Optum Global Solutions Business Analyst Interview Questions and Answers

Round duration - 120 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Q1. 
Ninja and His Secret Information Encoding Problem
Ninja, a new member of the FBI, has acquired some 'SECRET_INFORMATION' that he needs to share with his team. To ensure security against hackers, Ninja dec...read more
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The task is to encode and decode 'SECRET_INFORMATION' for security purposes and determine if the transmission was successful.
• Read the number of test cases 'T'

• For each test case, encode the 'SECRET_INFORMATION' and then decode it

• Compare the decoded string with the original 'SECRET_INFORMATION'

• Print 'Transmission successful' if they match, else print 'Transmission failed'
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Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Q1. 
Equilibrium Index Problem Statement
Given an array Arr consisting of N integers, your task is to find the equilibrium index of the array.
An index is considered as an equilibrium index if the sum of elem...read more
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Find the equilibrium index of an array where sum of elements on left equals sum on right.
• Iterate through the array and calculate prefix sum and suffix sum at each index.

• Compare prefix sum and suffix sum to find equilibrium index.

• Return the left-most equilibrium index or -1 if none found.
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Round duration - 50 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Q1. How to transpose data set
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Transposing a data set involves flipping rows and columns.
• Identify the data set to be transposed

• Create a new table with the columns and rows flipped

• Copy the data from the original table to the new table

• Transpose can be done using Excel, Python, R, SQL, etc.

• Example: Transposing a table of sales data to have products as rows and months as columns
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Q1. What is Structured Query Language?
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Structured Query Language (SQL) is a programming language used to manage and manipulate relational databases.
• SQL is used to create, modify, and delete databases, tables, and data

• It is used to retrieve data from databases using queries

• SQL is used to perform operations on data such as sorting, filtering, and grouping

• Examples of SQL-based database management systems include MySQL, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL Server
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