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Microsoft Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Interview

Posted May 24, 2012

No Offer – Interviewed in Bangalore (India) Mar 2012 – Reviewed May 24, 2012

Interview Details – Prepare algorithms well. Try to prove your error solving skills.

Interview Questions

  • In a sequence of alphabets (like aaabbddaabbcc) write a program to find the number of the consecutive alphabets in and print the alphabet and number.
    example :if input is aaabbddaabbcc then output should be 3a, 2b, 2d, 2a, 2b, 2c
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  • Write a program to find out in a sorted array the sum of any two numbers present in the array is closest to the a number given.

    if you have an array 4, 6, 8,24,36 and the given number is 31 then output should be 24 + 6 = 30
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