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Cisco Networking Academy Interview Experience for Fresher SDE - 1, Jul 2019

Posted: 6 Apr 2022

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Interview Rounds

Application Process

Round 1

Round 2

Interview Process

Online Coding Test

Easy

Duration:

90 minutes

Interview-Date:

30 Jul 2019

Problems:

This round consist of 2 coding questions and they were of good level based on strings and dynamic programming.

Longest Unique Substring

Return the length of the longest substring consisting of unique characters.

eg: abcabcdb ------> 4 4 corresponds to abcd

aaaaaxxxxxxwyzzzzzxxxxx ------> 4 4 corresponds to xwyz

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Arithmetic Operators

Given an arithmetic expression containing '+', '-', '*' operators, generate a string by placing parenthesis in the given expression which will return the the maximum possible value of that expression.

eg: I/p -------> 8+4*2 O/p ------> ((8+4)*2) corresponding to a max value of 24

I/p -------> 5-8+7*4-8*9 O/p ------> (5 - ((8 + 7)*(4 - (8*9...

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Preparation

Duration:

5 months

Topics:

Data Structures and Algorithms, Machine Learning, Basics of Database Management System and Operating System, Aptitude.

Preparation Tip

Try to do as much as Data structures related questions as practice made a man perfect. If you have already done similar types of questions then you will get a solution approach very fastly during the interview. Also, Coding ninjas have a big hand in making my selection.