Introduction

In this blog post, we'll share the most commonly asked coding interview questions at Dream11. If you don't have months to study for your interviews, you can use AI tools like Chatmagic to generate solutions quickly and efficiently - helping you pass the interviews and get the job offer!

Problem #1: Minimum Number of Increments on Subarrays to Form a Target Array

You are given an integer array target. You have an integer array initial of the same size as target with all elements initially zeros. In one operation you can choose any subarray from initial and increment each value by one. Return the minimum number of operations to form a target array from initial. The test cases are generated so that the answer fits in a 32-bit integer. Example 1: Input: target = [1,2,3,2,1] Output: 3 Explanation: We need at least 3 operations to form the target array from the initial array. [0,0,0,0,0] increment 1 from index 0 to 4 (inclusive). [1,1,1,1,1] increment 1 from index 1 to 3 (inclusive). [1,2,2,2,1] increment 1 at index 2. [1,2,3,2,1] target array is formed. Example 2: Input: target = [3,1,1,2] Output: 4 Explanation: [0,0,0,0] -> [1,1,1,1] -> [1,1,1,2] -> [2,1,1,2] -> [3,1,1,2] Example 3: Input: target = [3,1,5,4,2] Output: 7 Explanation: [0,0,0,0,0] -> [1,1,1,1,1] -> [2,1,1,1,1] -> [3,1,1,1,1] -> [3,1,2,2,2] -> [3,1,3,3,2] -> [3,1,4,4,2] -> [3,1,5,4,2]. Constraints: 1 <= target.length <= 105 1 <= target[i] <= 105

Topics: Array, Dynamic Programming, Stack, Greedy, Monotonic Stack

Problem #2: 3Sum

Given an integer array nums, return all the triplets [nums[i], nums[j], nums[k]] such that i != j, i != k, and j != k, and nums[i] + nums[j] + nums[k] == 0. Notice that the solution set must not contain duplicate triplets. Example 1: Input: nums = [-1,0,1,2,-1,-4] Output: [[-1,-1,2],[-1,0,1]] Explanation: nums[0] + nums[1] + nums[2] = (-1) + 0 + 1 = 0. nums[1] + nums[2] + nums[4] = 0 + 1 + (-1) = 0. nums[0] + nums[3] + nums[4] = (-1) + 2 + (-1) = 0. The distinct triplets are [-1,0,1] and [-1,-1,2]. Notice that the order of the output and the order of the triplets does not matter. Example 2: Input: nums = [0,1,1] Output: [] Explanation: The only possible triplet does not sum up to 0. Example 3: Input: nums = [0,0,0] Output: [[0,0,0]] Explanation: The only possible triplet sums up to 0. Constraints: 3 <= nums.length <= 3000 -105 <= nums[i] <= 105

Topics: Array, Two Pointers, Sorting