Knack Systems Associate Consultant Interview Questions and Answers

Basic aptitude test and was unproctored

Q1. It was a online technical round
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Q1. What is singleton design pattern
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Singleton design pattern restricts the instantiation of a class to a single instance and provides global access to it.
• Used when only one instance of a class is required throughout the application

• Provides a global point of access to the instance

• Implemented using a private constructor, static method, and static variable

• Example: Logger class, Database connection class
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Q2. C# LINQ queries for group and sum data from data table
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C# LINQ queries for group and sum data from data table
• Use GroupBy() method to group data based on a specific column

• Use Sum() method to calculate the sum of a column

• Use Select() method to select the required columns
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Q3. Solid design principles
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Solid design principles are a set of guidelines for writing maintainable and scalable code.
• Single Responsibility Principle (SRP) - each class should have only one responsibility

• Open/Closed Principle (OCP) - classes should be open for extension but closed for modification

• Liskov Substitution Principle (LSP) - subclasses should be able to replace their parent classes without affecting the program's correctness

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Q4. OOPS concepts ,like association and all
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MCQ questions on OS, JS and HTML

Basic Questions from resume. String/Array DSA questions

Q1. Basics of Python
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Q2. Basics of Django
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Q1. Python concepts knowledge check
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Q2. Django architecture and projects discussion
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Q1. General communication about the role and previous experience
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Q1. Package negotiation and culture check
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Dp, trees and basic time complexity

Q1. Tell me about your self
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I am a software engineer with 5 years of experience in developing web applications using Java, Spring, and Angular.
• 5 years of experience in software development

• Proficient in Java, Spring, and Angular

• Strong problem-solving skills

• Experience working in Agile development environment
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Q2. Projects and intership
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Logical reasoning questions (1-1.5 hours)

DSA Questions(2 hours)

Q1. How soon I can start?
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Q2. I am flexible with work timings?
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Round duration - 70 Minutes
Round difficulty - Hard

Q1. 
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 adjacent ratings.

• Consider both left-to-right and right-to-left passes to ensure fair distribution.

• Keep track of the total candies dist
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Q2. 
Merge Sort Problem Statement
You are given a sequence of numbers, ARR. Your task is to return a sorted sequence of ARR in non-descending order using the Merge Sort algorithm.
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Implement Merge Sort algorithm to sort a sequence of numbers in non-descending order.
• Use Divide and Conquer approach to recursively divide the input array into two halves.

• Merge the sorted halves to produce a completely sorted array.

• Ensure the implementation handles the constraints specified in the problem statement.

• Example: For input [3, 1, 4, 1, 5], the output should be [1, 1, 3, 4, 5].
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