Online Assessment Round

The online assessment was conducted on HackerRank and lasted for one hour. This round included 10 questions, out of which nine were multiple-choice questions (MCQs) focused on mental ability and computer science fundamentals. The final question was a coding challenge centred on arrays and strings.

• MCQs: These questions tested basic concepts in data structures, algorithms, and general mental ability and CS fundamentals.
• Coding Question: The coding problem was of medium to hard difficulty, comparable to problems you might find on LeetCode. It required a solid understanding of arrays and string manipulation.

I managed to complete the nine MCQs in about half an hour, which allowed me to dedicate the remaining time to the coding question. After thorough debugging and testing, I was able to solve the coding problem as well.

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