Standard Chartered Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Round duration - 30 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

It was in the morning. We had to complete 1 coding question in given time limit

Q1. 
Most Frequent Non-Banned Word Problem Statement
Given a paragraph consisting of letters in both lowercase and uppercase, spaces, and punctuation, along with a list of banned words, your task is to find th...read more
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Find the most frequent word in a paragraph that is not in a list of banned words.
• Split the paragraph into words and convert them to uppercase for case-insensitivity.

• Count the frequency of each word, excluding banned words.

• Return the word with the highest frequency in uppercase.
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Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Hard

Interviewer was friendly. He asked 2 coding questions and some fullstack questions. 

Q1. 
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 find the total number of ways to make change for a specified value using given denominations.
• Use dynamic programming to solve this problem efficiently.

• Create a 2D array to store the number of ways to make change for each value up to the specified value.

• Iterate through the denominations and update the array based on the current denomination.

• Return the value at the last cell of the array as the final resul
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Q2. 
The Skyline Problem
Compute the skyline of given rectangular buildings in a 2D city, eliminating hidden lines and forming the outer contour of the silhouette when viewed from a distance. Each building is ...read more
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Compute the skyline of given rectangular buildings in a 2D city, eliminating hidden lines and forming the outer contour of the silhouette.
• Iterate through the buildings to find the critical points (start and end) of each building.

• Sort the critical points based on x-coordinate and process them to find the skyline.

• Merge consecutive horizontal segments of equal height in the output to ensure no duplicates.
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Scenarios containing Information Security awareness

Q1. Stages of Anti Money Laundering
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The stages of Anti Money Laundering involve identification, reporting, investigation, and prosecution.
• Identification: The first stage involves identifying suspicious financial activities that may indicate money laundering.

• Reporting: Once suspicious activities are identified, they must be reported to the appropriate authorities, such as financial intelligence units or law enforcement agencies.

• Investigation: After receiv...read more
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Q2. List of tax heaven countries
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Tax haven countries are jurisdictions with low or no tax rates, often used for tax avoidance purposes.
• Tax havens offer favorable tax regimes to individuals and businesses.

• Some popular tax haven countries include Switzerland, Cayman Islands, Luxembourg, and Bermuda.

• Tax havens may have strict banking secrecy laws and lack transparency in financial transactions.

• These countries attract foreign investments and offshore comp...read more
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Q1. Sql, Datawarehousing,etl concepts
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Q1. One hour roast on trade Finance
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Q1. Negotiate max amount
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Negotiate max amount by understanding the needs of both parties and finding a mutually beneficial solution.
• Understand the needs and priorities of both parties

• Identify areas of compromise

• Offer creative solutions that benefit both parties

• Be willing to walk away if a mutually beneficial solution cannot be reached
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Q1. Basic UFT related questions from variables to program
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Banking related questions

Q1. Introduction and basi things
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Q2. Cdd process and kyc
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