Thoughts of Praveen: zoho interview questions and answer

zoho Interview Questions

ROUND 1: WRITTEN

APTITUDE(1 hr and 20 minutes-20 questions): Problems on average, probability, time & distance, alligation&mixture,ratio, HCF & LCM and few a puzzles.

TECHNICAL(45 minutes-10 questions): Output for C questions. Practice questions in geekquiz.com and C output questions in geeksforgeeks.org. Questions in pointers, strings, matrix etc.

Nearly 60 students were selected out of 600 candidates. They didn’t select the top 60. They had a cutoff and those who cleared the cutoff were called for the next round

ROUND 2: SIMPLE CODING(3 hours)

1. Write a program to give the following output for the given input

Eg 1: Input: a1b10
       Output: abbbbbbbbbb
Eg: 2: Input: b3c6d15
          Output: bbbccccccddddddddddddddd
The number varies from 1 to 99.

2. Write a program to sort the elements in odd positions in descending order and elements in ascending order

Eg 1: Input: 13,2 4,15,12,10,5
        Output: 13,2,12,10,5,15,4
Eg 2: Input: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
        Output: 9,2,7,4,5,6,3,8,1

3. Write a program to print the following output for the given input. You can assume the string is of odd length

Eg 1: Input: 12345
       Output:
1       5
  2   4
    3
  2  4
1      5
Eg 2: Input: geeksforgeeks
         Output:
g                         s
  e                     k
    e                 e
      k             e
        s         g
          f      r
             o
          f     r
        s         g
      k             e
    e                 e
  e                      k
g                          s

4. Find if a String2 is substring of String1. If it is, return the index of the first occurrence. else return -1.

Eg 1:Input:
        String 1: test123string
         String 2: 123
        Output: 4
Eg 2: Input:
        String 1: testing12
        String 2: 1234 
        Output: -1

5. Given two sorted arrays, merge them such that the elements are not repeated

Eg 1: Input:
        Array 1: 2,4,5,6,7,9,10,13
        Array 2: 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,15
       Output:
       Merged array: 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,13,15

6. Using Recursion reverse the string such as

Eg 1: Input: one two three
      Output: three two one
Eg 2: Input: I love india
      Output: india love I

ROUND 3: COMPLEX CODING(3 hours)

1) Design a Call taxi booking application
-There are n number of taxi’s. For simplicity, assume 4. But it should work for any number of taxi’s.
-The are 6 points(A,B,C,D,E,F)
-All the points are in a straight line, and each point is 15kms away from the adjacent points.
-It takes 60 mins to travel from one point to another
-Each taxi charges Rs.100 minimum for the first 5 kilometers and Rs.10 for the subsequent kilometers.
-For simplicity, time can be entered as absolute time. Eg: 9hrs, 15hrs etc.
-All taxi’s are initially stationed at A.
-When a customer books a Taxi, a free taxi at that point is allocated
-If no free taxi is available at that point, a free taxi at the nearest point is allocated.
-If two taxi’s are free at the same point, one with lower earning is allocated
-Note that the taxi only charges the customer from the pickup point to the drop point. Not the distance it travels from an adjacent point to pickup the customer.
-If no taxi is free at that time, booking is rejected

Design modules for

1)    Call taxi booking 
Input 1:
Customer ID: 1
Pickup Point: A
Drop Point: B
Pickup Time: 9

Output 1:
Taxi can be allotted.
Taxi-1 is allotted

Input 2:
Customer ID: 2
Pickup Point: B
Drop Point: D
Pickup Time: 9

Output 1:
Taxi can be allotted.
Taxi-2 is allotted

(Note: Since Taxi-1 would have completed its journey when second booking is done, so Taxi-2 from nearest point A which is free is allocated)

Input 3:
Customer ID: 3
Pickup Point: B
Drop Point: C
Pickup Time: 12

Output 1:
Taxi can be allotted.
Taxi-1 is allotted

2) Display the Taxi details

Taxi No:    Total Earnings:
BookingID    CustomerID    From    To    PickupTime    DropTime    Amount
   
Output:
Taxi-1    Total Earnings: Rs. 400

1     1     A    B    9    10    200
3    3    B    C    12    13    200

Taxi-2 Total Earnings: Rs. 350
2    2    B    D    9    11    350

These were just sample inputs. It should work for any input that they give.
Those who finished both the modules within 3 hours and if it worked for all the inputs they give, those candidates were given extra modules to work with.

ROUND 4 : FIRST FACE-TO-FACE(TECHNICAL)

Questions were on project, c, oops concepts, DBMS and a few puzzles. They might ask you more on new scenarios relating to your project.

