Zolo Digital Marketing Associate Interview Questions and Answers

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Q1. 
0/1 Knapsack Problem Statement
A thief is planning to rob a store and can carry a maximum weight of 'W' in his knapsack. The store contains 'N' items where the ith item has a weight of 'wi' and a value of...read more
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Yes, the 0/1 Knapsack problem can be solved using dynamic programming with a space complexity of not more than O(W).
• Use a 1D array to store the maximum value that can be stolen for each weight capacity from 0 to W.

• Iterate through each item and update the array based on whether including the item would increase the total value.

• The final value in the array at index W will be the maximum value that can be stolen.
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Q2. 
Find the Second Largest Element
Given an array or list of integers 'ARR', identify the second largest element in 'ARR'.
If a second largest element does not exist, return -1.
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Find the second largest element in an array of integers.
• Iterate through the array to find the largest and second largest elements.

• Handle cases where all elements are identical.

• Return -1 if a second largest element does not exist.
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Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

System Design Round

Q1. Design a system for Twitter, discussing its architecture, key components, and scalability considerations.
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Design a scalable system for Twitter with key components and architecture.
• Use microservices architecture for scalability and fault isolation.

• Key components include user service, tweet service, timeline service, and notification service.

• Use a distributed database like Cassandra for storing tweets and user data.

• Implement a message queue like Kafka for handling real-time updates and notifications.

• Use a caching layer like ...read more
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Round duration - 30 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

It is just a formality

Q1. Build an sample app server with express.js
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Build a sample app server using express.js
• Install express.js using npm

• Create a new express app

• Set up routes and middleware

• Start the server to listen on a specific port
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Q2. How do you make connection with database in your project
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Q3. Write multer middleware code.
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Multer is a middleware for handling multipart/form-data, used for file uploads in Node.js.
• Install multer package using npm: npm install multer

• Require multer in your Node.js file: const multer = require('multer')

• Set up multer middleware with desired options: const upload = multer({ dest: 'uploads/' })

• Use the upload middleware in your route handler to process file uploads
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2 Graph question of leetcode

Q1. DSA Questions of leetcode
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Q2. DSA Questions
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Easy to medium questions, Questions on DSA and Node.js.

Q1. Valid parenthesis
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Q2. Three sum problem
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The three sum problem involves finding unique triplets in an array that sum to zero.
• Sort the array to simplify finding triplets.

• Use a loop to fix one element and apply two-pointer technique for the rest.

• Skip duplicates to ensure unique triplets.

• Example: For array [-1, 0, 1, 2, -1, -4], the triplets are [-1, -1, 2], [-1, 0, 1].
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Q1. The hr scheduled a call with the analytics manager ,who asked about my experience and general details ,some background about projects and previous work ,why this job etc .30-40 minutes conversation.
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Q2. Just a casual brief conversation
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Q1. Second round was with a senior analyst ,who asked 5-6 sql related questions , problems to solve etc ,tables to create ,joins ,window functions etc basic sql
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Q2. Very friendly interviewer , you are allowed to google the syntax
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Q1. Another round with the analytics head , case study ,problem solving ,logical reasoning etc.
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Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

The round consisted of 2 coding Problems and it lasted for 60 minutes from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM on Hackerearth.
Use of other IDEs was prohibited and video was on.

Q1. 
Implement indexOf Function
You are provided with two strings A and B. Your task is to find the index of the first occurrence of A within B. If A is not found in B, return -1.
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Input:
A = "bc", ...read more
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Implement a function to find the index of the first occurrence of one string within another string.
• Iterate through the second string and check if a substring of the same length as the first string matches the first string.

• Return the index of the first occurrence of the first string within the second string, or -1 if not found.

• Handle edge cases like empty strings or when the first string is longer than the second string...read more
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Q2. 
Problem: Search In Rotated Sorted Array
Given a sorted array that has been rotated clockwise by an unknown amount, you need to answer Q queries. Each query is represented by an integer Q[i], and you must ...read more
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Search for integers in a rotated sorted array efficiently.
• Implement binary search to find the target integer in the rotated array.

• Handle the rotation by checking which side of the array is sorted before performing binary search.

• Return the index of the target integer if found, else return -1.

• Time complexity of O(logN) is required for each query.
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Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

The round was conducted on Google Meet with 2 interviewers . They were friendly and helpful.
The timing was 12:00 to 1:00 PM.
Our Video was on .

Q1. 
Distinct Subsequences Problem Statement
You are given a string 'S' of length 'N' which may include duplicate alphabets. Your goal is to calculate the number of distinct subsequences in the string.
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Calculate the number of distinct subsequences in a string with possible duplicates.
• Use dynamic programming to keep track of the count of distinct subsequences for each character in the string.

• Consider the cases where the current character is included or excluded in the subsequence.

• Handle duplicates by considering the previous occurrence of the character.

• Return the count of distinct subsequences modulo 10^9 + 7.
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Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

This was a Behavioral Round. It lasted for 45-50 minutes. It consisted of a discussion on my projects. The interviewer was very impressed by the way I explained my projects. She even appreciated me for that. This was followed by normal HR questions .Timing of This round was 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

In test I had to solve 3 dsa questions in 1 hour

Q1. I have asked 2 DSA questions in my interview
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Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA) questions assess problem-solving skills and coding proficiency.
• Understand the problem statement clearly before attempting to solve it.

• Break down the problem into smaller, manageable parts.

• Consider edge cases and how they might affect your solution.

• Optimize your solution for time and space complexity.

• Practice common DSA patterns like sliding window, two pointers, and recursion.
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