Testhouse Associate Consultant Interview Questions and Answers

Round duration - 50 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Round duration - 20 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Q1. 
Pair Sum Problem Statement
You are given an integer array 'ARR' of size 'N' and an integer 'S'. Your task is to find and return a list of all pairs of elements where each sum of a pair equals 'S'.
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Given an array and a target sum, find pairs of elements that add up to the target sum.
• Iterate through the array and for each element, check if the complement (target sum - current element) exists in a hash set.

• If the complement exists, add the pair to the result list. Otherwise, add the current element to the hash set.

• Sort the pairs based on the first element and then the second element to meet the required output form
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Round duration - 20 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Round duration - 40 minutes
Round difficulty - Hard

Q1. Can you provide an example of how to use pointers in C/C++ and discuss different concepts related to them?
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Pointers in C/C++ are variables that store memory addresses. They are used to manipulate memory directly and improve performance.
• Pointers are declared using an asterisk (*) before the variable name.

• Pointers can be used to dynamically allocate memory using functions like malloc() and free().

• Pointers can be used to pass variables by reference to functions.
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Round duration - 70 Minutes
Round difficulty - Hard

Q1. 
Candies Distribution Problem Statement
Prateek is a kindergarten teacher with a mission to distribute candies to students based on their performance. Each student must get at least one candy, and if two s...read more
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The task is to distribute candies to students based on their performance while minimizing the total candies distributed.
• Create an array to store the minimum candies required for each student.

• Iterate through the students' ratings array to determine the minimum candies needed based on the adjacent ratings.

• Consider both left-to-right and right-to-left passes to ensure fair distribution.

• Keep track of the total candies dist
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Q2. 
Merge Sort Problem Statement
You are given a sequence of numbers, ARR. Your task is to return a sorted sequence of ARR in non-descending order using the Merge Sort algorithm.
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Implement Merge Sort algorithm to sort a sequence of numbers in non-descending order.
• Use Divide and Conquer approach to recursively divide the input array into two halves.

• Merge the sorted halves to produce a completely sorted array.

• Ensure the implementation handles the constraints specified in the problem statement.

• Example: For input [3, 1, 4, 1, 5], the output should be [1, 1, 3, 4, 5].
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Q1. Python Sql Linux CLI
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Q1. General discussions on learning
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Q1. Testing process and java code
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Q2. Python machine learning questions
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Java and python test was there

2 sum program from Geeks for Geeks

Q1. Ruby basics Eigen class Callbacks
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Q2. Lazy and Eagar loading N+1 problem
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Lazy loading delays loading of related data until it is specifically requested, while eager loading loads all related data upfront. N+1 problem occurs when lazy loading results in multiple additional queries being made.
• Lazy loading is used to improve performance by only loading related data when needed

• Eager loading loads all related data upfront to reduce the number of queries made

• N+1 problem occurs in lazy loading whe...read more
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Q3. Puzzles
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Q1. AWS basics with CI/CD
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Q2. Deployment to AWS
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Q1. Basic introduction and salary discussion
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Prime number and reverse a string