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SDE - Intern

DE Shaw India

2 rounds | 3 Coding problems

Vaishali Thakur

Fresher | Dec 2020

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Interview preparation journey

Preparation

Duration: 5 months

Topics: DSA, Arrays, linked list, recursion, trees, graphs,greedy algorithms, dynamic programming

Tip

Tip 1 : try to keep only those things in resume on which you have very good command and you should be able to answer all of the questions(upto moderate level) related to your technical skills
Tip 2 : mention your projects with brief description, try avoiding very high level description because some times reader might not be able to understand your work, keep it descriptive and understandable

Application process

Where: Campus

Eligibility: above 6.5 cgpa, no backlogs

Resume tip

Tip 1 : major team project is helpful
Tip 2 : list down only the related achievements with the role you are applying for

Interview rounds

Round

Medium

Online Coding Interview

Duration60 minutes

Interview date5 Dec 2020

Problems2

Find the lone set bit

You are given a single non-negative integer ‘N’ who’s binary representation co...

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Count Ways To Reach The N-th Stairs

You have been given a number of stairs. Initially, you are at the 0th stair, and you need to reach the Nth stair. Each t...

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Round

Hard

HR Round

Duration40 minutes

Interview date20 Dec 2020

Problems1

Basic HR Questions

What are your future goals? Tell me about your short term and long-term goals.

What motivates you?

Problem approach

Tip 1 : try to be optimistic and answer all the questions in a positive manner
Tip 2 : answer these kind of questions with positive intent and try to look at the brighter side of any situation
Tip 3 : express yourself with honesty; your body language should look compatible with what you are speaking and trying to convey to the other person