Self Practice Software Developer Interview Questions and Answers

Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

This round had 3 coding questions of Medium to Hard level of difficulty.

Q1. 
Intersection of Two Unsorted Arrays Problem Statement
Given two integer arrays ARR1 and ARR2 of sizes 'N' and 'M' respectively, find the intersection of these arrays. The intersection is defined as the se...read more
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Find the intersection of two unsorted arrays while maintaining the order of elements from the first array.
• Iterate through the elements of the first array and check if they exist in the second array.

• Use a hash set to keep track of elements already seen in the second array for efficient lookup.

• Maintain the order of elements from the first array while finding the intersection.

• Handle duplicate elements in both arrays appro...read more
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Q2. 
Ways To Make Coin Change
Given an infinite supply of coins of varying denominations, determine the total number of ways to make change for a specified value using these coins. If it's not possible to make...read more
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The task is to determine the total number of ways to make change for a specified value using given denominations.
• Create a function that takes in the number of denominations, the denominations array, and the value to make change for as input

• Use dynamic programming to iterate through all possible combinations of coins to make the specified value

• Keep track of the number of ways to make change for each value from 0 to the ...read more
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Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters Problem Statement
Given a string S of length L, determine the length of the longest substring that contains no repeating characters.
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Find the length of the longest substring without repeating characters in a given string.
• Use a sliding window approach to keep track of the longest substring without repeating characters.

• Use a hashmap to store the index of each character in the string.

• Update the start index of the window when a repeating character is encountered.

• Calculate the maximum length of the substring as you iterate through the string.
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Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

This round started with 2 coding questions and then moved on to some more questions from OOPS.

Q1. 
Palindrome Linked List Problem Statement
You are provided with a singly linked list of integers. Your task is to determine whether the given singly linked list is a palindrome. Return true if it is a pali...read more
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Check if a given singly linked list is a palindrome or not.
• Traverse the linked list to find the middle element using slow and fast pointers.

• Reverse the second half of the linked list.

• Compare the first half with the reversed second half to determine if it's a palindrome.
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Q2. 
Search Element in a Rotated Sorted Array
Given a sorted array that has been rotated, the task is to find the index of a specific element. The array is initially sorted in ascending order and then rotated ...read more
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Search for an element in a rotated sorted array efficiently in O(logN) time complexity.
• Implement binary search to find the pivot point where rotation occurs.

• Divide the array into two subarrays and perform binary search on the appropriate subarray.

• Handle cases where the element may be in the left or right subarray after rotation.

• Return the index of the element if found, else return -1.
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Q3. What is a static variable in C?
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A static variable in C is a variable that retains its value between function calls.
• Declared using the 'static' keyword

• Retains its value throughout the program's execution

• Useful for maintaining state across function calls
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Q4. What is the difference between abstraction and inheritance?
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Abstraction is hiding the implementation details while inheritance is a mechanism for creating new classes using existing classes.
• Abstraction focuses on hiding the internal implementation details of a class, allowing the user to only interact with the necessary information.

• Inheritance allows a class to inherit properties and behavior from another class, promoting code reusability and creating a hierarchy of classes.

• Abs...read more
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Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

This round had questions mainly from HTML,CSS and JavaScript as I had mentioned some Frontend Projects in my resume so the interviewer wanted to check my skills on those. He also asked me some SQL queries and a simple coding question towards the end of the interview.

Q1. What is event bubbling in JavaScript?
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Event bubbling is the process where an event triggered on a child element is propagated up through its parent elements.
• In event bubbling, when an event occurs on a child element, it first runs the event handlers on the child element, then on its parent, then all the way up to the top level of the DOM.

• Event bubbling allows for delegation of event handling to a parent element, reducing the number of event listeners neede...read more
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Q2. How can you optimize the loading of website assets?
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Optimizing website asset loading involves minimizing file sizes, reducing HTTP requests, utilizing caching, and prioritizing critical resources.
• Minimize file sizes by compressing images, scripts, and stylesheets.

• Reduce HTTP requests by combining files, using sprites, and lazy loading non-essential resources.

• Utilize browser caching to store static assets locally for faster subsequent page loads.

• Prioritize critical resou...read more
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Q3. In how many ways can you display HTML elements?
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There are multiple ways to display HTML elements, including inline, block, inline-block, and flex.
• HTML elements can be displayed as inline, which allows them to flow with surrounding content.

• Block elements take up the full width available and start on a new line.

• Inline-block elements are displayed as blocks, but flow like inline elements.

• Flexbox allows for more advanced layout options, such as aligning items and distri
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Q4. 
Check if Two Strings are Anagrams
Anagrams are words or names that can be formed by rearranging the letters of another word. For instance, 'spar' can be rearranged to form 'rasp', making them anagrams.
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Check if two strings are anagrams by rearranging their letters.
• Create a frequency map of characters for both strings

• Compare the frequency maps to check if they are equal

• Return True if the frequency maps are equal, else False
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Round duration - 30 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

This is a cultural fitment testing round. HR was very frank and asked standard questions. Then we discussed about my role.

