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Puzzle: 4 people walk across a bridge with one lamp to share. At a time only two people can go over it. Time taken to cross the bridge by these four people: 1,2,5,10 mins. IF TWO PEOPLE WITH SPEEDS 2 AND 10 cross the bridge then the total time taken is 10 mins, i.e. of the slowest person. Calculate the shortest time taken to cross the bridge.
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Associate Software Engineer

Interviewed at HCLTech

3.5
Feb 29, 2012

Puzzle: 4 people walk across a bridge with one lamp to share. At a time only two people can go over it. Time taken to cross the bridge by these four people: 1,2,5,10 mins. IF TWO PEOPLE WITH SPEEDS 2 AND 10 cross the bridge then the total time taken is 10 mins, i.e. of the slowest person. Calculate the shortest time taken to cross the bridge.

I was asked to write a program that demonstrates the working of Gate Combinations (Digital Design). This was the most interesting that was posed to me. I was also asked some puzzles . One more question was printing a square matrix in spirtal order where order of matrix is given dynamically at run time.
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Associate Software Engineer

Interviewed at McAfee

3.7
Jan 14, 2014

I was asked to write a program that demonstrates the working of Gate Combinations (Digital Design). This was the most interesting that was posed to me. I was also asked some puzzles . One more question was printing a square matrix in spirtal order where order of matrix is given dynamically at run time.

What is a variable? What is the difference between "==" and "==="? List four of the OOP concepts and pick one and explain. Describe exception handling How does the NaN function work? Explain the difference between Method Overloading and Method Overriding - make sure to know everything about this one! What is a primary key in SQL? What is a schema? Describe types of data structures and give examples. Difference between class and object. Behavioral "Tell me about a time you had to improvise" "Tell me about your contributions in your last job" "Tell me about a conflict you had with your manager"
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Associate Software Engineer

Interviewed at Infosys

3.6
Mar 25, 2022

What is a variable? What is the difference between "==" and "==="? List four of the OOP concepts and pick one and explain. Describe exception handling How does the NaN function work? Explain the difference between Method Overloading and Method Overriding - make sure to know everything about this one! What is a primary key in SQL? What is a schema? Describe types of data structures and give examples. Difference between class and object. Behavioral "Tell me about a time you had to improvise" "Tell me about your contributions in your last job" "Tell me about a conflict you had with your manager"

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