Dialpad Senior Software Development Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Round duration - 75 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Q1. 
Triplets with Given Sum Problem
Given an array or list ARR consisting of N integers, your task is to identify all distinct triplets within the array that sum up to a specified number K.
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The task is to identify all distinct triplets within an array that sum up to a specified number.
• Iterate through the array and use nested loops to find all possible triplets.

• Keep track of the sum of each triplet and compare it with the target sum.

• Print the triplet if the sum matches the target sum, else print -1.
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Q2. 
K-th Largest Number in a BST
Given a binary search tree (BST) consisting of integers and containing 'N' nodes, your task is to find and return the K-th largest element in this BST.
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Find the K-th largest element in a BST.
• Perform reverse in-order traversal of the BST to find the K-th largest element.

• Keep track of the count of visited nodes to determine the K-th largest element.

• Return -1 if there is no K-th largest element in the BST.
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Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Q1. Can you design a database schema for a support ticketing system, such as Freshdesk?
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Designing a database schema for a support ticketing system like Freshdesk.
• Create a 'Tickets' table with fields like ticket ID, subject, description, status, priority, etc.

• Include a 'Users' table for customer and agent information.

• Establish a 'Categories' table for ticket categorization.

• Implement a 'Comments' table to track communication history.

• Utilize foreign keys to establish relationships between tables.
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Q2. 
Count Ways to Reach the N-th Stair Problem Statement
You are provided with a number of stairs, and initially, you are located at the 0th stair. You need to reach the Nth stair, and you can climb one or tw...read more
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The problem involves counting the number of distinct ways to climb N stairs by taking 1 or 2 steps at a time.
• Use dynamic programming to solve this problem efficiently.

• The number of ways to reach the Nth stair is equal to the sum of ways to reach (N-1)th stair and (N-2)th stair.

• Handle modulo 10^9+7 to avoid overflow issues.

• Consider base cases for 0th and 1st stair.

• Optimize the solution by using constant space instead of
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Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Q1. Can you design the Low-Level Design (LLD) and High-Level Design (HLD) for a system like BookMyShow?
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Designing the Low-Level Design (LLD) and High-Level Design (HLD) for a system like BookMyShow.
• For HLD, identify main components like user interface, booking system, payment gateway, and database.

• For LLD, break down each component into detailed modules and their interactions.

• Consider scalability, security, and performance in both designs.

• Example: HLD - User selects movie -> Booking system checks availability -> Pa...read more
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Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

This was hiring manager round

Round duration - 20 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

This was culture fit round

Q1. System Design question on designing a Tiny URL
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DSA medium level questions

Q1. JS based questions, event loop
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Q2. Tricky questions based on output - JS concepts
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Q1. Machine Coding round on JS, Html, Css
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Q2. Questions on performance optimization, security
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Basic DSA leet code.

Very basic problem solving round

Q1. Medium level DSA problem solving round
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Q1. Coding round with senior software engineer
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Q1. Resume based discussion with lead software engineer
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Q1. Resume based and coding round with hiring manager
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Q1. Cross team resume based and coding round with a staff engineer
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Q1. Attitude and culture fit
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Write a program that solves sudoku

Q1. How do you build a tiny URL Application?
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A tiny URL application is built by generating short aliases for long URLs, storing them in a database, and redirecting users to the original URL when the alias is accessed.
• Generate a unique short alias for each long URL

• Store the alias and corresponding long URL in a database

• Implement a redirect mechanism to redirect users from the alias to the original URL

• Handle edge cases like duplicate URLs, expired aliases, and inva
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