1. Name

Ayush Maurya

  1. College

MANIT, Bhopal

  1. Linkedin Profile

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayush5556/

  1. CV/Resume

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  1. CGPA at the time of Selection

9.92

  1. Company Appeared For

D.E Shaw

  1. Placement Profile

Summer Internship

  1. Mode of Online Assessment

Online

  1. Online Assessment Difficulty (out of 5)

5

  1. Online Assessment Round Questions

Expand The Online Assessment consisted of 3 leetcode medium to hard questions.

  1. Mode of Interview(s)

Mixed (Please elaborate in Interview Experience Below)

  1. Number of Interview Rounds

3 ( 2 Technical + 1 HR) rounds

  1. Interview Experience

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Round 1 - Technical - Online The first round started with an introduction about me. This was followed by 3 question related to dsa/cp. First question was a codeforces div2 B/C level question. The question asked to find the minimum number of moves required to make all the elements in the array unique. In one move you can increase the value of any element by 1. The 2nd question was a dynamic programming question based on kanpsack pattern. Given a set of doors. Behind each door is some amount of gold and each door has a number written on it. If you choose a door with number 5 then you can pick gold from the next 5 doors. Find the maximum amound of gold you can pick. The 3rd question was a situation based dsa question. I was required to find a suitable data structure to use in the situtation and explain my reasoning behind the choice. After the dsa question i was asked to discuss a project from my resume. The 4th question was a OOPs question to model the realtion between batsmen, bowler and all rounder using classes. Since i used c++. They asked me about the diamond problem. The next few questions were about operating systems. The question were about context switching, system call etc.

Round 2 - Technical - Offline The first and only dsa question in this round was Sum of subarray minimums. The question was followed by questions from operating system concepts deadlock, seamaphore, and computer networking topics such as network congestion and dns. This was followed by a behavioural question about how i would resolve conflicts within a team, how would i manage a task with a short deadline and some question regarding things from my resume.

Round 3 - HR - round The HR asked my about my CP ratings on various platforms. Why would i like to join DE shaw and certain other behavioural questions.

  1. Level of Difficulty of Interview(s)

4

  1. Tips/Sources for Interview Preparation

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  1. Were Society Position of Responsibility given any Importance?

No

  1. Did the Interviewer(s) Focus on asking questions from CV/Resume

Yes

  1. Were the interview questions relevant to the JD Circulated? (if applicable)

Yes

  1. Any other relevant information

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Verdict: Selected

I would advise to regularly give contest on various coding platform to improve dsa and logical skills. This also helps to figure out solutions in a time constrained manner.