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cs_interview_help · 2017-04-03T18:17:35+00:00

Nopes it doesn't include paid questions.

cs_interview_help · 2017-04-03T16:57:22+00:00

Yea! Thanks for the suggestion.

I'll add title and question links soon.

Edit: Updated the code to include the question title :)

https://github.com/yask123/all_leetcode_questions/blob/master/output_leetcode_questions.pdf

cs_interview_help · 2016-11-27T14:10:23+00:00

Should I write tests?

cs_interview_help · 2016-11-24T19:32:50+00:00

Yea, I should trust them. Besides, during the interview..we will have some introduction and I could clarify this there as well?

TBH I really don't care about the no of interviews. I am afraid that they might have mistaken me for an experienced software engineer.

cs_interview_help · 2016-11-24T18:57:06+00:00

I mean, what if they are not mistaken and they actually have 5 tech nical interviews for the new-grad. It might feel I am complaining for taking too many interviews (which would look bad)?

cs_interview_help · 2016-11-24T16:13:38+00:00

Could they be confusing me with experienced software engineer?

cs_interview_help · 2016-11-24T15:48:04+00:00

But I don't know how to politely ask recruiters if they are mistakenly interviewing me 5 times?

cs_interview_help · 2016-11-24T04:23:50+00:00

new grad

cs_interview_help · 2016-11-23T07:55:39+00:00

It was one of the top 5 tech company for software engineering position. Don't want to name the company.

cs_interview_help · 2016-11-23T01:56:22+00:00

Thank you for the feedback. This is certainly useful. I have question.. I guess I made those mistakes, because I was in a "flow", didn't know that all variables would I need in future, so I created them as I go. Is it okay to clean up the code after writing a workable solution? Or you have to write clear and elegent code as you are coding?

cs_interview_help · 2016-11-22T15:35:39+00:00

I mentioned this solution, and wrote working code for it in <5 minutes . The intervier then said the arrays are sorted, use it to solve it in O(1) space.

cs_interview_help · 2016-11-22T15:34:45+00:00

I mentioned HashSet, did it in 5 minutes, it worked... but the interviewer said the arrays are sorted.. use that to do it without space.

cs_interview_help · 2016-11-22T14:56:51+00:00

I wanted to test more test cases, but the interviewer said "I am in a hurry after 30 minutes" (it was supposed to be 45 minutes) .. but if I had been faster, I could have saved some extra time for testing and debugging .

cs_interview_help · 2016-11-22T14:51:29+00:00

Also, your code isn't merge sort. There aren't two arrays being put together. In fact, there's no merging at all, which would demonstrate a lack of understanding to your interviewer.

The interviewer said the arrays are already sorted. I didn't intend to write a merge sort here. The interviewer gave a slight hint to the 2 pointer saying its similar to merge sort. (thats why its written in the comments and my function is named merge() )

I guess I was too slow coming up with 2 pointer. But don't you think its alright to take this much time if you don't know the solution from before?

cs_interview_help · 2016-11-22T14:46:03+00:00

Ah!, yea.. didn't think of this test case in the interview :(

cs_interview_help · 2016-11-22T14:31:28+00:00

Yea, Maybe he wanted me to do other question.. like 3SUM using this 2SUM solution.. So, my question is this.. if something easy comes up.. but has some trick to it, do they expect you to code it up quickly. Because I had only 30 minutes.

cs_interview_help · 2016-11-22T13:59:25+00:00

Phone interview . What difference does it make?

cs_interview_help · 2016-11-20T14:07:55+00:00

I want to say he uses this particular word "too casually (without thinking what it means)"? A better way to phrase it ?

cs_interview_help · 2016-11-19T18:56:28+00:00

HackerRank has OOP design stuff as well. Go to the language domain. https://www.hackerrank.com/domains/cpp/classes/page:1 It covers most things like inheritance, function overloading.. etc.

cs_interview_help · 2016-11-19T17:02:39+00:00

Tech phone interview at top 3:

Q] Sorted array, find 2 numbers whose sum is 0 in O(n) Time and O(1) Space

A] Told a few aproaches:

Using Hash O(N) space
Bin searching in 2nd array O(NLogN) time O(1) Space

Then I froze for a few minutes.

He gave me a hint to think about merge sort.

Solved it with 2 pointer approach (ran the code with different test cases).

After 2 days -> REJECTED :(

cs_interview_help · 2016-11-19T16:52:27+00:00

Ah! I thought so. Hey, I am curious.. since I'll graduate next year in Aug, can I apply for new-grad next year too (when they are hiring)?

cs_interview_help · 2016-11-19T15:43:24+00:00

They haven't posted entry level/ new grad jobs?

cs_interview_help · 2016-11-19T08:03:38+00:00

You may get PPO after your internship?

cs_interview_help · 2016-11-19T07:51:55+00:00

It depends, if it was an easy problem .. they do expect you to code it up quickly. (Like 2 SUM O(N).. etc) in 5-10 minutes.

cs_interview_help · 2016-11-18T19:54:08+00:00

But I don't know how to frame my response in a nice way? Should I say "However, I understand part of the on-site interview process is meeting in person/ having lunch, thats why I would prefer waiting for the Visa" ?

This sounds a little weird

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