Shiprocket Private Limited Sr.QA Interview Questions and Answers

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Q1. 
0/1 Knapsack Problem Statement
A thief is planning to rob a store and can carry a maximum weight of 'W' in his knapsack. The store contains 'N' items where the ith item has a weight of 'wi' and a value of...read more
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Yes, the 0/1 Knapsack problem can be solved using dynamic programming with a space complexity of not more than O(W).
• Use a 1D array to store the maximum value that can be stolen for each weight capacity from 0 to W.

• Iterate through each item and update the array based on whether including the item would increase the total value.

• The final value in the array at index W will be the maximum value that can be stolen.
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Q2. 
Find the Second Largest Element
Given an array or list of integers 'ARR', identify the second largest element in 'ARR'.
If a second largest element does not exist, return -1.
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ARR = [2,...read more
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Find the second largest element in an array of integers.
• Iterate through the array to find the largest and second largest elements.

• Handle cases where all elements are identical.

• Return -1 if a second largest element does not exist.
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Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

System Design Round

Q1. Design a system for Twitter, discussing its architecture, key components, and scalability considerations.
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Design a scalable system for Twitter with key components and architecture.
• Use microservices architecture for scalability and fault isolation.

• Key components include user service, tweet service, timeline service, and notification service.

• Use a distributed database like Cassandra for storing tweets and user data.

• Implement a message queue like Kafka for handling real-time updates and notifications.

• Use a caching layer like ...read more
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Round duration - 30 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

It is just a formality

Q1. Introduce yourself.
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I am a software developer with 5 years of experience in Java and Python.
• Experienced in Java and Python programming languages

• Worked on various projects involving web development and data analysis

• Familiar with Agile methodologies and version control systems like Git
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Q2. Project related questions.
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Q1. Given a string, find the longest length palindromic substring in the given string.
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Find the longest palindromic substring in a given string.
• Use dynamic programming to solve the problem efficiently.

• Start with the base cases of single characters and two characters.

• For longer substrings, check if the first and last characters match and if the substring between them is also a palindrome.

• Keep track of the longest palindrome seen so far.

• Time complexity: O(n^2), space complexity: O(n^2).
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Q1. Mention the most challenging technical problem you had to solve.
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Developing a real-time data processing system for a high-traffic website.
• Designing a scalable architecture to handle the high volume of incoming data.

• Optimizing the data processing algorithms to minimize latency.

• Ensuring data consistency and accuracy in a distributed system.

• Implementing fault-tolerant mechanisms to handle system failures.

• Testing and debugging the system under various load conditions.
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Q2. Some minor low level entity design.
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Q1. About the experience and what I did
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Give me a palindrom of string related question

Q1. System design based on how to scale something
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To scale a system, consider horizontal and vertical scaling, load balancing, caching, database sharding, and microservices architecture.
• Implement horizontal scaling by adding more instances of the application to distribute the load.

• Consider vertical scaling by upgrading the hardware resources of the existing server.

• Use load balancing to evenly distribute incoming network traffic across multiple servers.

• Implement cachin...read more
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Q1. Tell me about you
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I am a passionate software developer with a strong background in programming languages such as Java, Python, and JavaScript.
• Experienced in developing web applications using frameworks like Spring Boot and React

• Proficient in database management with SQL and NoSQL databases

• Skilled in problem-solving and debugging code efficiently
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Q1. Questions on Django middleware, models and queries
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Q1. Design an algorithm to efficiently to send office bus to all location in the city
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Use a greedy algorithm to send the office bus to all locations in the city efficiently.
• Start from the office location and pick the nearest location to visit next.

• Continue picking the nearest unvisited location until all locations are covered.

• Repeat the process until all locations are visited.

• Consider using Dijkstra's algorithm or a similar approach for finding the nearest location.

• Optimize the route by considering traf
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Q1. Round with CTO, mostly behavioural and expected pay
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The basic questions asked in an interview .

DP, graph, and array questions asked in 2nd round also asked my company project