ROUND 5: SECOND FACE-TO-FACE(TECHNICAL)

Question were on c, c++, java(like threads, synchronization etc.), Discussion about questions from first, second and third round. He even asked me to solve a few questions from the first round. He gave me a few puzzles to solve

ROUND 6: FIRST GENERAL HR

General questions about my pros and cons and discussion on my resume(be thorough with your resume). She finally asked me if I had any queries.

ROUND 7: SECOND GENERAL HR

She asked me some family details and gave some scenarios and asked me to what I will do in such situations(like if I am given the power to change 3 things in india, what all will I change) and a few general questions.

ANSWER;

ROUND 2;

#include<stdio.h>

#include<string.h>

int main()

{

char a[100],t;

int i,j,x,f;

printf("Enter the string:");

scanf("%s",&a);

for(i=0;i<strlen(a);i=i+2)

{

t=a[i];

if((a[i+2]-48)>=0 && (a[i+2]-48)<=9)

{

int x;

x=((a[i+1]-48)*10)+(a[i+2]-48);

for(f=0;f<x;f++)

{

printf("%c",t);

}

i++;

}

else

{

for(j=0;j<a[i+1]-48;j++)

{

printf("%c",t);

}

return 0;

}

5)

#include<conio.h>

#include<string.h>

void main()

{

int a[100];

int i,j,s,temp;

clrscr();

printf("Enter the size of array:");

scanf("%d",&s);

for(i=0;i<s;i++)

{

scanf("%d",&a[i]);

}

for(i=0;i<s;i+=2)

{

for(j=i+2;j<s;j+=2)

{

if(a[i]<a[j])

{

temp=a[i];

a[i]=a[j];

a[j]=temp;

}

}

}

for(i=1;i<s;i+=2)

{

for(j=i+2;j<s;j+=2)

{

if(a[i]>a[j])

{

temp=a[i];

a[i]=a[j];

a[j]=temp;

}

}

}

printf("array");

for(i=0;i<s;i++)

{

printf(" \t%d",a[i]);

}

getch();

}

3)

#include<stdio.h>

#include<conio.h>

#include<string.h>

void main()

{

int i,j,l;

char a[100];

scanf("%s",&a);

l=strlen(a);

for(i=0;i<l;i++)

{

for(j=0;j<l;j++)

{

if(i==j)

{

printf("%c",a[i]);

}

else if(i+j==l-1 && i!=j)

{

printf("%c",a[i]);

}

else

{

printf(" ");

}

}

printf("\n");

}

getch();

}

6)

#include<stdio.h>

#include<conio.h>

#include<string.h>

void main()

{

char a[1000];

int i,j,count=0;

clrscr();

gets(a);

for(i=strlen(a)-1;i>=0;i--)

{

 count=count+1;

 if(a[i]==' '|| i==0)

{

  for(j=i;j<=i+count;j++)

{

  printf("%c",a[j]);

}

 count=0;

}

}

getch();

}

Round 3

#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
#include<math.h>
#define pf printf
#define c() clrscr()

int check2(char,int);
int check_picpnt(char,int);
int booking();
void details();
int static id;
char dist[6]={'A','B','C','D','E','F'};           /* pick up points */
struct taxi{
     int index;                              /*for each customer*/
     char pic_pnt[10];
     char drp_pnt[10],cur_pos;                   /* struct variables */
     int str_time[10],cust_id[10],end_time[10];
     int wage[10],t_wage;
}t[5];

void main()                                      /* main function */
{
c();
for(int i=0;i<5;i++)
{                                              /* initial position allot */
t[i].cur_pos='A';
}
menu:
pf("\t\t\t\tWELCOME TO TAXI BOOKING");
pf("\n\n\n\n\n\t\t MENU");                    /* front page */
pf("\n\n\n\t\t\t1.TAXI BOOKING");
pf("\n\t\t\t2.DETAILS\n");
pf("\t\t\t3.EXIT\n");
int opt;
pf("\n\n\t\t\tEnter your option:");
scanf("%d",&opt);
switch(opt)
{
   case 1:
   booking();                               /* calling respective functions */
   c();
   goto menu;
   case 2:
   details();
   getch();
   c();
   goto menu;
   case 3:
   break;
   default:
   pf("Wrong option!!!");
   getch();
   c();
   goto menu;
}
getch();
}

