Athena Health Sample Interview Questions

Interview Process :
1. Analytical Test(1hr duration)
2. Programming Test (1hr duration)
3. Technical Interviews (2-3rounds)
4. ! Interview
Round 1:
1) " #eo#le were in a #arty and were seated in a circular manner. I$ each
o$ the two #resent in the #arty% e&ce#t the #airs that were ad'acent%sang a
song and I$ a song lasted $or 2 mins and 2( mins was ta)en $or singing the
songs% *nd ".
2) +et,s #lay a game o$ !ussian roulette. -ou are tied to your chair and
can,t get u#. ere,s a gun. ere,s the .arrel o$ the gun% si& cham.ers% all
em#ty. "ow watch me as I #ut a single .ullet in the gun. I close the .arrel
and s#in it. I #ut a gun to your head and #ull the trigger. /lic). +uc)y you0
"ow I,m going to #ull the trigger one more time. 1hich would you #re$er%
that I s#in the .arrel *rst% or that I 'ust #ull the trigger
3) 2ive #irates discover a chest $ull o$ 133 gold coins. The #irates are
ran)ed .y their
years o$ service% Pirate 45 having *ve years o$ service% Pirate 44 $our
years% and so on down to Pirate 41 with only one year o$ dec) scru..ing
under his .elt. To divide u# the loot% they agree on the $ollowing6
The most senior #irate will #ro#ose a distri.ution o$ the .ooty. All #irates
will then
vote% including the most senior #irate% and i$ at least 537 o$ the #irates on
.oard acce#t
the #ro#osal% the gold is divided as #ro#osed. I$ not% the most senior #irate
is $orced to
wal) the #lan) and sin) to 8avy 9ones, loc)er. Then the #rocess starts over
with the
ne&t most senior #irate until a #lan is a##roved.
These #irates are not your ordinary swash.uc)lers. :esides their
democratic leanings% they are also #er$ectly rational and )now e&actly
how the others will vote in every situation. ;motions #lay no #art in their
decisions. Their #re$erence is *rst to remain alive% and ne&t to get as
much gold as #ossi.le and *nally% i$ given a choice .etween otherwise
e<ual outcomes% to have $ewer #irates on the .oat.
=u##ose that you,re the most senior #irate (45). Pro#ose a distri.ution o$
coins that )ee#s you alive% that ma&imi>es your gold% and that will .e
acce#ted
4) There is one highland where #lanes get $uel. A #lan can cover the hal$
o$ the world with $ull tan). A #lane can trans$er $uel $rom one #lane to the
other in the air.
ow many #lanes are re<uired to ma)e one #lane cover the entire world
once. =tarting #oint o$ the travel is the ighland and coming .ac) to the
same ighland.
All the other #lanes giving $uels to this Plane should also come .ac) to the
same highland and they don?t have to cover the entire world.
5) It rains 3 days a wee). 1hen it rains there is Thunderstorm.
The #ro.a.ility o$ Thunderstorm $alling on the ground is 1@42333.
A Aol$er #lays gol$ on =aturday and =unday. 1hat is the #ro.a.ility o$
Thunderstorm $alling on that Aol$erB
C) Dne 8ominoes (2E1) can .e #laced on two ad'acent s<uares in a /hess
.oard.
ow many dominoes can .e #laced in an ( E ( chess .oard i$ a row is
already *lled and cannot .e used $or #lacing 8ominoesB
F) Aiven a s<uare o$ 13cm each side with the $our semi circles inside as
shown in the a.ove diagram% *nd the area o$ the shaded #ortion
() Party o$ 5 women and 5 men.
A committee consists o$ 3 women and 2 men
The total num.er o$ ways to $orm this committee.
Round 2(coding and testing):
They too) us to the la. $or this on and we were each given a #a#er with a
#rogram on it. It was all mi&ed as in each #erson got a diGerent #a#er% -ou
have around an hour to *nish coding. a$ter which you have to e&#lain your
code.They also given you wrong or incorrect in#uts and see how your code
handles these e&ce#tions6-
1) Program to #rint a #yramid o$ stars
2) 1rite some code $or time com#le&ity D(log log n)
3). hea# sort
4). 1rite code to *nd the )th ma&imum o$ n elements
5). 2inding the #alindrome in the given set o$ strings
C). The ma&imum sum $rom the *rst to the last line. i.e.
