Paytm First Games Interview Questions and Answers

Round duration - 90 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

The first round was scheduled in the evening time.
First of all interviewer introduced himself and after my introduction 
He directly shoot first DSA question. The question was easy but conceptual. I have solved some question with same concept and he ask me to share the screen and code in online compiler. Finally I was able to get correct output with all the use cases and I was like "Half work done!"
Then he asked me very core concepts of JavaScript along with that Some Output based questions.
Then finally he asked me theory questions on React along with my experience in React. 
The interviewer was very helpful as well as polite. I don't think if he will not help me during interview I could crack the interview

Q1. 
Is the Sentence a Pangram?
Ninja is relocating to a place called NinjaGram, and for school admission, he is required to identify if a given sentence is a pangram. Your task is to assist Ninja in determini...read more
Ans. 
Yes, the sentence is a pangram if it includes every letter of the English alphabet at least once.
• Check if the sentence contains all 26 letters of the English alphabet.

• Convert the sentence to lowercase to simplify the checking process.

• Use a set to keep track of the letters present in the sentence.

• Iterate through the sentence and add each unique letter to the set.

• After iterating, check if the set contains all 26 letters.
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Q1. Search in 2d matrix
Ans. 
Search for a target value in a 2D matrix efficiently.
• Use binary search on rows to find the potential row where the target value may exist.

• Then use binary search on that row to find the target value.
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Q2. Find quadraplets that sum to target
Ans. 
Find quadraplets in an array that sum up to a target value.
• Use a nested loop to iterate through all possible combinations of quadraplets.

• Keep track of the sum of each quadraplet and compare it to the target value.

• Return the quadraplets that match the target sum.
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Q1. Nth Greatest Element III (Leetcode)
Ans. 
Find the Nth greatest element in an array without sorting
• Use a priority queue to keep track of the N greatest elements

• Iterate through the array and add elements to the priority queue

• Return the top element from the priority queue as the Nth greatest element
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Q2. Heater Problem (Leetcode)
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Heater Problem - Find minimum radius to cover all houses with heaters
• Sort the houses and heaters arrays

• For each house, find the closest heater using binary search

• Calculate the minimum radius needed to cover all houses
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Q1. SQL based questions
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Q2. Guesstimate on estimating # users on the application
Ans. 
Estimate the number of users on the application based on market research, user demographics, and industry trends.
• Consider the total addressable market (TAM) for the application

• Analyze user demographics and behavior to estimate adoption rate

• Look at industry benchmarks and competitor data for reference

• Use surveys, focus groups, and user feedback to gather insights

• Consider factors like market saturation, growth potential,
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SQL based leetcode medium and hackerrank

Python take home EDA case study assessment

Easy coding questions

Tough level questions , needed high level of thinking

DSA, problem solving

System design interview and prior experience in projects

Q1. What was the toughest problem you encountered in your previous assignments ?
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Q2. Given a choice, what would you have done differently in your previous assignments ?
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