Samsung interview questions
Online test → Technical → HR·57% entry level
CS fundamentals
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What is the difference between a process and a thread?
Explain the Producer-Consumer problem.
What is the difference between TCP and UDP?
What is the difference between SQL and NoSQL databases?
Difference between method overriding and method overloading
Explain CPU scheduling algorithms.
Implement your own sizeof operator in C.
Explain the memory layout of a C program.
Explain different CPU scheduling algorithms
What is a virtual function in C++?
Explain the layers of the OSI model
What is thrashing in operating systems?
What is a kernel in an operating system?
Differentiate between mutex and semaphore
What is Inter Process Communication (IPC)?
How do threads communicate with each other?
What is the difference between hashmap and map?
Explain the difference between semaphore and mutex.
What is the difference between Structure and Class?
What is polymorphism in object-oriented programming?
Explain the OSI model and the function of each layer.
Explain the Singleton Design Pattern and how it is implemented.
DSA
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Implement Merge Sort algorithm.
Print the top view of a binary tree
Print the left view of a binary tree
Detect and remove a loop in a linked list
Convert a given binary tree into a sum tree.
Find the closest leaf to a given node in a binary tree
Explain the KMP (Knuth-Morris-Pratt) string matching algorithm.
Implement a queue using two stacks
Perform level order traversal of a binary tree
Find the largest prime factor of a given number.
Check whether a given number is an Armstrong Number
Convert a given binary tree to a sum tree
Find the longest increasing subsequence in an array.
Find the Longest Palindromic Substring in a given string.
Remove all keys from a BST that lie outside a given range
Find the Lowest Common Ancestor (LCA) of two nodes in a tree.
Find the shortest path in a binary matrix where 1 represents a path and 0 represents a blockage.
Given a binary tree, replace the value of each node with the sum of values of all nodes in its subtree excluding the node itself
Convert a binary tree into a Sum Tree where each node contains the sum of the values of its left and right subtrees in the original tree.
Find the sum of cousins of a given node in a Binary Tree.
Burst Balloons (maximize coins by bursting balloons in optimal order)
Reverse a linked list.
Reverse a singly linked list
Implement a stack using a linked list
Print the right view of a binary tree
Find the missing number in an arithmetic progression
Puzzles
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Fill numbers from 1 to 8 in 8 boxes such that no two consecutive numbers are adjacent horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
Minimum cut puzzle.
Torch and bridge puzzle.
System design
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Design an ATM security system
Design an LRU (Least Recently Used) cache.
Discuss how you would design a smart city.
Aptitude
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Find the next number in a given sequence.
Estimate the volume of the room you are sitting in.
Explain and solve the Monty Hall probability problem
Behavioural
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What new applications can you envision for machine learning in mobile security?
What will you do if you are given work outside your primary domain?
Effect of smartphones on human interaction
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What questions does Samsung ask?
Candidate interview reports most often cover CS fundamentals (49%) and DSA (43%).
How many rounds does Samsung interview have?
Candidate interview reports show an average of 3.1 rounds per experience, with a typical sequence of Online test → Technical → HR. Individual interview paths can vary.
Is the Samsung interview hard?
Among questions with a reported difficulty, the mix is easy 43%, medium 50%, hard 7%.