Optimize IT Systems Desktop Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

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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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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2 sum program from Geeks for Geeks

Q1. Ruby basics Eigen class Callbacks
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Q2. Lazy and Eagar loading N+1 problem
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Lazy loading delays loading of related data until it is specifically requested, while eager loading loads all related data upfront. N+1 problem occurs when lazy loading results in multiple additional queries being made.
• Lazy loading is used to improve performance by only loading related data when needed

• Eager loading loads all related data upfront to reduce the number of queries made

• N+1 problem occurs in lazy loading whe...read more
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Q3. Puzzles
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Q1. AWS basics with CI/CD
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Q2. Deployment to AWS
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Q1. Basic introduction and salary discussion
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Questions based or percentage, profit loss, ratio

Q1. Explain about stacks
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Stacks are a data structure that follows the Last In First Out (LIFO) principle.
• Elements are added and removed from the top of the stack

• Common operations include push (add element) and pop (remove element)

• Stacks can be implemented using arrays or linked lists

• Examples of stack usage include function call stack and undo/redo functionality in text editors
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Q2. To find middle number in the linked list
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To find the middle number in a linked list.
• Traverse the linked list using two pointers, one moving twice as fast as the other.

• When the fast pointer reaches the end, the slow pointer will be at the middle node.

• If the linked list has even number of nodes, there will be two middle nodes. Return either one.
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Q1. Introduction , hobbies, goals
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Q2. Strength, weakness, short term and long term goals
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Q1. Testing process and java code
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Q2. Python machine learning questions
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Java and python test was there

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Q1. Python Sql Linux CLI
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Q1. General discussions on learning
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Easy level questions on string, linked list and array

Q1. Difference between TCP and UDP
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TCP is a connection-oriented protocol while UDP is connectionless.
• TCP provides reliable, ordered, and error-checked delivery of data while UDP does not guarantee any of these.

• TCP is slower but more reliable while UDP is faster but less reliable.

• TCP is used for applications that require high reliability and accuracy such as email, file transfer, and web browsing while UDP is used for applications that require speed and ...read more
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Q2. Nibble swap program in C
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A nibble swap program in C
• Nibble swap means swapping the 4-bit halves of a byte

• Use bitwise operators to perform the swap

• Example: unsigned char x = 0xAB; x = ((x & 0x0F) << 4) | ((x & 0xF0) >> 4);
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Q1. Reverse Linked List in C
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Reverse a linked list in C language.
• Create three pointers: current, previous, and next.

• Traverse the linked list and change the direction of the pointers.

• Return the new head of the reversed linked list.
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Q2. Write an API call in C
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API call in C
• Include the necessary header files

• Create a URL string with the required parameters

• Use the curl library to make the API call

• Handle the response data appropriately
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Programming on basics of C

Programming on basics of C

Q1. Salary details and location preference
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Q1. Middleware , dependency injection
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Q1. Subject and subject behaviour
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