Kaplan Software Engineer II Interview Questions and Answers

Basic aptitude test, 2 coding questions based on arrays. One was easy other was hard

Q1. Tell me about arrays
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Arrays are a data structure that stores a collection of elements of the same data type in contiguous memory locations.
• Arrays have a fixed size determined at the time of declaration.

• Elements in an array are accessed using an index starting from 0.

• Arrays can store primitive data types or objects.

• Example: String[] names = {"Alice", "Bob", "Charlie"};
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Q2. How does a linked list function
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A linked list is a data structure where each element points to the next element in the sequence.
• Each element in a linked list, called a node, contains data and a reference to the next node in the sequence.

• Linked lists can be singly linked (each node points to the next node) or doubly linked (each node points to both the next and previous nodes).

• To traverse a linked list, you start at the head node and follow the refere...read more
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Q1. Basic Questions based on pervious project
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Q1. Tell me about yourself
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Q2. Coding Question
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Q2. Salary discussion
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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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Implement login with Google SSO, show emails in a single place

Q1. How to implement JWT
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JWT can be implemented by generating a token with user information and a secret key, then verifying the token using the same secret key.
• Generate a JWT token with user information and a secret key

• Include necessary claims like expiration time, issuer, etc.

• Verify the JWT token using the same secret key

• Handle token expiration and refresh if needed
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Q2. Please read about it on the internet, do take care of public and private key use
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Q3. Middleware in express, how to create one?
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Middleware in Express is a function that has access to the request and response objects.
• Create a middleware function using app.use() method in Express.

• Middleware functions have access to the request object (req), the response object (res), and the next middleware function in the application's request-response cycle.

• Example: app.use((req, res, next) => { console.log('This is a middleware function'); next(); });
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Q1. Discussed about guards in Angular
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Q3. How does lazy loading work in Angular
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Lazy loading in Angular delays loading of modules until they are needed
• Lazy loading helps improve performance by only loading modules when they are required

• It is achieved by using the loadChildren property in the route configuration

• Lazy loaded modules are loaded asynchronously when the user navigates to the corresponding route
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Q4. Read about lazy loading in Angular
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Q5. How to enable SSR in Angular
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Server-side rendering (SSR) in Angular can be enabled by using Angular Universal.
• Install Angular Universal using Angular CLI

• Create a new Angular Universal project

• Update app.module.ts to include server-side rendering

• Build and run the Angular Universal project
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Q6. Read about Angular Universal for this
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Round duration - 70 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Timing was 9:15AM. Platform was not very good. Questions were not well explained.

Q1. 
Merge Overlapping Intervals Problem Statement
Given a specified number of intervals, where each interval is represented by two integers denoting its boundaries, the task is to merge all overlapping interv...read more
Ans. Brute Force
1. We are given the function MERGEINTERVALS(), which takes a 2D vector representing the vector of intervals and returns another 2D vector which is the vector of merged intervals.
2. We create another function ISOVERLAP() to check if the current interval overlaps with the other interval.
3. Now we create an empty 2D vector “RES” to store finally merged intervals and another boolean vector “VIS” to mark if the current in...read more
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Rat in a Maze Problem Statement
You need to determine all possible paths for a rat starting at position (0, 0) in a square maze to reach its destination at (N-1, N-1). The maze is represented as an N*N ma...read more
Ans. Bactracking
Approach: We can start the traversal of the paths from the rat’s starting position, i.e. (0,0) keeping track of the visited cells during the traversal. We will recursively go through all the paths possible until the last index of the grid (destination) is reached, and add the path information using which the rat successfully reached the end.
 
Algorithm is as follows:
 
1. Take the starting position of th...read more
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Problem: Permutations of a String
Given a string STR consisting of lowercase English letters, your task is to return all permutations of the given string in lexicographically increasing order.
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Ans. Backtracking
The idea is to fix a character at a position and then find the permutations for rest of the characters.
Make a list ‘ans’ which will contain the permutations of the given string.
 
Algorithm:
Let’s define a function generatePermutaionsHelper(Str, l, r). This function generates the permutations of the substring which starts from index  ‘l’ and ends at index  ‘r’.
• Call the function: generatePermutai...read more
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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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3 questions in 3 hr, topics were Dp, Strings, Tree

1hr durations 40 questions, main topics were patterns, profit loss, work man , etc.

Q1. OOPS, JAVA, Mysql, general questsjons
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