JP Morgan interview questions
Online test → Technical → Technical → HR
DSA
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Given a binary string, count the number of substrings that start and end with 1
Maximise Pair Count
Count Binary Substrings
Detect a cycle in a graph.
Discover the nth prime number.
Solve the Josephus problem (modified variant).
Job Sequencing Problem with Deadlines and Profits
Explain the Bellman-Ford algorithm and its use cases.
Merge overlapping intervals given a list of intervals
Merge overlapping intervals given a collection of intervals.
Find the maximum sum k x k sub-matrix in a given n x n matrix
Find whether there is a path between two given cells in a matrix.
Given a collection of intervals, merge all overlapping intervals.
Find the next permutation (next larger number) of a given sequence.
Explain AVL tree and demonstrate insertion of elements from 1 to 10.
Print a given matrix in spiral form (including non-square matrices).
Given an array, sort it without using any built-in sorting functions.
CS fundamentals
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Explain the Naive Bayes algorithm.
Explain Support Vector Machines (SVM).
Explain the difference between an exception and an error in Java.
Explain Machine Learning in very simple and intuitive terms so that a non-technical person can understand it.
How does Gradient Boosting work?
Explain the B-Tree data structure.
Explain the DBSCAN clustering algorithm.
What are the new features introduced in HTML5?
What steps should you take to fix data biases?
Explain decorators in Python. How do they work?
Explain the K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) algorithm.
Explain Support Vector Machines and soft-margin SVMs.
What is the use of interceptors in Java applications?
Why does logistic regression require feature scaling?
Explain the concept of regression in Machine Learning.
Explain the working and internal structure of a hash map.
Explain basic graph data structures and their applications
Explain call and put options with an example or case study.
Write a SQL query to delete duplicate records from a table.
How would you describe map-reduce programming to a developer?
Is multiple inheritance a good practice? If not, explain why.
Explain the difference between shallow copy and deep copy in C++.
Write a SQL query to find the second highest salary from a table.
Explain deep learning and discuss CNN layers and their parameters.
How does a priority queue work and what are its time complexities?
What are profilers, and how can they be used or implemented in Java?
Explain deep learning concepts and parameters involved in CNN layers.
How do ridge regression and lasso regression differ from one another?
How do you handle exceptions thrown during the call of a constructor?
Behavioural
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Describe something you learned from a recent mistake.
How would you explain a subject to a friend who is struggling to understand it?
How would you handle a situation where you are unable to communicate effectively?
Aptitude
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Calculate the square root of one billion mentally.
How many times should a fair dice be rolled to get a 3?
If a fair coin is flipped 10 times, what is the expected number of occurrences of "HH"?
System design
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Design a restaurant management system.
How do you design a REST API to make it secure?
How can you perform asynchronous REST API calls in Java?
Design appropriate class structures for a notepad-like application.
How would you design a system to tally votes from election ballots?
Puzzles
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How can you measure exactly 45 minutes using two identical wires?
You are given two hourglasses that measure 7 minutes and 4 minutes respectively. How can you measure exactly 9 minutes using them?
Given 10 bags of coins where one bag contains fake coins of different weight, how do you identify the fake bag using a weighing scale?
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What questions does JP Morgan ask?
Candidate interview reports most often cover DSA (39%) and CS fundamentals (38%).
How many rounds does JP Morgan interview have?
Candidate interview reports show an average of 3.0 rounds per experience, with a typical sequence of Online test → Technical → Technical → HR. Individual interview paths can vary.
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Among questions with a reported difficulty, the mix is easy 41%, medium 54%, hard 5%.