Petpooja Catalogue Executive Interview Questions and Answers

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Q1. What is Change Job and Last Experience
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Q2. How Accepted Salary in this company
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Q1. Find the last 2 row in sql?
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Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Started with the discussion why do you want to join DE shaw. Since prior to my current company, I was working with a finance based company so they asked why do you want to come back to finance base company. So they asked my about debentures, bonds, mortgages and other financial jargons.
Then they asked questions related to DSA, OS etc.

Q1. 
Find Triplets with Given Sum Problem Statement
Given an array ARR consisting of N integers, your task is to identify all distinct triplets within the array that sum up to a given integer K.
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The task is to find all distinct triplets in an array that sum up to a given integer.
• Iterate through the array and use nested loops to find all possible triplets.

• Use a set to store unique triplets and avoid duplicates.

• Check if the sum of the triplet equals the target sum.

• Return the list of valid triplets or -1 if no such triplet exists.
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Q2. 
Minimum Number of Platforms Problem
Your task is to determine the minimum number of platforms required at a railway station so that no train has to wait.
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Determine the minimum number of platforms needed at a railway station so that no train has to wait.
• Sort the arrival and departure times arrays in ascending order.

• Initialize two pointers for arrival and departure times, and a variable to keep track of the maximum number of platforms needed.

• Increment the platform count when a train arrives and decrement when a train departs.

• Update the maximum platform count as needed.

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Q3. What is the difference between internal fragmentation and external fragmentation in operating systems?
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Internal fragmentation occurs when memory is allocated in fixed-size blocks, leading to wasted space within a block. External fragmentation occurs when free memory is fragmented into small chunks, making it difficult to allocate contiguous blocks.
• Internal fragmentation is caused by allocating fixed-size blocks of memory, leading to wasted space within a block.

• External fragmentation occurs when free memory is fragmented...read more
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Q4. Write an SQL query to find the employee with the nth highest salary.
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SQL query to find the employee with the nth highest salary
• Use the ORDER BY clause to sort salaries in descending order

• Use the LIMIT clause to select the nth highest salary

• Join the employee table with the salary table to get the employee details
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Q5. How is Java platform independent?
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Java is platform independent due to its bytecode and JVM.
• Java code is compiled into bytecode, which can run on any platform with a Java Virtual Machine (JVM)

• JVM acts as an intermediary between the Java code and the underlying platform, ensuring portability

• Developers write code once and it can be executed on any platform that has a compatible JVM

• Examples: Windows, macOS, Linux all can run Java programs without any chang
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Q6. What is the difference between an abstract class and an interface in Java?
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Abstract class can have both abstract and non-abstract methods, while interface can only have abstract methods.
• Abstract class can have constructor, member variables, and methods with implementation.

• Interface can only have abstract methods and constants.

• A class can implement multiple interfaces but can only extend one abstract class.

• Example: Abstract class - Animal with abstract method 'eat' and non-abstract method 'sle
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