
Given a Singly Linked List of integers, your task is to reverse the Linked List by altering the links between the nodes.
The first line of input is an intege...
Reverse a singly linked list by altering the links between nodes.
Iterate through the linked list and reverse the links between nodes
Use three pointers to keep track of the current, previous, and next nodes
Update the links between nodes to reverse the list
Return the head of the reversed linked list
Round duration - 45 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium
This round basically tested some concepts from Data Structures and File Manipulation .
Given two arrays A
and B
with sizes N
and M
respectively, both sorted in non-decreasing order, determine their intersection.
The intersection of two arrays in...
The problem involves finding the intersection of two sorted arrays efficiently.
Use two pointers to iterate through both arrays simultaneously.
Compare elements at the pointers and move the pointers accordingly.
Handle cases where elements are equal and update the intersection array.
Return the intersection array as the result.
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.
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.
I was interviewed before Sep 2020.
Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy
This was MCQ+Coding round.
Check if two strings are anagrams by comparing the sorted versions of the strings.
Sort both strings and compare if they are equal.
Use a hashmap to store the frequency of characters in each string and compare the maps.
Ignore spaces and punctuation when comparing the strings.
Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy
This was face to face interview round.
Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy
This was face to face interview round.
Tip 1 : Participate in live contests on websites like Codechef, Codeforces etc as much as possible.
Tip 2 : Practice previous interview questions from LeetCode, GeeksForGeeks.
Tip 3 : Revise Computer Science subjects like DBMS, OOPS thoroughly.
Add projects and Internships if you have done any and add only those things which you really know.
Final outcome of the interviewSelectedI was interviewed before Sep 2020.
Round duration - 90 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium
Interview started at 11:00 am. It was an online round. During the coding round I submitted optimized solution and got full acceptance of the solutions.
You are provided with a directed graph composed of 'N' nodes. You have a matrix called 'EDGES' with dimensions M x 2, which specifies the 'M' edges in the graph. Each edge...
Detect cycle in a directed graph using depth-first search (DFS) algorithm.
Use DFS to traverse the graph and detect back edges indicating a cycle.
Maintain a visited array to keep track of visited nodes during traversal.
If a node is visited again during traversal and it is not the parent node, then a cycle exists.
Return true if a cycle is detected, false otherwise.
Round duration - 80 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium
Interview started at 10:00 am. Interview went well, I was able to connect with the interviewer and enjoyed the whole interview
Find the next smallest palindrome strictly greater than a given number 'N' represented as a string 'S'.
You are given a number in string format, a...
Find the next smallest palindrome greater than a given number represented as a string.
Convert the string to an integer, find the next greater palindrome, and convert it back to a string.
Handle cases where the number is a palindrome or has all digits as '9'.
Consider both odd and even length numbers when finding the next palindrome.
Round duration - 80 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium
Interview started at 11:00 am. Interview went well.
Given a binary tree of integers, your task is to return the boundary nodes of the tree in Anti-Clockwise direction starting from the root node.
The first line ...
Return the boundary nodes of a binary tree in Anti-Clockwise direction starting from the root node.
Traverse the left boundary nodes in a top-down manner
Traverse the leaf nodes from left to right
Traverse the right boundary nodes in a bottom-up manner
Handle cases where duplicates occur in the boundary nodes
Implement the function without printing as printing is already managed
Tip 1 : For Data Structures number of questions doesn't matter. Try to understand the logic behind them and try to apply them in creating multiple scenario's. Learn them by heart.
Tip 2 : For Web.Development Try to learn full stack development. See which part interests you more, Increase your knowledge horizon, Always try to build a system a system considering It will be served to millions of customers. By doing this 1-2 projects will increase and cover all the major things which one should learn in their career/college.
Tip 1 : Always try to make it a single page
Tip 2 : Always make resume company specific. eg. Data Structures part more if you are applying for MNC's eg. Amazon, Google, DE Shaw, browserstack.
I was interviewed before Sep 2020.
Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy
Round duration - 50 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy
Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy
At the beginning of this round, the interviewer asked me about the data structures I knew. Linked lists, trees, graphs, arrays etc. was my answer. He asked me how well I knew Dynamic Programming. I said I wasn’t strong in that and he said that he would ask me a question on dynamic programming for sure.
Round duration - 40 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy
The interviewer asked me if I was comfortable with the interview process so far and how the previous interviews were. I said it was good and he gave me the first problem to solve.
Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy
The interviewer asked me some Computer Science fundamentals in this round as well as some behavioural questions.
Implement a Trie data structure with insert and search functions.
Create a TrieNode class with children and isEndOfWord attributes.
Implement insert function to add words by iterating through characters.
Implement search function to check if a word exists by traversing the Trie.
Example: Insert 'apple', 'banana', 'orange' and search for 'apple' and 'grape'.
Do lot of hard work and practice of Data Structures and Algorithms based questions. I personally recommend you Coding Ninjas and Geeks For Geeks for interview preparation.
Application resume tips for other job seekersMake your resume short and try to make it of one page only and do mention all your skills which you are confident of in your resume.
Final outcome of the interviewSelectedI was interviewed before May 2021.
Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium
Around 65-70 people sat for the test. 15 people were shortlisted. It consisted of the following to be done in 90 minutes.
- 28 MCQs based on core CS
- 2 Coding questions – everyone had different and random questions. Most questions were custom logic based (easy level) including some standard questions – LCS, LIS, topological sort.
Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy
Interviewer was very friendly. It started with the standard – tell me about yourself / introduce yourself type of question. Then he proceeded and asked two coding questions
Your friend has homework to complete. Help him by removing duplicates from a sorted linked list.
You are given the 'Head' of a sorted linked list. Modify the l...
Remove duplicates from a sorted linked list without adjacent duplicates.
Traverse the linked list while comparing current and next nodes.
If they are equal, skip the next node by updating the current node's next pointer.
Repeat until the end of the list is reached.
You are enrolled as a student and must complete N
courses, numbered from 1 to N, to earn your degree.
Some courses have prerequisites, which means that to take course i
,...
Check if it is feasible to complete all courses with prerequisites.
Create a graph representing the prerequisites with courses as nodes and edges as prerequisites.
Perform a topological sort on the graph to check if there is a cycle (if there is, then it's not feasible to complete all courses).
If there is no cycle, then it is feasible to complete all courses.
Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium
This round had only 1 question. The interviewer introduced himself. And he advised me to clearly understand the problem before proceeding.
You are given a binary tree of distinct integers, along with two nodes, ‘X’ and ‘Y’. Your task is to determine the Lowest Common Ancestor (LCA) of ‘X’ and ‘Y’.
The LC...
Find the Lowest Common Ancestor of two nodes in a binary tree.
Traverse the binary tree to find the paths from the root to nodes X and Y.
Compare the paths to find the last common node, which is the Lowest Common Ancestor.
Implement a recursive function to efficiently find the LCA.
Handle cases where one node is an ancestor of the other.
Consider edge cases like when X or Y is the root node.
Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium
Pretty Good Round. Fast Paced. We covered a lot of ground.
Design and implement a class BSTIterator
to perform an in-order traversal over a Binary Search Tree (BST). Your implementation should include the following me...
Design and implement a class BSTIterator to perform in-order traversal over a Binary Search Tree (BST).
Implement a parameterized constructor to initialize the iterator with the root of the BST.
Implement a method 'next()' to return the next smallest element in in-order traversal.
Implement a method 'hasNext()' to check if there exists a next smallest element in traversal.
Ensure the output is the in-order traversal of the
Given a binary array 'ARR' of size 'N', your task is to determine the maximum length of a sequence consisting solely of 1’s that can be obtained by converting at...
Find the maximum length of a sequence of 1's by converting at most K zeroes into ones in a binary array.
Iterate through the array and keep track of the current window of 1's and zeroes.
Use a sliding window approach to find the maximum length of consecutive 1's by flipping at most K zeroes.
Update the window based on the number of zeroes flipped and keep track of the maximum length found so far.
