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Updated 27 Jan 2017

Ola Cabs SDE (Software Development Engineer) Interview Experiences

1 interview found

I was interviewed in Dec 2016.

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. Maximum sum rectangle in a 2D matrix (-----/)
  • Ans. 

    Find the maximum sum of a rectangle in a 2D matrix.

    • Use Kadane's algorithm to find the maximum sum subarray in each row.

    • Iterate over all possible combinations of rows and find the maximum sum rectangle.

    • Keep track of the maximum sum and the coordinates of the rectangle.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Implement 3 stacks using one array(with space and time complexity optimised)
  • Ans. 

    Implement 3 stacks using one array with optimized space and time complexity.

    • Divide the array into three equal parts to represent each stack.

    • Keep track of the top index of each stack separately.

    • When pushing an element, increment the top index of the respective stack and store the element.

    • When popping an element, retrieve the element from the top index of the respective stack and decrement the top index.

    • Handle stack over

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Sort array of 0,1,2 in O(n):time complexity and O(1): space complexity
  • Ans. 

    Dutch National Flag algorithm can be used to sort an array of 0, 1, and 2 in O(n) time complexity and O(1) space complexity.

    • Initialize three pointers: low, mid, and high.

    • Iterate through the array and swap elements based on their values.

    • Increment low and mid pointers when encountering 0.

    • Increment mid pointer when encountering 1.

    • Decrement high pointer when encountering 2.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Questions related to database, multi-threading,design patterns

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Duration: 2 hours
Total Questions: 1

Skills: Data Strutures, Algorithmic Approach To Problem Solving
College Name: IIT Roorkee

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Round 1 - Coding Test 

It was a 60 min coding test, with 2 dsa questions.

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Round 2 was a code pair round. Whith question around DP, Trees and heaps.
Round 3 - LLD 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. They as me the LLD of library management system, with afuntional code

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well on DSA and LLD. The questions were from Trees, DP and heaps.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

MY aptitude round was on naukrii.com , which I cleared.

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Questions were asked on OOPS Concept, Make sure you should have a strong command on oops.
  • Q2. 1 DSA Question and they told me to write the code on whiteboard
Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. It was technical interview, she asked me about my project and asked me to tell test cases on my project.
  • Q2. 1 dsa question, 2 strings anagram, and other pattern question
Round 4 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. It was with qa lead of infoedge company. she told me to tell test cases of chair.
  • Q2. She asked me about testing and all.
Round 5 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. AAbhi hua nhi hai, jab hoga toh bata dungi.
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Nov 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Minimum Knight Moves (LC Medium)
  • Q2. OS, CN, DB concepts like multithreading, semaphore, tcp vs udp, transaction and ACId properties. Java concepts like stack vs heap(memory), error vs exception. Any 1 Project discussion for 10 mins

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare all the fundamental concepts of operating systems and databases. Refer to the company-tagged questions from LC.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

There were 2 questions in coding one with array and in string releated

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. About Selenium questions
  • Q2. Other basic questions related to testing
  • Q3. Management related question
Round 3 - HM 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. One program to solve
  • Q2. Other questions in selenium
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. General DSA question leetcode style
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Discussion on previous project
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Java core, spring boot
  • Q2. DBMS concepts

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Focus on fundamentals, Revise core java concept
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed in Aug 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

DSA + JAVA + Spring boot

Round 2 - Case Study 

LLD (bookmyshow) + DSA

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Lenskart Software Developer interview:
  • Spring batch
  • spring Jpa
  • Transactions
  • Microservices
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - DSA + HLD
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. React hooks implemetation
  • Q2. Node event loop

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - just brush up your basics.
Interview experience
2
Poor
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

It was a medium-level DSA round

Round 2 - Coding Test 

This was also a DSA round

Round 3 - Coding Test 

This again a DSA round

Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Can't disclose the question because of NDA signed but it was a design round
Round 5 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. This was a project discussion round

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