Impact Guru Software Developer Interview Questions and Answers

Round duration - 90 mins
Round difficulty - Hard

There were questions related to DP and DFS.

 

Q1. 
Trapping Rain Water Problem Statement
You are given a long type array/list ARR of size N, representing an elevation map. The value ARR[i] denotes the elevation of the ith bar. Your task is to determine th...read more
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Calculate the total amount of rainwater that can be trapped between given elevations in an array.
• Iterate through the array and calculate the maximum height on the left and right of each bar.

• Calculate the amount of water that can be trapped at each bar by taking the minimum of the maximum heights on the left and right.

• Sum up the trapped water at each bar to get the total trapped water for the entire array.
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Round duration - 60 mins
Round difficulty - Medium

At first, I was asked about the different projects that I have done so far. We had a detailed discussion on the same.
He also checked my OOP concepts

Q1. Can you describe the process of designing an LRU Cache from scratch during your System Design Round?
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Designing an LRU Cache involves implementing a data structure that stores a fixed number of items and removes the least recently used item when full.
• Start by defining the data structure for the cache, typically using a combination of a hashmap and a doubly linked list.

• Implement methods for getting and setting key-value pairs in the cache.

• When a new item is added to the cache, check if it exceeds the maximum capacity. I...read more
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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...read more
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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
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Q3. 
Middle of a Linked List
You are given the head node of a singly linked list. Your task is to return a pointer pointing to the middle of the linked list.
If there is an odd number of elements, return the ...read more
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Return the middle element of a singly linked list, or the one farther from the head if there are even elements.
• Traverse the linked list with two pointers, one moving twice as fast as the other

• When the fast pointer reaches the end, the slow pointer will be at the middle

• If there are even elements, return the one that is farther from the head node

• Handle edge cases like linked list of size 1 or empty list
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Round duration - 60 mins
Round difficulty - Medium

It is HR + Technical round
asked about the Behavioural questions and how you justify yourself in an argument .questions related to current technology.
They gave me feedback on how well I had performed so far and gave me suggestions on what more can I do to further improve myself.

Q1. LLD HLD HM rounds
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Blood relation, coding and decoding, number system , percentage

The exam duration is one and a half hours.

The total exam time is one and a half hours.

It encompasses all topics related to full stack development.

Q1. Asks questions on SQL
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Q2. Asks question in typical topics
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Q1. Where do you see yourself in two years?
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In two years, I see myself as a senior software developer leading a team on innovative projects.
• Advancing to a senior software developer role

• Leading a team on new and innovative projects

• Continuing to enhance my technical skills through ongoing learning and training
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Q1. Javascript output based
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Q2. Javascript code
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They asked advanced currying and vanilla javascript which no one uses