Kaseya Software Data Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Hashmap implementation
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Hashmap is a data structure that stores key-value pairs and provides constant time complexity for insertion, deletion, and retrieval.
• Hashmap uses hashing function to map keys to indices in an array

• Collisions can occur when two keys map to the same index, which can be resolved using separate chaining or open addressing

• Java implementation: HashMap map = new HashMap<>()
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Q2. Server and environment
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Q3. Differentce Between een Spring boot,spring
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Spring is a framework while Spring Boot is a tool that simplifies Spring application development.
• Spring Boot provides auto-configuration and embedded servers.

• Spring requires more configuration and setup.

• Spring Boot is opinionated and follows 'convention over configuration'.

• Spring Boot reduces boilerplate code.

• Spring Boot is ideal for microservices and standalone applications.
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Q4. Type of conttoler in spring and type of annotations
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The type of controller in Spring is @Controller and the type of annotations are @RequestMapping and @ResponseBody.
• @Controller is used to mark a class as a Spring MVC controller.

• @RequestMapping is used to map a URL to a method in a controller.

• @ResponseBody is used to indicate that the return value of a method should be serialized and returned as the response body.
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Q5. What is junkins why we use
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Junkins is not a known term in software engineering.
• Junkins is not a term used in software engineering.

• It is possible that the interviewer misspoke or meant to ask a different question.

• It is important to clarify any confusion or misunderstandings during an interview.
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Math and verbal round .

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Q1. Duplicates in array College Projects Hashmap implementation
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Implement a function to find duplicates in an array of strings using Hashmap.
• Create a Hashmap to store the frequency of each string in the array

• Iterate through the array and check if the frequency of any string is greater than 1

• If yes, add it to the list of duplicates

• Return the list of duplicates
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Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

It was Technical + Aptitude MCQ round.The technical section consisted if MCQ related to DSA,OS,DBMS.The aptitude section consisted of questions related to basic mathematics.

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Candies Distribution Problem Statement
Prateek is a kindergarten teacher with a mission to distribute candies to students based on their performance. Each student must get at least one candy, and if two s...read more
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The task is to distribute candies to students based on their performance while minimizing the total candies distributed.
• Create an array to store the minimum candies required for each student.

• Iterate through the students' ratings array to determine the minimum candies needed based on the given criteria.

• Consider the ratings of adjacent students to decide the number of candies to distribute.

• Calculate the total candies req...read more
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Round duration - 30 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

It was a technical interview testing the basic skills of OS and DBMS of candidates along with few project discussions from your CV.

Q1. Can you write 15 Linux commands along with their functions?
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List of 15 Linux commands with their functions
• ls - list directory contents

• pwd - print working directory

• cd - change directory

• mkdir - make a new directory

• rm - remove files or directories

• cp - copy files and directories

• mv - move or rename files and directories

• grep - search for patterns in files

• chmod - change file permissions

• ps - display information about running processes

• top - display and update sorted information about pr...read more
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Q2. What are DDL (Data Definition Language) and DML (Data Manipulation Language)?
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DDL is used to define the structure of database objects, while DML is used to manipulate data within those objects.
• DDL includes commands like CREATE, ALTER, DROP to define database objects like tables, indexes, etc.

• DML includes commands like INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE to manipulate data within tables.

• Example of DDL: CREATE TABLE employees (id INT, name VARCHAR(50));

• Example of DML: INSERT INTO employees VALUES (1, 'John Doe
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