Pine Labs Software Developer Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Round duration - 45 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

I applied thorough LinkedIn and got a call from HR for the interview.
I went to their Noida Office.
First round was mainly focused on Javascript fundamentals.
Interviewer was also friendly.

Round duration - 1 hour
Round difficulty - Medium

Second round was after 15 minutes of the first round. The focus of this round was DS & Algorithms.

Q1. 
Find Subarray with Given Sum
Given an array ARR of N integers and an integer S, determine if there exists a subarray (of positive length) within the given array such that the sum of its elements equals S....read more
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Given an array and a target sum, find a subarray that sums up to the target sum.
• Iterate through the array while keeping track of the running sum and the starting index of the subarray.

• Use a hashmap to store the running sum and its corresponding index.

• If the running sum - target sum is found in the hashmap, it means a subarray with the target sum exists.

• Return the starting and ending indices of the subarray or [-1, -1]
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Q2. 
Minimum Number of Platforms Required
You are provided with two arrays, AT and DT, representing the arrival and departure times of all trains arriving at a railway station.
Your task is to determine the m...read more
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This question asks to find the minimum number of platforms required at a railway station so that no train needs to wait.
• Sort the arrival and departure times arrays in ascending order.

• Initialize a variable 'platforms' to 1 and 'maxPlatforms' to 1.

• Iterate through the arrival and departure times arrays simultaneously.

• If the current arrival time is less than or equal to the current departure time, increment 'platforms'.

• If ...read more
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Round duration - 30 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Q1. What JavaScript questions did he ask you during the managerial round, and can you describe the work culture of his team?
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The interviewer asked about JavaScript questions and the work culture of the team during the managerial round.
• JavaScript questions related to closures, prototypes, event handling, and asynchronous programming may have been asked.

• Work culture may involve collaboration, innovation, agile methodologies, and continuous learning.

• Examples of work culture could include regular team meetings, code reviews, hackathons, and ment
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Round duration - 15 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

It was a hacker earth test. The questions i had got was weird and the answer was something along the lines of if(num==2) return "y" else return "N"

Q1. Usual leetcode questions
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Q1. Twitter system design
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Twitter is a social media platform that allows users to share short messages called tweets.
• Twitter uses a distributed system architecture to handle high traffic and ensure scalability.

• The system consists of multiple servers for different functions such as user authentication, tweet storage, and search indexing.

• Twitter also uses caching and load balancing techniques to improve performance.

• To handle real-time updates, Tw...read more
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Q2. Api design with filters
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API design with filters allows users to retrieve specific data by applying filters to the API request.
• Filters can be applied to different fields in the API request, such as date range, location, or category.

• API design should include clear documentation on available filters and their syntax.

• Filters can be combined to create more complex queries.

• Examples of filter syntax include using operators such as '>', '<', '>=', '<...read more
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