int booking()
{                                             /*booking function,second page*/
c();
char p_pnt,d_pnt;
int tme,wag,taxi=0;
pf("\t\t\tbooking menu");
pf("\n\ncustomer_id %d",++id);
pf("\n\npickup_pnt:");
getchar();
scanf("%c",&p_pnt);                          /* getting booking details from user using temp variables */
pf("\ndrop_pnt:");
getchar();
scanf("%c",&d_pnt);
pf("\ntime:");
getchar();
scanf("%d",&tme);
taxi=check_picpnt(p_pnt,tme);            /* checking taxi availability by calling function */
if(taxi!=777)
{
int x=t[taxi].index;
pf("\n\ntaxi %d is alloted",taxi+1);      /* Assigning details to struct variables if function return respective taxis */
pf("\n\nthank for booking");                   /* display alloted taxi number */
int cost=((abs(p_pnt-d_pnt)*15)-5)*10+100; /* calculating cost based on distance*/
t[taxi].pic_pnt[x]=p_pnt;
t[taxi].drp_pnt[x]=d_pnt;
t[taxi].cust_id[x]=id;
t[taxi].wage[x]=cost;
t[taxi].cur_pos=d_pnt;
t[taxi].t_wage=t[taxi].t_wage+cost;
t[taxi].end_time[x]=abs(p_pnt-d_pnt)+tme; /*calculating taxi free time */
t[taxi].str_time[x]=tme;
t[taxi].index++;                    /*increasing for each customer*/
}
else
{pf("\n\nOOPs failed");}            /* taxi is not available*/
getch();
return 0;
}

int check_picpnt(char pic_pnt,int p_tme) /*function to check the pick point*/
{
int flag=0,min=10000,min_ind,get;      /* set the value for min*/
for(int i=0;i<5;i++)
{
if(pic_pnt==t[i].cur_pos) /*check the pickpoint of the customer with the current position of the taxi*/
{
   if(t[i].end_time[(t[i].index-1)]<=p_tme)     /* check the previously allocated time of the customer with the current customer*/
     {
          if(t[i].t_wage<min) /* calculate the minimium wage who earned that day */
          {
          min=t[i].t_wage;
          min_ind=i;/* assigning the minimum index*/
          flag=1;
          }
     }
}
}
if(flag==1)
{return (min_ind);} /*returning the respective taxi index to the booking function */

if(flag==0) /*if the taxi is not in that current position*/
{
    for(int j=0;j<6;j++) /*getting the index of the pick point */
      {
       if(pic_pnt==dist[j])
       {get=j;
       }
      }
     int k,m,m1,indx,indx1;
for(j=get-1,k=get+1;j>=0||k<=6;j--,k++) /* checking both the sides of the pickpoint if the taxi is available or not*/
    {
      if(j>=0)
      {
          indx=check2(dist[j],p_tme);/* passing the neighbour value and pick up time */
          if(indx!=-1)
          m=t[indx].t_wage; /* storing the minimum wage in that current point */
          else
          m=10000;
      }
     if(k<=6)
      {
       indx1=check2(dist[k],p_tme); /* passing the neighbour value and pick up time */
          if(indx1!=-1)
          m1=t[indx1].t_wage; /* storing the minimum wage in that current point */
          else
          m1=10000;
     }
     if(m1!=10000||m!=10000) /* if both wages of taxi is same then return the lowest index of taxi */
      {
          if(m<m1)
                 {return (indx);}
          else if(m>m1)
                   {return (indx1);}
          else
          {
          if(indx<indx1)
                 {return (indx);}
          else
          {return (indx1);}
          }
     }
   }
}
return(777);/*returning the error code if no taxi is availble*/
}

int check2(char pic_pnt,int p_tme)
/*function to check the pick point*/
{
int flag=0,min=10000,min_ind,get; /* set the value for min*/
for(int i=0;i<5;i++)
{
if(pic_pnt==t[i].cur_pos)   /*check the pickpoint of the customer with the current position of the taxi*/
{
    if(t[i].end_time[(t[i].index-1)]<=p_tme)   /* check the previously allocated time of the customer with the current customer*/
    {
     if(t[i].t_wage<min) /* calculate the minimium wage who earned that day */
      {
          min=t[i].t_wage;
          min_ind=i;       /*assigning minimum index*/
          flag=1;
      }
   }
}
}
if(flag==1)
{return (min_ind);}
if(flag==0)            /*returning minimum index to booking function*/
{return (-1);}
return 0;
}
void details()
{
   int i,j;
   pf("\t\t\t\tBOOKING DETAILS");
   for(i=0;i<3;i++)
   {
     pf("\n\nTaxi %d details",i+1);   /*print the details based on taxi*/
      pf("\nTotal wage:%d",t[i].t_wage);
     pf("\nc_id p_pnt d_pnt s_tm e_tm   wage\n");
     for(j=0;j<3;j++)/*print the details based on cust id*/
     {
       pf("%d      %c      %c    %d     %d     %d ",t[i].cust_id[j],t[i].pic_pnt[j],
          t[i].drp_pnt[j],t[i].str_time[j],t[i].end_time[j],t[i].wage[j]);
       pf("\n");
     }
   }
}

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