Carelon Global Solutions Junior Software Developer Interview Questions and Answers

Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Pretty easy questions.

Q1. 
Kth Smallest Element Problem Statement
You are provided with an array of integers ARR of size N and an integer K. Your task is to find and return the K-th smallest value present in the array. All elements...read more
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Find the K-th smallest element in an array of distinct integers.
• Sort the array and return the element at index K-1.

• Use a min-heap to find the K-th smallest element efficiently.

• Implement quickselect algorithm for optimal performance.
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Round duration - 20 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

1 coding question

Q1. 
IP Address Formation from String
Given a string S consisting only of digits from 0 to 9, your task is to find all potential IP addresses that can be formed from S and list them in lexicographical order. I...read more
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Given a string of digits, find all potential valid IP addresses that can be formed from it.
• Split the string into four parts and check if each part is a valid IP segment (0-255).

• Use backtracking to generate all possible combinations of valid IP addresses.

• Ensure that the IP address does not contain leading zeroes.

• Return the valid IP addresses in lexicographical order.
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Round duration - 45 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Total Discussion on OS concepts

Q1. Can you explain the concepts related to memory management in operating systems?
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Memory management in operating systems involves allocation, deallocation, and optimization of memory usage.
• Memory allocation: OS allocates memory to processes based on their requirements.

• Memory deallocation: OS frees up memory when it is no longer needed by a process.

• Memory optimization: OS optimizes memory usage through techniques like paging, segmentation, and virtual memory.

• Examples: Paging in which memory is divide...read more
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Round duration - 45 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Easy in office environment

Q1. 
Find the Lone Set Bit
Your task is to identify the position of the only '1' bit in the binary representation of a given non-negative integer N. The representation contains exactly one '1' and the rest are...read more
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Find the position of the lone '1' bit in the binary representation of a given non-negative integer.
• Iterate through the bits of the integer to find the position of the lone '1'.

• Use bitwise operations to check if there is exactly one '1' bit in the binary representation.

• Return the position of the lone '1' or -1 if there isn't exactly one '1'.
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