The DataTech Labs Interview Questions and Answers

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.
Explanation:
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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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