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[Microsoft] Find Top 3 Racing Horses from 25 Horses on 5 Tracks !!

2008-10-02T22:31:00.004+05:30

BackgroundThis is the most interesting puzzle I've seen till date and It was asked in campus interview of NIT Kurukshetra by Microsoft India Development Center. Luckily my friend could solve it and get into Microsoft.Problem DefinitionThere are 5 Racing Tracks in a Ranch and you are given 25 horses. You have to find 3 fastest horses (considering there is no tie between any two horses) by

[ST Microelectronics] Code to find if a Machine is Little Endian or Big Endian.

2008-09-30T18:11:00.002+05:30

BackgroundOne of my junior who is working with ST Microelectronics, Noida was asked this question in her interview. I am describing my approach to solve this question.Fundamentals First"Computer architecture supports two different memory storage techniques based on order of bytes in which data is stored in memory". e.g. In a two byte number 0xC06E'C0' is Most Significant Byte (MSB) of this

[Adobe] Define a macro for Intersecting Rectangles or Overlapping Rectangles

2008-09-28T10:42:00.015+05:30

BackgroundThis question is a frequently asked question in written tests conducted by Adobe. This question was sent to me by two of my close friends, one of them could easily make it to Adobe and is working with Adobe Noida now.Problem DefinitionIn a Plane, If you are given co-ordinates of upper left corner and lower right corner of two rectangles, you need to write a #define macro which returns

[Google] Reverse A Given String without reversing Words in It!!

2008-09-27T11:54:00.005+05:30

BackgroundGone are the days when Software companies used to ask questions like - write a function to reverse a given string. With increasing number of websites like this, providing solution to every other question asked in interviews, Companies are always going on step ahead in phrasing their questions to the candidate facing the interview. This one is a nice example of the same and was asked

[D E Shaw] Difference between GET And POST!!

2008-09-27T11:15:00.008+05:30

BackgroundThis seems to be a very popular question for any web development interview to judge the basic knowledge of the candidate. To my surprise, when I was having my face to face interviews with D E Shaw, Hyderabad, I faced three different interviewers that day and this question was asked by all three of them. I was not very comfortable in answering this question and when I came back, Google

[Amazon] Cycle in a Linked List!!

2008-09-27T01:38:00.003+05:30

BackgroundOne of my subordinates applied for a job at Amazon, Hyderabad and he got a call for telephonic interview. According to him, Telephonic interview of Amazon is quiet easy where they do not look for depth in a particular technology. They rather cover Operating Systems, Databases, Web Technologies, OOPs and see the breadth of knowledge a candidate has. He requested me to allow him to give

[D E Shaw] One to One Mapping of wrestlers!!

2008-09-26T20:09:00.000+05:30

BackgroundI attended an interview at D E Shaw last year and during face-to-face interview they usually have a puzzles round where they give you a puzzle and ask you to device an algorithm for solving it. I could not solve this particular problem during my interview but later on i kept thinking about it and now, I feel I've got a solution to this problem.Problem DefinitionThere are two groups of

[Lime Spot Technology] Telephonic Interview

2008-09-25T19:52:00.001+05:30

Recently, I attended telephonic interview with LimeSpot Technology India Pvt. Ltd. (Noida). This was an hour long interview and below is the list of questions asked.There was no introduction round.Straight away I was asked following questions in given order:[Interviewer]: Briefly explain the projects you have mentioned in your resume!![ME]: I was not having my resume with me so just honestly told

[Microsoft] First non repeated character in a string!

2008-09-24T22:39:00.000+05:30

Background This is a question which usually gets asked in many programming interviews. One of my friends was asked this question in his Microsoft Interview and he answered it. Here is his experience in my words.Tip!! When you face such question in interview, never hesitate to mention the solution that seems obvious to you.Obvious SolutionStarting with first character of string, keep comparing

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2007-10-24T11:37:00.000+05:30

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