Mcdowell & Co Interview Questions and Answers

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Q1. How you conduct research and analysis?
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I conduct research and analysis by following a structured approach that involves defining the problem, gathering data, analyzing the data, and presenting findings.
• Identify the problem or question to be answered

• Determine the scope of the research

• Gather data from various sources such as surveys, interviews, and databases

• Organize and analyze the data using statistical tools and techniques

• Interpret the results and draw con...read more
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Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

4 Questions which were of Easy, Medium, and Hard level.

Q1. 
Lowest Common Ancestor of a Binary Tree III
The structure of a binary tree has been modified so that each node includes a reference to its parent node.
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You are provided with two nodes,...read more
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This question is about finding the lowest common ancestor of two nodes in a binary tree with parent references.
• Traverse from the given nodes to their respective root nodes and store the paths in two separate lists.

• Compare the two lists and find the last common node.

• Return the last common node as the lowest common ancestor.
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Q2. 
Maximum Subarray Problem Statement
Ninja has been given an array, and he wants to find a subarray such that the sum of all elements in the subarray is maximum.
A subarray 'A' is considered greater than a...read more
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The problem is to find a subarray with the maximum sum in a given array.
• Iterate through the array and keep track of the maximum sum and the current sum.

• If the current sum becomes negative, reset it to 0.

• Update the maximum sum if the current sum is greater.

• Also keep track of the start and end indices of the subarray with the maximum sum.

• Return the subarray using the start and end indices.
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Round duration - 50 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Q1. 
Next Greater Element Problem Statement
Given a list of integers of size N, your task is to determine the Next Greater Element (NGE) for every element. The Next Greater Element for an element X is the firs...read more
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The task is to find the next greater element for each element in an array.
• Iterate through the array from right to left.

• Use a stack to keep track of the elements that have a greater element to their right.

• For each element, pop elements from the stack until a greater element is found or the stack is empty.

• If a greater element is found, it is the next greater element for the current element.

• If the stack becomes empty, the...read more
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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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The question asks to find the total amount of rainwater that can be trapped in the given elevation map.
• Iterate through the array and find the maximum height on the left and right side of each bar.

• Calculate the amount of water that can be trapped at each bar by taking the minimum of the maximum heights on both sides and subtracting the height of the bar.

• Sum up the amount of water trapped at each bar to get the total amo...read more
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Round duration - 30 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

It is just a formality round, asked basic questions like relocation and joining date etc