Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Lifecycle methods
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Q1. Project details and how to tackle challenges and bugs efficiently
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2.5 Hours 2 Coding que and sql query and topin tech platform

Q1. Based on boolean matrix
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Q2. Find k closest node of given given node in a BST.
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Find k closest nodes to a given node in a BST.
• Perform an inorder traversal of the BST to get a sorted list of nodes.

• Use a priority queue to keep track of the k closest nodes based on their absolute difference with the target node.

• Populate the priority queue with the first k nodes from the inorder traversal.

• For each subsequent node, calculate its absolute difference with the target node and compare it with the top eleme...read more
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Got 2 medium level DSA questions in the coding test

Q1. Computer fundamentals
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Q2. System Design Questions
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Two Medium DSA problem to solve

Q1. Design scalable Streaming pipeline and
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Design a scalable streaming pipeline for processing large volumes of data.
• Use a distributed streaming framework like Apache Kafka or Apache Flink for real-time data processing.

• Implement data partitioning and parallel processing to handle high data throughput.

• Utilize cloud services like AWS Kinesis or Google Cloud Pub/Sub for scalability and reliability.

• Include fault tolerance mechanisms like checkpointing and data repl...read more
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Q1. LLD round , write classes and its methods
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Q1. Salary and benefits discussion
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Q1. Basics of js and react
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Q2. What are closures and give an example
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Closures are functions that have access to variables from their outer scope even after the outer function has finished executing.
• Closures are created when a function is defined within another function and has access to the outer function's variables.

• They can access variables from the outer function even after the outer function has returned.

• Closures are commonly used in event handlers and callbacks in JavaScript.
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Q3. What is event loop and features of es5
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Event loop is a mechanism that allows JavaScript to perform non-blocking operations by handling asynchronous events.
• Event loop is responsible for executing code, collecting and processing events, and executing queued sub-tasks.

• ES5 features include strict mode, JSON object, Array methods like forEach, map, filter, and reduce, and Object.create method.

• ES5 also introduced new methods for manipulating strings, such as trim
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Q1. General management round and past experience
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Q1. DS and algorithm questions
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Q1. IOS /Skillset questions some tricky questions
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Q1. Personality and Compensation discussion
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They give a standard application to develop in mvvm or clean architecture, don't forget to write unit tests

Q1. Mostly discuss on the implementation of the project you've done in round one
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Q2. Flutter is addon
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Flutter is a UI toolkit for building natively compiled applications for mobile, web, and desktop from a single codebase.
• Flutter is an open-source framework developed by Google.

• It uses the Dart programming language.

• Flutter allows for hot reload, which enables developers to see changes instantly.

• It provides a rich set of pre-built widgets for building user interfaces.

• Flutter can be used to create apps for iOS, Android, w
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Q3. Explain about compose way of thinking.
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Compose way of thinking involves breaking down complex problems into smaller, manageable parts and then combining them to create a solution.
• Break down a problem into smaller components

• Solve each component individually

• Combine the solutions to create a complete solution

• Example: Using functions to break down a complex task into smaller functions and then combining them to achieve the desired outcome
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Q4. Difference between presenter and viewmodel
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Q5. Explain about lifecycle of view
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Lifecycle of view refers to the stages a view goes through from creation to destruction in an application.
• Creation: View is initialized and loaded into memory.

• Layout: View is positioned and sized on the screen.

• Display: View is rendered and displayed to the user.

• Interaction: User interacts with the view through input events.

• Destruction: View is removed from memory when no longer needed.
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Q1. Role was for Php but the interviewer wanted me to have expertose in python, react js, java aswell. What a waste of time
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