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These were fairly straight forward ones- FizzBuzz, Fibonacci for coding problems, couple of bitwise operations with XOR, regex for US phone number, abt 50% theory questions like interface vs abstract classes and uses of generics and SOLID principles. One question were I messed up a bit was 'Write the api for System.out.println()'. I didn't fully understand the question, then the interviewer clarified. Essentially, he wanted me to write the classes and methods (ignoring the actual logic code) that would allow the user to write System.out.println(). I used inner class to implement it. Good luck. Less

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Thanks. I was contacted by the Sr.Director about 10 days after the interview and made the offer. Less

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public static void printValidMassage(){ String msg="204a6176617e"; String msg1=convertHextoChars(msg); boolean isValid=(msg1.startsWith(" ") && msg1.endsWith("~")) ? true : false; System.out.println(isValid); } private static String convertHextoChars(String hex) { StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(); for (int i=0; i Less

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I had the same experience. I was supposed to be interviewed by some Morgan Stanley person on 16th April 2020, then this Morgan Stanley person called me to reschedule the call. Then in evening, this person never showed his face in video conference & he also didn't seem to have proper technical understanding. I think his name was 'Dhaval' & I don't feel that he will select any person more capable. Less

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I also had the similar experience, I think either stupid people work here or stupid people come to take the interviews. Less

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I cranked this out in about 30 minutes. I believe it works quite well. I've also included the corresponding unit tests: file: Person.java ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- package Command; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.HashSet; import java.util.List; public class Person { Person father; Person mother; Gender gender; Integer age; List children; int level = 0; public enum Gender { Male, Female; } Person(Person dad, Person mom, Gender gender, int age, int level) { this.father = dad; this.mother = mom; this.gender = gender; this.age = age; this.level = level; } public void setChildren(List children) { this.children = children; } public void addChild(Person child) { this.children.add(child); } public List getOldestSisters () { // given the current person (self), determine parents // then get children of those parents // Determine gender of each child // Where they are female, get ages // return females with age > mine // Note: must check on both sides father/mother as there may be a mixed marriage // Combine list of children - Exclude YOU as you cannot be your own sister. // Use a set to eliminate duplicates. HashSet allChildren = new HashSet(); // Can't add null to a hashSet so screen for it. if ((father != null) && (father.children != null)){ allChildren.addAll(father.children); } if ((mother != null) && (mother.children != null)) { allChildren.addAll(mother.children); } // If you are not in this list, there is an issue! if (allChildren.contains(this)) { allChildren.remove(this); // System.out.println("Removing self from list."); } else { System.out.println("Error: You are not a child of your parents! Adopted?"); } // Filter down to only women and get any older than me: int myAge = this.age; List oldestSisters = new ArrayList(); for (Person child : allChildren) { if (child.gender == Gender.Female) { if (child.age > myAge) { oldestSisters.add(child); } } } return oldestSisters; } public List getGreatestAncestors() { if ((this.father == null) || (this.mother == null)) { return null; // You must have two parents to have ancestors } // Find root parents List myParents = getParents(this); return getElders(myParents); } private List getElders(List parents) { List elders = new ArrayList(); List myParents = new ArrayList(); boolean newElders = false; for (Person parent : parents) { myParents = getParents(parent); if (myParents.isEmpty()) { elders.add(parent); } else { elders.addAll(myParents); newElders = true; } } if (newElders == true) { return getElders(elders); } return elders; } private List getParents(Person person) { List parents = new ArrayList(); if (person.father != null) parents.add(person.father); if (person.mother != null) parents.add(person.mother); return parents; } } // For the above class, you basically have to implement 2 methods. // public List getOldestSisters() // public List getGreatestAncestors() Less

