Caterpillar India Engineering Solutions Interview Questions and Answers

Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Q1. 
Longest Increasing Subsequence Problem Statement
Given 'N' students standing in a row with specific heights, your task is to find the length of the longest strictly increasing subsequence of their heights...read more
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Find the length of the longest strictly increasing subsequence of heights of students in a row.
• Iterate through the heights array and for each element, find the length of the longest increasing subsequence ending at that element.

• Use dynamic programming to keep track of the longest increasing subsequence length for each element.

• Return the maximum length found as the result.
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Q2. 
Overlapping Intervals Problem Statement
You are given the start and end times of 'N' intervals. Write a function to determine if any two intervals overlap.
Note:
If an interval ends at time T and anothe...read more
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Given start and end times of intervals, determine if any two intervals overlap.
• Iterate through intervals and check if any two intervals overlap by comparing their start and end times

• Sort intervals based on start times for efficient comparison

• Consider edge cases where intervals end and start at the same time
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Q3. What SQL queries were asked during your interview?
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Various SQL queries related to data manipulation and retrieval were asked during the interview.
• Basic SELECT queries to retrieve data from a single table

• JOIN queries to retrieve data from multiple tables based on a common column

• Aggregate functions like COUNT, SUM, AVG, etc. to perform calculations on data

• Subqueries to retrieve data based on the result of another query

• UPDATE queries to modify existing data in a table

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Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Q1. 
Zig-Zag String Problem Statement
Given a string STR of size N and an integer M representing the number of rows in the zig-zag pattern, return the string formed by concatenating all rows when the string ST...read more
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Arrange a string in zig-zag pattern with given number of rows and concatenate the rows.
• Iterate through the string and distribute characters to rows based on zig-zag pattern

• Concatenate the characters in each row to get the final result

• Handle edge cases like when number of rows is 1 or equal to the length of the string
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Q2. 
Next Permutation Problem Statement
You are given a permutation of 'N' integers. A sequence of 'N' integers is considered a permutation if it includes all integers from 1 to 'N' exactly once. Your task is ...read more
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The task is to rearrange a given permutation of 'N' integers to form the lexicographically next greater permutation.
• Iterate from right to left to find the first element that is smaller than the element to its right.

• Swap this element with the smallest element to its right that is greater than it.

• Reverse the elements to the right of the swapped element to get the lexicographically next greater permutation.
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Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Q1. 
Remove Consecutive Duplicates Problem Statement
Given a string S, your task is to recursively remove all consecutive duplicate characters from the string.
Input:
String S
Output:
Output string
Constr...read more
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Recursively remove consecutive duplicate characters from a string.
• Use recursion to check if the current character is the same as the next character, if so skip the next character

• Base case: if the string is empty or has only one character, return the string

• Example: Input: 'aaabcc', Output: 'abc'
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Q2. 
Print Permutations - String Problem Statement
Given an input string 'S', you are tasked with finding and returning all possible permutations of the input string.
Input:
The first and only line of input ...read more
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Return all possible permutations of a given input string.
• Use recursion to generate all possible permutations of the input string.

• Swap characters at different positions to generate permutations.

• Handle duplicate characters in the input string by using a set to store unique permutations.
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Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Q1. Design an e-commerce website similar to Flipkart or Amazon.
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Design an e-commerce website similar to Flipkart or Amazon.
• Implement user-friendly interface for easy navigation

• Include search functionality with filters for products

• Incorporate secure payment gateway for transactions

• Provide personalized recommendations based on user behavior

• Include customer reviews and ratings for products

• Implement order tracking and delivery status updates

• Offer various payment options like credit/deb
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