Netcore

Role: SDE - 1

College: Tier 1 college

Interview Date: 18 Feb 2023

Interview Type: On-Campus

Result: Rejected (Not able to explain all concepts with correct accuracy)

Difficulty: Medium

Rounds: 2 rounds (One video call round, followed by an implied final interview)

Topics Asked: Data Structures, Pointers, OOPS, System Design, Algorithms, Dynamic Programming, Binary Tree (Top View), Graph (BFS based problem).

Experience:

The candidate applied through an on-campus opportunity at a Tier 1 college. The preparation involved 6 months of studying Data Structures, Pointers, OOPS, System Design, Algorithms, and Dynamic Programming.

Resume Tips: The candidate suggested keeping the resume simple, one page, with at least two projects using the latest technologies and including a GitHub link.

Round 1: Video Call

• Duration: 60 minutes
• Coding Problems: 2
  • Problem 1: Top View of Binary Tree (Moderate difficulty, similar to questions asked in Samsung, Adobe, MakeMyTrip).
  • Problem 2: A BFS-based graph problem, involving N*N nodes, edges, level order traversal, and hashing to check visited nodes.

Result: The candidate was rejected because they were not able to explain all the concepts with correct accuracy.

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