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package Command; import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach; import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach; import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*; class PersonTest { // Create grand parents Person grandFatherDad = new Person(null, null, Person.Gender.Male, 78, 1); Person grandMotherDad = new Person(null, null, Person.Gender.Female, 81, 1); Person grandFatherMom = new Person(null, null, Person.Gender.Male, 69,1); Person grandMotherMom = new Person(null, null, Person.Gender.Female, 89, 1); // Create parents / aunts and uncles Person father = new Person(grandFatherDad, grandMotherDad, Person.Gender.Male, 48, 2); Person mother = new Person(grandFatherMom, grandMotherMom, Person.Gender.Female, 47, 2); Person aunt1 = new Person(grandFatherMom, grandMotherMom, Person.Gender.Female, 47, 2); // Twin sis to mom Person aunt2 = new Person(grandFatherDad, grandMotherDad, Person.Gender.Female, 37, 2); Person uncle1= new Person(grandFatherDad, grandMotherDad, Person.Gender.Male, 35, 2); // Children (me and bros and sis) Person self = new Person(father, mother, Person.Gender.Male, 18, 3); Person brother1 = new Person(father, mother, Person.Gender.Male, 16, 3); Person sister1 = new Person(father, mother, Person.Gender.Female, 15, 3); Person sister2 = new Person(father, mother, Person.Gender.Female, 14, 3); @BeforeEach void setUp() { // Create children / sibling groups List children = new ArrayList(); children.add(father); children.add(aunt1); children.add(uncle1); grandFatherDad.setChildren(children); grandMotherDad.setChildren(children); children.clear(); children.add(mother); children.add(aunt2); grandFatherMom.setChildren(children); grandMotherMom.setChildren(children); children.clear(); children.add(self); children.add(brother1); // Dad had brother with other wife children.add(sister2); father.setChildren(children); // mom came with her own daughter from prior marriage children.clear(); children.add(self); children.add(sister1); children.add(sister2); mother.setChildren(children); } @AfterEach void tearDown() { } @Test void getOldestSisters() { // When there are no older sisters and I am male: //Person me = new Person(father, mother, Person.Gender.Male, 48); List olderSisters = null; olderSisters = self.getOldestSisters(); assertTrue(olderSisters.isEmpty(), "No older sisters."); // When there is one older sister and I am male Person sister3 = new Person(father, mother, Person.Gender.Female, 50, 3); mother.addChild(sister3); father.addChild(sister3); olderSisters = self.getOldestSisters(); assertTrue(olderSisters.contains(sister3)); assertTrue(olderSisters.size() == 1, "One older full sister."); // Youngest Sister has two older sisters (one full, one half) olderSisters.clear(); olderSisters = sister2.getOldestSisters(); assertTrue(olderSisters.contains(sister1)); assertTrue(olderSisters.contains(sister3)); assertTrue(olderSisters.size() == 2, "One older full, one older half"); } @Test void getGreatestAncestors() { List ancestors = self.getGreatestAncestors(); assertTrue(ancestors.size() == 4); assert(ancestors.contains(grandFatherDad)); assert(ancestors.contains(grandFatherMom)); assert(ancestors.contains(grandMotherDad)); assert(ancestors.contains(grandMotherMom)); ancestors = father.getGreatestAncestors(); assertTrue(ancestors.size() == 2); assert(ancestors.contains(grandFatherDad)); assert(ancestors.contains(grandMotherDad)); ancestors = mother.getGreatestAncestors(); assertTrue(ancestors.size() == 2); assert(ancestors.contains(grandFatherMom)); assert(ancestors.contains(grandMotherMom)); ancestors = grandFatherDad.getGreatestAncestors(); assertNull(ancestors, "getGreatestAncestors():Persons with no ancestors should return null."); } } Less

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Right, this is some kind of fraud being done by these companies to exploit the candidates & take their important details for own benefits. And I think Govt should take some actions on such processes. Less

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Well said & agree with you that it is not a worthy company to try for where people are wasting time of the candidates. Less

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public static void main(String[] args) { String[] arrPalindrom = new String[]{"test","tsest","view", "viv"}; for(String item: arrPalindrom) System.out.println(item + " is " + (isItemPalindrom(item)?"palindrom": "not palindrom")); } static boolean isItemPalindrom(String str){ if(str.equals(new StringBuilder(str).reverse().toString())){ return true; } return false; } Less

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I just created multiple threads giving one number to each, for simple implementation & just told that it is not the right & should use thread pooling to avoid multiple threads & he also didn't ask to try to use pool. He was complaining in the feedback that I created too many threads but he never asked me to optimize that also. Plus his ask was that all the numbers shouldn't be printed by a single thread & other threads are idle, so I printed via different threads. And it gave another point to reject & I am happy that I didn't give him even better solution to such people. Many interviewers use interviews to get the ideas or prepare for their own interviews with other companies, but till they get next offer letter such people try to avoid any competition in their current team. Less

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I just created multiple threads giving one number to each, for simple implementation & just told that it is not the right & should use thread pooling to avoid multiple threads & he also didn't ask to try to use pool. He was complaining in the feedback that I created too many threads but he never asked me to optimize that also. Plus his ask was that all the numbers shouldn't be printed by a single thread & other threads are idle, so I printed via different threads. And it gave another point to reject & I am happy that I didn't give him even better solution to such people. Many interviewers use interviews to get the ideas or prepare for their own interviews with other companies, but till they get next offer letter such people try to avoid any competition in their current team. Less