1H2H4H14%1H3H5H1(%1H2H5H14.........
/D8;6 =;+;/T A++
1
2 3
4 5 F
12 14 1( 1I
F). Aiven a Tree% write code to *nd the mirror image o$ that tree.
(). Im#lement 2+AJ;= game
This is a game which #redicts the com#ati.ility .etween given two names.
All the common characters in the given two names are removed. The total
num.er o$ distinct characters in .oth the names are circled around the
word 2+AJ;=.
so the character at #osition &7strlen(2+AJ;=) in the word 2+AJ;= is
removed at each ste# till it gets one character. Also the character
removed in every ste# should not .e considered $or the ne&t ste#.
& - Total num.er o$ distinct characters in the given two names.
2 - 2riend
+ - +ove
A - AGection
J - Jarriage
; - ;nemy
= K =ister
I). Aiven a sentence% reverse the words in the sentence
In#ut6
LI am a .oyL
Dut#ut6
L.oy a am IL
Round (tech interview! "ut it was more HR oriented):
This round lasted $or around 33 minutes. It more o$ a character analysis
round.1ith a lot o$ ! ty#e <uestions. These are some o$ the <uestions
as)ed to me and my *rends6
A sel$ intro (you have to )ee# saying things until they tell you to
sto#).re$er here $or more details a.out giving a sel$ intro
Jost o$ the <uestions were $ocused on
Patient%os#ital%Insurance(daaa. its medical oriented). =o they
as)ed me to create a scenario connecting those three entities(I told
them a a.out how a #atients insurance should .e chec)ed .e$ore
giving treatment unless it is an emergency).They are chec)ing how
eMciently you can relate them .
Jost o$ my $riends got #u>>les wrong.-ou may e&#ect many
#u>>les in the *rst round. That is #u>>les you weren?t a.le to solve.
In my case the interviewer hel#ed me with hints it too) a while .ut i
*nally got it right.
in this round % T;- /D"/;"T!AT; D" D1 1I++I"A -DN A!; TD
+;A!" and at the same time D1 1I++I"A -DN A!; TD =A!;
1IT DT;!=.9ust ma)e sure you highlight those <ualities% it will
de*nitely im#ress the Athenaealth $ol)s
In some cases they also as) you to e&#lain the logic used in the
coding round
Ja)e sure you have #re-made answer on what you are interested in
i.e.% whether you want to .e a P!DA!AJJ;! or OA analyst. :ut
don?t .e adamant .e Pe&i.le.
Round #(tech interview):
/om#ared to the other round this is more tech oriented. +ot more tech
<uestions. It is o$ normal diMculty and is not that hard to clear%you only
need to )now the .asics.ere are some sam#le ty#e <uestions6
Qery .asic o$ 8ata =tructure and Dracle )nowledge enough.+ots o$
sim#le <uestions $rom data structures(insert into hea#s etc). They
did not as) to write code $or 8=% .ut rather to e&#lain the logic
through diagrams
you can e&#ect some #u>>le <uestion too here
They don?t want u to give u# i$ you don?t )now an answer.=o they
throw hints at you all the time
2or some com#licated <uestion% they e&#ect how much you
.rainstorm ideas in solving =o once u start guessing things they
will hel# you with the #ro.lem in some cases they said stuG li)e
Lgood 'o. so $ar all you have to do is this and this and you will have
the answerL
I$ #ossi.le try to learn some .asics o$ Perl this will hel# you very
much at the end %even i$ you don?t )now ..its not much o$ a #ro.lem
8ATA =T!N/TN!;=..
1. 1hich is .etter :-trees or hash ta.leB
2. 1hat is the data structure used $or inde&ing #ur#oses in data.aseB
A+AD!ITJ=R
1. 8iscussion regarding merits and demerits o$ sorting algorithms
2. ;&#lain hea# sort