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Q1. Stock buy and sell with at most 2 transaction
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Implement a solution to find the maximum profit from buying and selling stocks with at most 2 transactions.
• Use dynamic programming to keep track of maximum profit at each day with 0, 1, or 2 transactions.

• Consider the possibility of splitting the transactions into two separate parts.

• Calculate the maximum profit by iterating through the prices array and updating the maximum profit accordingly.
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Q2. Binary search to find target
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Binary search is a divide and conquer algorithm that efficiently finds a target value in a sorted array.
• Divide the array in half and compare the target value with the middle element

• If the target is less than the middle element, search the left half. If greater, search the right half

• Repeat the process until the target is found or the subarray is empty
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Q1. General about project
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Q2. Design paytm wallet
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Design a digital wallet system similar to Paytm.
• Allow users to add money to their wallet using various payment methods like credit/debit cards, net banking, UPI, etc.

• Enable users to make payments for various services like mobile recharge, bill payments, online shopping, etc.

• Implement security measures like two-factor authentication, encryption of sensitive data, and regular security audits.

• Provide features like transac...read more
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Q1. What is thread ?
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A thread is a lightweight process that can run concurrently with other threads within the same process.
• Threads allow for parallel execution of tasks within a single process.

• Threads share the same memory space and resources of the process they belong to.

• Threads can communicate with each other through shared memory or message passing.

• Examples: Java threads, POSIX threads (pthreads) in C/C++.
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Q2. Inter process communication and project?
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The exam duration is one and a half hours.

The total exam time is one and a half hours.

It encompasses all topics related to full stack development.

Q1. Asks questions on SQL
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Q2. Asks question in typical topics
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Q1. Where do you see yourself in two years?
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In two years, I see myself as a senior software developer leading a team on innovative projects.
• Advancing to a senior software developer role

• Leading a team on new and innovative projects

• Continuing to enhance my technical skills through ongoing learning and training
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It was a coding round where i need to solve 3 DSA Questions in 1.5 hour

Q1. This is Technical round where i was asked to implement the Two Question of Dsa one is bases on greedy and another is dp , another one is leetcode hard (finding maxaimal area of rectangle in matrix of 1 and...read more
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Q2. Greedy Q was direct i don't remember clearly. I was selected for the 2nd round
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Q1. It was also a technical round but bases on LLD problem statement. I was given a problem statement to design a society security system and the they need psudo code for complete implementation using correct ...read more
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Q1. I was not selected for 4th round but heard that there were Q on cs fundamentals.
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Q1. The question was about Nodejs
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Q2. The question was to build a linked list in Nodejs
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Q1. The first question was related to DSA
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Q2. The question was related to SQL
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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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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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The Longest I...read more
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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.

Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

There were a total of 3 coding questions to be solved, and the time limit was 90 minutes. The candidate was free to use language of their choice.

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Longest Palindromic Subsequence Problem Statement
Given a string A consisting of lowercase English letters, determine the length of the longest palindromic subsequence within A.
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The task is to find the length of the longest palindromic subsequence in a given string.
• A subsequence is a sequence generated from a string after deleting some or no characters of the string without changing the order of the remaining string characters.

• A string is said to be palindrome if the reverse of the string is the same as the actual string.

• Find the longest palindromic subsequence by considering all possible subs...read more
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Round duration - 45 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

The first round of interview lasted for around 45 minutes. I was asked two DSA questions, and was supposed to code them while my screen was shared. I wrote code for both the questions with little help from the interviewer. Finally, I was asked couple of questions based on my resume.

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Merge Two Sorted Linked Lists Problem Statement
You are provided with two sorted linked lists. Your task is to merge them into a single sorted linked list and return the head of the combined linked list.
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The task is to merge two sorted linked lists into a single sorted linked list.
• Create a new linked list to store the merged list

• Compare the values of the nodes from both lists and add the smaller value to the new list

• Move the pointer of the list with the smaller value to the next node

• Repeat the comparison and addition until one of the lists is empty

• Add the remaining nodes from the non-empty list to the new list

• Return th
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Q2. 
Rotational Equivalence of Strings Problem Statement
Given two strings 'P' and 'Q' of equal length, determine if string 'P' can be transformed into string 'Q' by cyclically rotating it to the right any num...read more
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The task is to check if one string can be converted into another string by cyclically rotating it to the right any number of times.
• Iterate through each character of the first string and check if it matches the corresponding character in the second string after a certain number of cyclic rotations.

• If all characters match for any number of cyclic rotations, then the first string can be converted into the second string.

• Us...read more
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Round duration - 30 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

I was given one data structure question and was then asked about recursion.

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Next Greater Element Problem Statement
You are provided with an array or list ARR containing N positive integers. Your task is to determine the Next Greater Element (NGE) for each element in the array.
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The task is to find the next greater element for each element in an array.
• Iterate through the array from right to left

• Use a stack to keep track of the elements

• For each element, pop elements from the stack until a greater element is found or the stack is empty

• If a greater element is found, it is the next greater element for the current element

• If the stack becomes empty, there is no greater element to the right

• Store the ...read more
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Round duration - 40 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

This was the hiring manager round. No data structures question were asked in this round. There was discussion around the projects that I had done and my resume. As I am from EEE branch, I was asked why I want to get into software. The interview happened around 8 PM. I was asked to create a schema for one of my projects.

Q1. Why do you want to pursue a career in software?
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I want to get into software because of my passion for problem-solving and the opportunity to create innovative solutions.
• Passion for problem-solving

• Opportunity to create innovative solutions

• Interest in technology and its impact on society

• Career growth and job stability

• Flexibility and remote work options
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2 coding question one on maximum sum problem and other on tree traversal

Q1. Dbms oops dsa questions are there and one coding question which you have to pseudo code it and dry run it
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