Penta Designers & Engineers Software Developer Interview Questions and Answers

VERBAL QUANT DI/LR and Picture based test

Q1. Write a fibonaci series in c++ or C?
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Fibonacci series can be easily implemented using loops in C++ or C.
• Declare variables for first two numbers of the series

• Use a loop to calculate and print the next number in the series

• Repeat the loop until desired number of terms are printed
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Q1. Informed about the policies and made us sign a document
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Round duration - 30 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

The questions ranged from prime number concepts to one question on linked list.

Q1. 
Prime Time Again Problem Statement
You are given two integers DAY_HOURS and PARTS. Consider a day with DAY_HOURS hours, which can be divided into PARTS equal parts. Your task is to determine the total ins...read more
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Given DAY_HOURS and PARTS, find total instances of equivalent prime groups in a day divided into equal parts.
• Divide the day into equal parts and check for prime groups at the same position in different parts.

• Each prime group consists of prime numbers occurring at the same position in different parts.

• Return the total number of equivalent prime groups found.

• Ensure DAY_HOURS is divisible by PARTS and each hour in a prime
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Q2. 
Add Two Numbers Represented as Linked Lists
Given two linked lists representing two non-negative integers, where the digits are stored in reverse order (i.e., starting from the least significant digit to ...read more
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Add two numbers represented as linked lists in reverse order and return the sum as a linked list.
• Traverse both linked lists simultaneously, adding corresponding digits and carrying over if necessary.

• Handle cases where one list is longer than the other by considering carry over.

• Create a new linked list to store the sum digits in reverse order.

• Return the head of the new linked list as the result.
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Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Hard

Exam was in the morning in 2nd shift. It was a difficult .

Q1. 
Sum of Even & Odd Digits
You need to determine the sum of even digits and odd digits separately from a given integer.
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The first line of input is an integer T representing the number of test c...read more
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Implement a function to find the sum of even and odd digits separately in a given integer.
• Iterate through each digit of the integer and check if it is even or odd.

• Keep track of the sum of even and odd digits separately.

• Return the sums of even and odd digits for each test case.
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Round duration - 30 minutes
Round difficulty - Hard

It was in the morning and there were approx 500 candidates for interview. Interviewers were very nice and cooperative.

Q1. What SQL questions do you have related to joins?
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SQL questions related to joins
• Types of joins in SQL (inner join, left join, right join, full outer join)

• Difference between inner join and outer join

• Common join conditions (using ON vs WHERE)

• Handling NULL values in joins

• Performance considerations when using joins
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Round duration - 10 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

It was in the morning and interviewer was very nice and polite.