DE Shaw Software Developer 1 Interview Questions and Answers

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Q1. Traverse all child nodes in tree
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Traverse all child nodes in a tree data structure
• Use depth-first or breadth-first traversal algorithms

• Recursively visit each child node starting from the root node

• Consider using a stack or queue data structure for traversal

• Example: Traverse all nodes in a binary tree
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Q1. Question related to cloud and oops
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Q1. Question related to my background and how web site work
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Q1. JavaScript , coding questions
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Q1. Coding problem, JavaScript and nodejs question
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Normal online code / frontend test

Q1. How would you build book my show
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Designing and building a platform similar to BookMyShow involves creating a user-friendly interface for booking tickets for various events.
• Develop a user-friendly website and mobile app for users to browse and book tickets for movies, concerts, plays, etc.

• Implement a secure payment gateway for users to make online transactions.

• Integrate a database to store information about events, venues, tickets, and user bookings.

• In...read more
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Q1. Solid principals, awareness of patterns
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Q1. How would you build tinyurl like service, systems designs
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To build a tinyurl-like service, design a system with a URL shortening algorithm, a database to store mappings, and a redirect service.
• Use a hashing algorithm to generate short URLs from long URLs (e.g. MD5, SHA-256).

• Store the mappings of short URLs to long URLs in a database (e.g. MySQL, Redis).

• Implement a redirect service that takes a short URL, looks up the corresponding long URL in the database, and redirects the u...read more
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Q1. Non-technical questions
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Q1. Basic sql query and some project related questions
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Q2. What is indexing
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Q1. Some management questions
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Q1. Java springboot basic to intermediate question
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Q2. Java stream questions
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Q1. Easy level DSA questions
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Q2. Project based questions
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Q1. String based questions in java
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Q2. What are the fundamental concepts of Java?
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Fundamental concepts of Java include OOP, platform independence, memory management, and exception handling.
• Object-oriented programming (OOP) - Java is based on classes and objects, allowing for encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism.

• Platform independence - Java code can run on any platform with the help of JVM (Java Virtual Machine).

• Memory management - Java has automatic garbage collection to manage memory effici...read more
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Java based questions and few DSA questions

Q1. Easy array problem
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Q2. Easy tree traversal problem
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Implement tree traversal algorithm to visit each node in a tree structure
• Use depth-first search (DFS) or breadth-first search (BFS) to traverse the tree

• DFS can be implemented using recursion or a stack data structure

• BFS can be implemented using a queue data structure

• Example: Inorder traversal of a binary tree - left, root, right
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Q1. Trapping rain water
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Q2. Path of longest sum
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Find the path in a matrix with the longest sum of elements
• Start from the top-left corner of the matrix

• Move only right or down in the matrix

• Keep track of the sum of elements in each path

• Return the path with the longest sum
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Q1. Explain OOPS concept and how you apply it in your implementation
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OOPS is a programming paradigm based on the concept of objects, which can contain data in the form of fields and code in the form of procedures.
• OOPS focuses on the concept of classes and objects

• Encapsulation: bundling data and methods that operate on the data within a single unit

• Inheritance: allows a class to inherit properties and behavior from another class

• Polymorphism: ability to present the same interface for diffe...read more
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Q2. Difference between Comparable and Comparator. Difference between Abstract Class and Interface
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Comparable is an interface used for natural ordering, Comparator is an interface used for custom ordering. Abstract class can have method implementations, Interface cannot.
• Comparable interface is used to define the natural ordering of objects. Example: String class implements Comparable interface for natural ordering based on alphabetical order.

• Comparator interface is used to define custom ordering of objects. Example:...read more
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Q3. Given a string. Find the number of occurrences of each character
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Count occurrences of each character in a given string
• Create an array to store the count of each character

• Iterate through the string and increment the count of each character in the array

• Return the array with counts for each character
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Q4. Given an array. Remove the number of duplicates
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Remove duplicates from an array of strings
• Iterate through the array and store each element in a set to keep track of unique values

• Create a new array with the unique values from the set
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Q5. Given a student object having name and grade data variables. Sort the object on the basis of highest grade.
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