Return the maximum length ...
You are given an undirected and disconnected graph G(V, E)
having V
vertices numbered from 0
to V-1
and E
edges. Your task is to print its BFS traversal starting from the 0t...
BFS traversal of an undirected and disconnected graph starting from vertex 0.
Start BFS traversal from vertex 0 and visit all connected nodes in sorted order.
Use a queue to keep track of nodes to visit next.
Keep a visited array to avoid revisiting nodes.
Print the BFS traversal path as the nodes are visited.
Example: For input V=5, E=4 and edges 0-1, 0-2, 1-3, 2-4, the BFS traversal will be [0, 1, 2, 3, 4].
Given an undirected graph with V
vertices (labeled 0, 1, ..., V-1) and E
edges, each edge connects two nodes X
and Y
with a specified weight representing the dis...
Dijkstra's algorithm is used to find the shortest path distance from a source node to all other nodes in an undirected graph.
Implement Dijkstra's algorithm to find the shortest path distance from node 0 to all other nodes in the graph.
Use a priority queue to efficiently select the next node with the shortest distance.
Initialize distances to all nodes as infinity, except for the source node which is 0.
Update distances t...
Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Hard
Bar Raised Round. Definitely felt the difficulty.
You are given a string consisting of English alphabet characters. Your task is to identify and return the first character in the string that does not repeat...
Identify and return the first non-repeating character in a string, or the first character if all characters repeat.
Iterate through the string to count the frequency of each character
Iterate through the string again to find the first character with frequency 1
If no such character is found, return the first character of the string
Tip 1 : Practice at least 250 Questions, Give yourself enough time for preparation. Cramming won't take you very far. In books, I really liked Elements of Programming Interviews.
Tip 2 : Make sure to brush up your basics - coding style, OOPs, Language features. They help in making an impression.
Tip 3 : Don't worry about solving the question in the interview. Learn to tackle any random problem with the best of your ability. More often than not, that'd be enough.
Tip 1 : Keep your resume clean - no graphics, no multiple fonts. Keep it one page.
Tip 2 : Don't go over board in mentioning skills, only mention the things you are truly confident about.
I was interviewed in Aug 2017.
Merge Sort is a divide and conquer algorithm that sorts an array by dividing it into two halves, sorting them separately, and then merging the sorted halves.
Divide the array into two halves
Recursively sort the two halves
Merge the sorted halves
Find pairs of integers in a BST whose sum is equal to a given number.
Traverse the BST and store the values in a hash set.
For each node, check if (X - node.value) exists in the hash set.
If yes, add the pair (node.value, X - node.value) to the result.
Continue traversal until all nodes are processed.
Merge overlapping time intervals into mutually exclusive intervals.
Sort the intervals based on their start time.
Iterate through the intervals and merge overlapping intervals.
Output the mutually exclusive intervals.
Example: [(1,3), (2,6), (8,10), (15,18)] -> [(1,6), (8,10), (15,18)]
Different types of hashing and alternative for Linear Chaining
Different types of hashing include division, multiplication, and universal hashing
Alternative for Linear Chaining is Open Addressing
Open Addressing includes Linear Probing, Quadratic Probing, and Double Hashing
An AVL tree is a self-balancing binary search tree where the heights of the left and right subtrees differ by at most one.
AVL tree is a binary search tree with additional balance factor for each node.
The balance factor is the difference between the heights of the left and right subtrees.
Insertion and deletion operations in AVL tree maintain the balance factor to ensure the tree remains balanced.
Rotations are performed ...
Find the minimum number of squares whose sum equals to a given number n.
Use dynamic programming to solve the problem efficiently.
Start with finding the square root of n and check if it is a perfect square.
If not, then try to find the minimum number of squares required for the remaining number.
Repeat the process until the remaining number becomes 0.
Return the minimum number of squares required for the given number n.
Insertion sort for a singly linked list.
Traverse the list and compare each node with the previous nodes
If the current node is smaller, swap it with the previous node
Repeat until the end of the list is reached
Time complexity is O(n^2)
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