Media.net Interview Experience for Web Application Developer (Experienced)

I was interviewed for the role of Web Application Developer 2 at media.net. The entire process was online. I applied for the role from the Instahyre/ website. (at least that’s what I remember ;)). After a week, I got a call from HR that my resume is shortlisted and then interview rounds were scheduled. 

Round 1 (Coding Interview): The interview started with quick introductions and we straight away dived into coding problems. A total of 4 DSA problems were asked of me in this round.

• C1: Arrange elements in such a way that all occurrences of an element occur together. Elements should follow FCFS order. 
  • Input:  { 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 1 }, Output: { 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3 }
  • Input:  { 5, 4, 5, 5, 3, 1, 2, 2, 4 }, Output: { 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 3, 1, 2, 2 }
• C2: A variant of Search in a sorted array, https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/search-an-element-in-a-sorted-and-pivoted-array/
• I don’t remember the other 2 problems, they were also of easy-medium level. 
• You also need to provide time and space complexity for all the problems. 
• Total time: 1hr
• Cleared

Round 2 (Coding Interview):  Again started with quick introductions and we straight away dived into coding problems. A total of 2 DSA problems were asked of me in this round.

• C1: A variant of https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/distribute-n-candies-among-k-people/
  • Expected TC: O(nlogn)
• C2: A variant of https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/find-next-greater-number-set-digits/
  • Expected TC: O(N)
• Detailed discussions about the approach. 
• Total time: 1hr
• Cleared

Round 3 (Coding + Managerial Interview): A brief introduction and then we dived into coding problems. 

• C1: A variant of  https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/number-of-square-matrices-with-all-1s/
  • I started with the DFS approach but the interviewer was not happy with it. After some thought came another matrix traversal approach. 
  • Expected TC: O(n*m)
• Discussion about the personal projects that I have worked on. 
• Previous company work ( experienced )
• Few basic questions related to OS, DBMS, and Full Stack frameworks. 
• Why media.net?
• Cleared

Round 4 (HR): 

• General introductions
• Why media.net? etc.
• Salary negotiations ( I already had an offer )

After 2-3 days, I got a call about the offer. 🙂

Verdict: Selected

Tips: 

• Have a strong DSA base
• Through understanding the tech stack you are using ( logic part )
• Research about the company
• Basic understanding of OS, DBMS, and Networks.