PlanSource UX Designer Interview Questions and Answers

Round duration - 105 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

There were 3 problems .
One was easy but the other two were of medium level.

Q1. 
Aggressive Cows Problem Statement
Given an array representing positions of stalls and an integer ‘K’ representing the number of aggressive cows, determine the largest minimum distance between any two cows ...read more
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The problem requires assigning aggressive cows to stalls in a way that maximizes the minimum distance between any two cows.
• Sort the array of stall positions in ascending order.

• Use binary search to find the largest minimum distance between cows.

• Check if it is possible to assign cows with this minimum distance by iterating through the sorted array.

• If it is possible, update the maximum distance and continue binary search ...read more
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Q2. 
Shortest Path in an Unweighted Graph
The city of Ninjaland is represented as an unweighted graph with houses and roads. There are 'N' houses numbered 1 to 'N', connected by 'M' bidirectional roads. A road...read more
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The problem is to find the shortest path between two houses in an unweighted graph.
• The graph represents the city of Ninjaland with houses connected by roads.

• The input consists of the number of test cases, number of houses and roads, starting and ending house, and the roads between houses.

• The output is a vector of nodes representing the shortest path from the starting house to the ending house.

• If there are multiple shor...read more
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Q3. 
Count Set Bits Problem Statement
Given a positive integer N, compute the total number of '1's in the binary representation of all numbers from 1 to N. Return this count modulo 1e9+7 because the result can...read more
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The task is to count the total number of '1' in the binary representation of all numbers from 1 to N.
• Convert each number from 1 to N into its binary representation

• Count the number of '1' bits in each binary representation

• Sum up the counts of '1' bits for all numbers

• Return the sum modulo 1e9+7
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Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

The interviewer was very polite and straightforward. 
Firstly he introduced himself and then asked me to introduce myself and then he jumped to the coding problems.
After the coding problems, he asked some questions from the OS and DBMS.

Q1. 
Reverse Words in a String: Problem Statement
You are given a string of length N. Your task is to reverse the string word by word. The input may contain multiple spaces between words and may have leading o...read more
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The task is to reverse the words in a given string, removing any leading or trailing spaces and replacing multiple spaces between words with a single space.
• Split the string into words using spaces as delimiters

• Reverse the order of the words

• Join the reversed words with a single space between them

• Remove any leading or trailing spaces
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Q2. 
Reverse Linked List in Groups of K
You are provided with a linked list containing 'N' nodes and an integer 'K'. The task is to reverse the linked list in groups of size K, which means reversing the nodes ...read more
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The task is to reverse a linked list in groups of size K.
• Iterate through the linked list in groups of size K

• Reverse each group using a helper function

• Connect the reversed groups to form the final reversed linked list
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Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

The interviewer was very polite and straightforward, firstly he introduce himself and then ask me to introduce myself and then ask some ques on my projects and then he jumps to the coding problems.

Q1. 
Remove Consecutive Duplicates From String Problem Statement
Given a string STR consisting of both lower and upper case characters, your task is to remove consecutive duplicate characters from the string a...read more
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The task is to remove consecutive duplicate characters from a given string and return the new string.
• Iterate through the characters of the string

• Compare each character with the next character

• If they are the same, skip the next character

• If they are different, add the current character to the new string

• Return the new string
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Q2. 
Maximum Path Sum in a Matrix
Given an N*M matrix filled with integer numbers, determine the maximum sum that can be obtained from a path starting from any cell in the first row to any cell in the last row...read more
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The question asks to find the maximum sum that can be obtained from a path starting from any cell in the first row to any cell in the last row of a given matrix.
• Iterate through each cell in the first row and calculate the maximum sum path ending at that cell

• For each cell, calculate the maximum sum path ending at that cell by considering the three possible directions

• Store the maximum sum path ending at each cell in a se...read more
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Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

This was a 60 minute technical round involving questions based on data structures, OOPS concepts, DBMS and projects that I had mentioned in my resume.

Q1. 
Nth Fibonacci Number Problem Statement
Calculate the Nth term in the Fibonacci sequence, where the sequence is defined as follows: F(n) = F(n-1) + F(n-2), with initial conditions F(1) = F(2) = 1.
Input:
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Calculate the Nth Fibonacci number efficiently using recursion or dynamic programming.
• Implement a recursive function to calculate the Nth Fibonacci number.

• Use memoization to store previously calculated Fibonacci numbers for efficiency.

• Consider using dynamic programming to optimize the solution.

• Handle edge cases such as N = 1 or N = 2 separately.

