Publicis Sapient Senior HR Business Partner Interview Questions and Answers for Experienced

Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

It happens in very friendly manner.

Q1. 
Paths in a Matrix Problem Statement
Given an 'M x N' matrix, print all the possible paths from the top-left corner to the bottom-right corner. You can only move either right (from (i,j) to (i,j+1)) or dow...read more
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Print all possible paths from top-left to bottom-right in a matrix by moving only right or down.
• Use backtracking to explore all possible paths from top-left to bottom-right in the matrix.

• At each cell, recursively explore moving right and down until reaching the bottom-right corner.

• Keep track of the current path and add it to the result when reaching the destination.
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Q2. Can you create 2 tables in SQL and perform different operations on them?
Ans. 
Yes, I can create 2 tables in SQL and perform operations like INSERT, SELECT, UPDATE, and DELETE.
• Create Table 1: CREATE TABLE employees (id INT, name VARCHAR(50), salary DECIMAL(10,2));

• Create Table 2: CREATE TABLE departments (dept_id INT, dept_name VARCHAR(50));

• Insert Data: INSERT INTO employees VALUES (1, 'John Doe', 50000);

• Select Data: SELECT * FROM employees WHERE salary > 40000;

• Update Data: UPDATE employees SET...read more
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Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

No problem occur very friendly environment.

Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Hard

Q1. 
Rat in a Maze Problem Statement
You need to determine all possible paths for a rat starting at position (0, 0) in a square maze to reach its destination at (N-1, N-1). The maze is represented as an N*N ma...read more
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Find all possible paths for a rat in a maze from source to destination.
• Use backtracking to explore all possible paths in the maze.

• Keep track of visited cells to avoid revisiting them.

• Explore all possible directions (up, down, left, right) from each cell.

• Add the current direction to the path and recursively explore further.

• If the destination is reached, add the path to the list of valid paths.
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Had DSA and aptitude questions

Q1. DSA a questions, Database Questions
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Q1. 5 min question and answers about company
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Round duration - 110 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

It was an mcq and coding round
It contained four sections:
1. Aptitude 
2. Reasoning
3. English
4. Coding (It contains 2 questions, one is medium and other is little hard)

Q1. 
Concatenate the Largest Digit Problem
You are given three non-zero numbers 'A', 'B', and 'C'. Your task is to determine the number created by concatenating the largest digit found in each number, in the s...read more
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Concatenate the largest digit from three numbers to form a new number.
• Find the largest digit in each number 'A', 'B', and 'C'.

• Concatenate the largest digits in the order 'A', 'B', and 'C' to form the new number.

• Return the final concatenated number as the output.
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Q2. 
Remove Vowels from a String
Given a string STR of length N, your task is to remove all the vowels from that string and return the modified string.
Input:
The first line of input contains an integer 'T' ...read more
Ans. 
Remove all vowels from a given string and return the modified string.
• Iterate through each character in the string and check if it is a vowel (a, e, i, o, u or A, E, I, O, U).

• If the character is not a vowel, add it to a new string.

• Return the new string with all vowels removed.
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Round duration - 10 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Round duration - 30 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

It was around 11:30 PM i feel very tensed after entering into room the interviewer asked me to take a seat and asked self introduction and then he asked can we start technical round ?The questions are below.
What was your specific role and responsibilities on the most recent project you worked on?
 

Q1. How can you retrieve the second highest salary from a database table?
Ans. 
Retrieve the second highest salary from a database table
• Use a SQL query with ORDER BY and LIMIT to retrieve the second highest salary

• Example: SELECT salary FROM employees ORDER BY salary DESC LIMIT 1, 1
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Round duration - 5-10 months
Round difficulty - Easy

It was around 11:50 i think 
The environment is too cool and i am too sleepy 
The interview was happened in friendly manner