Groww Interview Experience for Fresher SDE - Intern, Oct 2020

Posted: 11 May 2021

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Interview Rounds

Application Process

Round 1

Round 2

Interview Process

Online Coding Test

Moderate

Duration:

90 minutes

Interview-Date:

12 Oct 2020

Problems:

A 24 hour window was given to us and we can attempt the test anytime in between. It included 2 coding questions. One was easy-medium level and the other one was hard. Along with this 7 debugging MCQ's were given, however they were easy.

Minimum steps to reach target by a Knight

You have been given a square chessboard of size ‘N x N’. The position coordinates of the Knight and the position coordinates of the target are also given.

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Minimum and Maximum Cost to buy N Candies

Ram went to a specialty candy store in Ninjaland which has 'N' candies with different costs.

Try Problem

Preparation

Duration:

3 months

Topics:

C++, Data Structures, Algorithms, Graph and Trees, Operating Systems, Object Oriented Programming, Database Management System

Preparation Tip

Tip 1 : Your basics should be very clear about data structures and algorithms.
Tip 2 : Try to solve questions in a specific time frame. Also dry run your code with custom test cases, try to find the edge cases.
Apart from this try analyzing the time and space complexity of your solution.
Tip 3 : Take a look at editorials after solving the questions as it can give you a better approach to the problem.
Tip 4 : Don't neglect subjects like OOP's, DBMS and OS. Interviews ask few questions from here as well.

Application Process

Where:

Campus

Eligibility:

Above 7 CGPA

Resume Tip

Tip 1 : Do not fake any skills, projects or achievements. The interviewer gets to know about it by asking questions to you.
Tip 2 : Have at-least one good project on resume with all the details like technologies used and purpose.
Tip 3 : Don't write achievements which doesn't relate to your role. Write achievements which shows communication skills, leadership or teamwork.

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