FarMart Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. LRU Cache - how to tackle
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LRU Cache is a data structure that maintains a list of items in order of most recently used to least recently used.
• Implement using a doubly linked list and a hashmap for efficient operations

• When an item is accessed, move it to the front of the list

• When the cache is full, remove the least recently used item from the end of the list
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Q2. LRU Cache implementation based on a real time system. How would the main work which will be called etc etc
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3D DP, DP ON BST, Focus on highlevel dp and system design

Round duration - 120 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Round duration - 120 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

- Discussion on the first round's assignment
- Was asked about adding unit tests in the assignment
- Fundamental questions on the approach used for the assignment.

Q1. What are some things that could have been done better in the system design problem given in the first round?
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Some improvements in the system design problem could include better scalability planning, more efficient data storage solutions, and improved error handling.
• Implementing a more robust caching mechanism to improve performance under heavy load.

• Optimizing the database schema for better query performance and scalability.

• Introducing load balancing and horizontal scaling to handle increased traffic.

• Enhancing error handling t...read more
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Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Round was with tech lead. Was briefly asked about the problem I solved in the first round. Then I was asked to solve 1 medium level DSA based question. Some discussion on culture fit was also done.

Q1. Given the frequency of traffic lights' states, can you determine if there will ever be an invalid state for the traffic signal, and what are the conditions that lead to an invalid state?
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Yes, an invalid state can occur if the traffic lights are in conflicting states simultaneously.
• An invalid state occurs when multiple traffic lights are showing conflicting signals, such as both red and green at the same time.

• This can happen due to a malfunction in the traffic light system or human error in programming the lights.

• For example, if a traffic light is stuck showing both red and green signals, it would be co
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Q1. Differents between opc and ppc...???
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Q2. What is the use of white cement...???
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Q1. Previous company anual ctoc
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Q2. What you expecting now
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Q1. Linked List Intersection Point
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Find the intersection point of two linked lists.
• Use two pointers to traverse the linked lists

• Calculate the difference in length between the two lists

• Move the pointer of the longer list ahead by the difference

• Move both pointers simultaneously until they meet at the intersection point
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Q2. Basic Spring Boot
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Q3. Stream and Java 8 Questions
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