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Agoda Full Stack Engineer Interview Experience

Round 1: DSA Round

Questions:

  1. In a game, each plane has a starting position above the ground level and a speed at which it is descending. The player character has a gun that can shoot one aircraft each second. The game will end if any plane lands. Determine the maximum number of planes that can be prevented from landing.
  2. A robot has to start from a matrix from the top left corner (0,0) and it has obstructions in the matrix (denoted by 1). Find the number of ways it can reach the bottom right cell (n-1,m-1). It can only move right and down.
Candidate's Approach

No approach provided.

Interviewer's Feedback

No feedback provided.


Round 2: Tool/Tech Explanation and Machine Coding

Questions: The interviewer asked the candidate to explain a tool/tech being used in their current project in a simple manner, as if explaining to a child. Following that, the candidate was asked to code a flashcard.

Candidate's Approach

The candidate explained the tool/tech properly but struggled with the machine coding part, specifically with creating the flashcard due to a lack of fundamentals.

Interviewer's Feedback

The candidate recognized the need to strengthen their basics and viewed the experience as an opportunity for improvement.