• Ensure the solution works efficiently for large values of N (up to 10000).
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Q2. Can you provide a program demonstrating operator overloading in OOP?
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Operator overloading in OOP allows custom behavior for operators like +, -, *, etc.
• Operator overloading is a feature in OOP that allows defining custom behavior for operators

• Example: Overloading the + operator to concatenate strings or add two numbers

• Example: Overloading the * operator to perform matrix multiplication
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Q3. What is function overloading?
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Function overloading is when multiple functions have the same name but different parameters or return types.
• Allows multiple functions with the same name but different parameters or return types

• Helps improve code readability and maintainability

• Example: int add(int a, int b) and float add(float a, float b)
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Q4. What are the differences between C and C++?
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C is a procedural programming language while C++ is a multi-paradigm programming language with object-oriented features.
• C is a procedural programming language while C++ supports both procedural and object-oriented programming.

• C does not support classes and objects while C++ does.

• C does not have built-in support for exception handling while C++ does.

• C does not have namespaces while C++ does.

• C does not have function over
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Round duration - 45 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

HR round that lasted for 45 minutes. Did brainstorming on puzzles and HR asked questions to know more about me.
Tips : During HR, think before you speak, they can catch any word that you speak. Prepare well for aptitude, as they shortlist less people after the test. Ask good questions during the end of the interviews. It might impress them. So prepare for it before going for the interview. Lastly, don’t be nervous, HRs are only trying to make you nervous during the interview as a part of the stress test.

Q1. How can you measure 45 minutes using two identical wires?
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Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

This was a 60 minute technical round where the interviewer asked programming based questions and questions on DBMS concepts.

Q1. 
Maximum of All Subarrays of Size k
Given an array of 'N' non-negative integers and an integer 'K', your task is to find the maximum elements for each subarray of size 'K'.
Input:
The first line contains...read more
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Find the maximum elements for each subarray of size 'K' in an array of non-negative integers.
• Iterate through the array and maintain a deque to store the indices of elements in decreasing order.

• Pop elements from the deque if they are out of the current window of size 'K'.

• The front of the deque will always have the index of the maximum element in the current window.
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Q2. Can you explain the ACID properties in the context of database management systems?
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ACID properties are a set of properties that guarantee the reliability of transactions in database management systems.
• Atomicity ensures that either all operations in a transaction are completed successfully or none of them are. For example, transferring money from one account to another should either be completed in full or not at all.

• Consistency ensures that the database remains in a consistent state before and after ...read more
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Q3. What is write-ahead logging in DBMS?
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Write-ahead logging is a technique used in DBMS to ensure that changes are recorded in the log before they are applied to the database.
• Write-ahead logging ensures that changes are first written to the log file before being applied to the database to maintain data integrity.

• It helps in recovering the database in case of a system crash or failure by replaying the log entries to bring the database back to a consistent sta...read more
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Q4. What are the deadlock avoidance schemes?
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Deadlock avoidance schemes are strategies used to prevent deadlocks in a system.
• Banker's algorithm: Ensures that the system will never enter an unsafe state by keeping track of available resources and only granting a request if it does not lead to a deadlock.

• Wait-die and Wound-wait: Two deadlock prevention schemes used in transaction processing systems to avoid deadlocks by allowing transactions to wait or abort based ...read more
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Q5. What is a clustered index?
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A clustered index is a type of index that sorts and stores the data rows in the table based on their key values.
• Defines the order in which data is physically stored in a table

• Only one clustered index per table

• Helps in improving the performance of queries that involve range searches or sorting

• Example: Clustered index on a table's primary key
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Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

This was a 60 minute technical round where the interviewer asked data structure based questions, questions on OOPS and OS concepts.

Q1. What is a virtual function in C++?
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A virtual function in C++ is a function that is declared within a base class and is redefined by a derived class.
• Virtual functions allow a function to be overridden in a derived class.

• They are used in polymorphism to achieve runtime binding.

• The base class function must be declared as virtual for dynamic binding to occur.

• Example: virtual void display() = 0; // pure virtual function
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Q2. Can you explain the malloc() and free() operations in the context of memory management in C?
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malloc() is used to dynamically allocate memory in C, while free() is used to release allocated memory.
• malloc() allocates a block of memory of specified size and returns a pointer to the beginning of the block.

• free() deallocates the memory previously allocated by malloc() or calloc().

• Example: int *ptr = (int*)malloc(5 * sizeof(int)); // Allocates memory for 5 integers

• Example: free(ptr); // Deallocates the memory alloca
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Q3. What is structure padding?
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Structure padding is the concept of adding empty bytes to a structure to align its data members on memory boundaries.
• Structure padding is done to optimize memory access and improve performance.

• Padding is necessary because most processors require data to be aligned on specific memory boundaries for efficient access.

• For example, if a structure contains a char followed by an int, padding may be added after the char to ali
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Round duration - 30 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

HR based round that lasted for 30 minutes. The interviewer asked question to know more about me.