Q1. What is something about you that is not included in your resume?
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Q2. Why should we hire you?
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Coding test based on Binary trees, String Manipulation

Majorily on SQL and Databases

Q1. Align two images in a page with same width and same height
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Use CSS to align two images with same width and height on a page
• Set both images to have the same width and height using CSS

• Use flexbox or grid layout to align the images horizontally or vertically

• Adjust margins or padding to fine-tune the alignment
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Q2. Array related question
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Q1. Situation based question
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Q2. Majorily focused on project
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Q1. Explain Deadlock?
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Q2. Explain Red Black Tree?
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Q3. Find local minima in a 1-D array?
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Q4. Find local minima in 2-D array?
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Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

It has 3 Coding Questions of medium-hard level and the time limit was 1 hour only. I don’t exactly remember the questions but I was able to do only two of them completely.

Q1. 
Biggest Number Formation Problem
Your task is to construct the largest number possible by concatenating each of the provided positive integers in the array exactly once.
Input:
Integer T denoting the nu...read more
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Construct the largest number by concatenating positive integers in the array exactly once.
• Sort the array of integers in a way that the concatenation of the numbers forms the largest possible number.

• Use a custom comparator function to sort the numbers based on their concatenated values.

• Join the sorted array elements to form the final largest number.
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Q2. 
Number of Longest Increasing Subsequence Problem Statement
Given an integer array ARR of length N, determine the count of longest increasing subsequences present in the array.
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Count the number of longest increasing subsequences in an integer array.
• Identify the longest increasing subsequences in the array

• Count the number of such subsequences

• Consider the constraints while implementing the solution

• Examples: For input [50, 3, 90, 60, 80], the output is 2
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Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

First, the interviewer introduced himself and then asked to introduce myself. Then he asked about the projects I did. After an introductory discussion on projects, he gave me 3 coding questions on their personal live code environment.

He asked me to explain the approach first and then code it down. I had to explain the time complexity of each solution and optimal code if possible with lesser time complexity.

Q1. 
Cache Operations Problem
You are provided with a cache that can hold a maximum of 'N' elements. Initially, this cache is empty. There are two main operations you can perform on this cache:
Explanation:
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Implement a cache with insert, update, and retrieve operations, returning results of retrieve operations in order.
• Create a cache data structure with specified size 'N'.

• Implement insert and update operations based on the given criteria.

• For retrieve operation, return the value associated with the 'U_ID' if present, else return -1.

• Handle cases where the cache is full and least frequently used items need to be removed.

• Retu...read more
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Q2. 
Possible Words from a Phone Number: Problem Statement
Given a string S composed of digits ranging from 2 to 9, determine all possible strings that can be created by mapping these digits to their correspon...read more
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Given a phone number, generate all possible words by mapping digits to letters on a T9 keypad.
• Create a mapping of digits to letters on a T9 keypad

• Use recursion to generate all possible combinations of letters for the given phone number

• Sort the resulting strings in lexicographical order
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Q3. 
Shortest Unique Prefix Problem
You are given an array containing N words. Your task is to derive the shortest prefix for each word that uniquely identifies it amongst the other words. For instance, given t...read more
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Given an array of words, find the shortest unique prefix for each word.
• Create a Trie data structure to efficiently store and search for prefixes.

• Traverse the Trie to find the shortest unique prefix for each word.

• Return the list of shortest unique prefixes for all words.
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Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Hard

In this round interviewer gave me 2 coding questions and asked me to code on any editor of my choice. I opened VS code to code those problems.

Q1. 
Maximum Subarray Sum Problem Statement
Given an array arr of length N consisting of integers, find the sum of the subarray (including empty subarray) with the maximum sum among all subarrays.
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Find the sum of the subarray with the maximum sum among all subarrays in a given array.
• Iterate through the array and keep track of the maximum sum subarray seen so far.

• Use Kadane's algorithm to efficiently find the maximum subarray sum.

• Handle cases where all elements are negative by returning the maximum element in the array.

• Consider the sum of an empty subarray as 0.
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Q2. 
LRU Cache Implementation
Design and implement a data structure for the Least Recently Used (LRU) cache, which supports the following operations:
1. get(key) - Return the value associated with the key if ...read more
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Implement a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache data structure with get and put operations.
• Use a combination of a hashmap and a doubly linked list to efficiently implement the LRU cache.

• Keep track of the least recently used item and remove it when the cache reaches its capacity.

• Update the position of an item in the cache whenever it is accessed or updated.

• Ensure constant time complexity for both get and put operations by u...read more
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Round duration - 40 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

The interviewer was very friendly. He asked me about myself and previous interviews.