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user image Anonymous

posted on 12 Sep 2024

Interview experience
2
Poor
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
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Round 1 - Coding Test 

Write debounce in js, with leading and trailing edge. A react question, make 5 star a rating widget.

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in May 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Discussion about Projects
  • Q2. Design AB framework
  • Ans. 

    AB framework is a system for testing two versions of a software application to determine which performs better.

    • Define the goals and metrics for comparison

    • Create two versions of the software with the only difference being the feature being tested

    • Randomly assign users to either version A or version B

    • Collect and analyze data on user behavior and performance to determine which version is more effective

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Q1. K Largest Elements Problem Statement You are given an integer k and an array of integers that contain numbers in random order. Write a program to find the k largest numbers from the given array. You need to save them in an array and return ... read more
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Apr 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Overview of projects, deep dive into one of te projects

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Q1. Swap Adjacent Bit Pairs Problem Statement Given an integer N, your task is to compute the number that results from swapping each even position bit of N's binary representation with its adjacent odd bit to the right. Consider the least signi... read more
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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Medium leet code question

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Q1. Maximum Subarray Sum Problem Statement Given an array of integers, determine the maximum possible sum of any contiguous subarray within the array. Example: Input: array = [34, -50, 42, 14, -5, 86] Output: 137 Explanation: The maximum sum is... read more
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Feb 2024. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - HM 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Discussion about current role, project and challenges
Round 2 - Coding Test 

Build a file system and implement mkdir, ls commands

Round 3 - Coding Test 

Implement a tagging system similar to Twitter

Round 4 - Case Study 

Given a design of legacy system, how it can be improved

Round 5 - BR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Situation based interview

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Q1. Codng question:For the given stream of integers, calculate the avg,print top 10 elements and bottom 10 elements. It was not clearly mentioned on the problem. After poking more on the problem only provided the details.
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Software Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Pulkit Aggarwal

posted on 2 Jun 2024

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Design facebook
  • Ans. 

    Design a social networking platform like Facebook

    • User profiles with personal information and photos

    • News feed displaying posts from friends and pages

    • Messaging feature for private communication

    • Groups and events for community engagement

    • Advertising platform for targeted marketing

  • Answered by AI

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Q1. Bridge and torch problem : Four people come to a river in the night. There is a narrow bridge, but it can only hold two people at a time. They have one torch and, because it's night, the torch has to be used when crossing the bridge. Person... read more
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
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Round 1 - Coding Test 

Easy to Medium PSDS question

Round 2 - LLD 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Asked to design Circuit Breaker.
Round 3 - HLD 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Distributed Job Scheduler
Round 4 - HM 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Hiring Manager Round
Round 5 - Bar Raiser 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Similar to HM Round

Staff Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Swap Adjacent Bit Pairs Problem Statement Given an integer N, your task is to compute the number that results from swapping each even position bit of N's binary representation with its adjacent odd bit to the right. Consider the least signi... read more
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Apr 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Leet code medium question

Round 2 - System Desgin 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. How to cab aggregator/food aggregators mask and keeps the phone numbers of user/driver secure at scale.
  • Ans. 

    Cab/food aggregators mask phone numbers for user/driver security by using technology like number masking and encryption.

    • Use number masking to replace actual phone numbers with temporary numbers for communication.

    • Implement encryption techniques to secure the transmission and storage of phone numbers.

    • Utilize secure communication protocols to prevent unauthorized access to phone numbers.

    • Regularly update security measures ...

  • Answered by AI

I was interviewed before Dec 2020.

Round 1 - Face to Face 

(2 Questions)

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.

  • Q1. 

    Binary Tree Traversals Problem Statement

    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...

  • Ans. 

    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

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. 

    Reverse Linked List Problem Statement

    Given a Singly Linked List of integers, your task is to reverse the Linked List by altering the links between the nodes.

    Input:

    The first line of input is an intege...
  • Ans. 

    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

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Face to Face 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 45 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

This round basically tested some concepts from Data Structures and File Manipulation .

  • Q1. 

    Intersection of Two Arrays Problem Statement

    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...

  • Ans. 

    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.

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Eligibility criteriaAbove 7 CGPABig Basket interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Data Structures, Algorithms, Operating Systems, Aptitude, OOPSTime required to prepare for the interview - 3 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

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.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

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.

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview Questionnaire 

6 Questions

  • Q1. Given a Linked list , print yes if it is palindrome else print no
  • Q2. Print the level order traversal of the binary tree in the spiral form
  • Ans. 

    Print the level order traversal of binary tree in spiral form

    • Perform level order traversal of the binary tree

    • Alternate the direction of traversal for each level

    • Use a stack to reverse the order of nodes in each level

    • Print the nodes in the order of traversal

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Maximum of all subarrays of size k(Expected Time Complexity O(N). Input : arr[] = {1, 2, 3, 1, 4, 5, 2, 3, 6} k = 3 Output : 3 3 4 5 5 5 6
  • Ans. 

    Find the maximum element in each subarray of size k in a given array.

    • Iterate through the array from index 0 to n-k.

    • For each subarray of size k, find the maximum element.

    • Store the maximum elements in a separate array.

    • Return the array of maximum elements.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Given Two sorted array of size size n each. Find the Kth largest element in these two array (Expected Time Complexity Log(n))
  • Ans. 

    To find the Kth largest element in two sorted arrays, we can use the merge step of merge sort algorithm.

    • Merge the two arrays into a single sorted array using a modified merge sort algorithm.

    • Return the Kth element from the merged array.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. Website having several web-pages. And also there are lot many user who are accessing the web-site. say user 1 has access pattern : x->y->z->a->b->c->d->e->f user 2 has access pattern : z->a->b->c->d user 3...
  • Q6. Given two array , one of size m+n and contains m element and other position are empty , 2nd array is of size n and contains n element. both array are sorted , now merge the second array to first one such t...
  • Ans. 

    Merge two sorted arrays into one sorted array with expected time complexity of (m+n).

    • Use a two-pointer approach to compare elements from both arrays and merge them into the first array.

    • Start comparing elements from the end of both arrays and place the larger element at the end of the first array.

    • Continue this process until all elements from the second array are merged into the first array.

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Duration: 90 minutes

Skills: Algorithm , OS, DBMS, data structure
College Name: NIT BHOPAL

Skills evaluated in this interview

Coupang Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Coupang interview?
Coupang interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Coupang interview process are Coding Test, Technical and Case Study.
How to prepare for Coupang interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Coupang. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Coupang expect are Backend, Computer Science, Python, Operating Systems and Medical Coding.
What are the top questions asked in Coupang interview?

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