IPAC Junior Researcher Interview Questions and Answers

Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

This was the technical round, held around at 10 AM IST on Google Meet.
Firstly she greeted me and asked me to tell something about myself, to which I introduced myself, explaining my academic and some projects also.
After that we moved on to the Hackathon project, which was smart cart self-checkout system. I explained the project along with the code, wherever necessary.
Every word you say while explaining should be clear to you.I used Firebase and SQL while explaining my project, to which she asked some questions related to it, 
Then she moved to the DBMS part, types of joins,what is indexing, how to approach if you were to design a payment system.
At last she asked me some Data Structure questions, which were of medium complexity

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Remove the Kth Node from the End of a Linked List
You are given a singly Linked List with 'N' nodes containing integer data and an integer 'K'. Your task is to delete the Kth node from the end of this Lin...read more
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Remove the Kth node from the end of a singly linked list given the position 'K'.
• Traverse the list to find the length 'N' of the linked list.

• Calculate the position of the node to be removed from the beginning as 'N - K + 1'.

• Traverse the list again and remove the node at the calculated position.
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House Robber Problem Statement
Consider Mr. X, a professional robber who is planning to rob houses along a street. These houses are arranged in a circle, which means the first house is a neighbor to the l...read more
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House Robber problem where adjacent houses have connected security system, find maximum money Mr. X can rob without triggering security.
• Use dynamic programming to keep track of maximum money robbed at each house.

• At each house, decide whether to rob the current house or skip it based on maximum money robbed so far.

• Handle the circular nature of houses by considering two cases: robbing the first house and not robbing the ...read more
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Round duration - 30 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

The interviewer was very frank and cheerful. This was held at 2:30 PM IST on Google Meet.
He firstly greeted me and asked me how I was doing.
How was my previous round, any technical difficulties?
Then he asked me to introduce myself.
He started telling about his journey to Lowe's and his technical background.
Then he asked some HR related questions

Q1. When I had I my interview they asked do u know about warehouse system I said of course I do know if there is heavy lifts then we make use of fork lifts so for me it is not an issue
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Q1. Why should we hire you?
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Q2. What are your salary expectations?
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Q3. Share details of your previous job.
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Q4. Why are you looking for a change?
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Q5. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
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Q6. What are your strengths and weaknesses?
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Q7. Tell me about yourself.
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Q1. Technical round questions
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Q1. What is your salary expectations
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Q1. Tell about KPI & KRA
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KPI stands for Key Performance Indicators and KRA stands for Key Result Areas. They are used to measure and evaluate the success of an individual or team.
• KPIs are specific, measurable metrics that track performance towards organizational goals.

• KRAs are the main areas of responsibility for an individual or team, outlining what needs to be achieved.

• KPIs are often linked to KRAs to ensure alignment between individual perf...read more
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Q2. What is SOP ?
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SOP stands for Standard Operating Procedure, which is a set of step-by-step instructions compiled by an organization to help workers carry out routine operations.
• SOPs are used to ensure consistency and quality in the performance of tasks.

• They outline the procedures, responsibilities, and expectations for employees.

• Examples of SOPs include guidelines for handling customer complaints, operating machinery, and conducting
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Q3. What is Team management
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Q1. Normal Discussion
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Q1. Operations Related Question
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Q2. Business Related Question
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Q3. Management Related Question
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Q1. Salary Related question
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Q2. Bussiness Related Question
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Q1. Floor, cash se relative question
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Q2. Computer ka basic knowledge
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Q3. Floor se relative question
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Q4. Cash se relative question
Ans. Showroom ke andar maintenance relative question
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Q5. Fabric se related question
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Q6. Stock GRT kaise karen usse relative question
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Q7. Customer ko kaise handle karne hain
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