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Status : Pre-Final Year, B E CSE, Anna University, MIT.
Position: SWE Intern 2024
Location: Chennai

Interview Process :

Round 1 : Online Test (30-10-2023)
Totally 5 mcq questions and 1 coding question was asked in the Round 1.

Technical mcq questions where from DSA and OOPS.

Test Duration: 40 mins.

This round was conducted at Hackerrank.

Coding question:

Break Sort

Given an array arr of n positive integers, the following operations can be performed 0 or more times:

• Choose an index i where 0 <= i < n

• choose 2 integers, x and y, such that x + y = arr[i]

• replace arr[i] with two elements, the two values x and y

Determine the minimum number of operations required to sort the array.

Example

n = 3

arr = [3, 4, 3]

The array can be sorted in 2 operations:

Choose i = 0 arr[0] = 3. Choose x = 1 and y = 2. Replace arr[0] with x and y arr = [1, 2, 4, 3].

Choose i = 2 arr[2] = 4. Choose x = 2 and y =2. Replace arr[2] and arr = [1, 2, 2, 2, 3].

Return 2.

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Round 2 : Technical Interview - Live coding (Virtual) - (22-11-2023, 9 am)

Started with my introduction followed by my interviewer's introduction. Then, some basic technical questions where asked. Then, my language of preference was asked. Later, we entered into live coding round which was conducted at Hackerrank.

Question: ( Leetcode - Hard )
Kth Permutation Sequence (With arrays)

First, the interviewer explained me the question and told some test cases. Then, I was given 5 mins to come up my approach. I explained the approach and some cross questions where asked. I explained his questions calm and clear. Also, I covered the edge cases. The interviewer was satisfied with my approach. Then he asked me to code it. I coded with comments and explaining each and every line. Then, he gave two cases for dry run. I explained each step during dry run with comments. The interviewer was satisfied with my solution.

Round 3 : HR Interview - (Virtual) - (22-11-2023, 2 pm)
Started with my introduction followed by my interviewer's introduction. Following this, we made discussions on my projects and some questions were asked from the projects. I was also asked about the team members, how was the work split up, work contributions, who lead the team, etc., Later, I was asked some tricky situational questions to check my prioritizing skills and analyzing skills. The interviewer was satisfied with my answers and made some corrections here and there. Finally, I asked some questions about the company.

The interviewers were very friendly and kind. I enjoyed the interview process. This was a great opportunity for me.

Result:
The result was announced after 20 days and I was selected for the SWE Summer Internship 2024.

Duration: 12 weeks
Stipend: 100,000/- pm
Location: Chennai/Bangalore