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The document contains a comprehensive list of data structure interview questions categorized into basic, intermediate, and advanced levels. It covers various topics including arrays, linked lists, stacks, queues, trees, sorting algorithms, and graph algorithms. Each section includes specific questions aimed at assessing knowledge and understanding of data structures and their applications.

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The document contains a comprehensive list of data structure interview questions categorized into basic, intermediate, and advanced levels. It covers various topics including arrays, linked lists, stacks, queues, trees, sorting algorithms, and graph algorithms. Each section includes specific questions aimed at assessing knowledge and understanding of data structures and their applications.

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Data Structure Interview Questions & Answers

Basic Level
1. What is an array?

2. Explain the difference between an array and a linked list.

3. What is a stack? Give some use cases.

4. What is a queue? Give some use cases.

5. What is a linked list? Explain its types (singly, doubly, and circular).

6. What is a binary tree?

7. What is an infix, prefix, and postfix expression?

8. What are the operations of a linked list (insertion, deletion, traversal)?

9. What is the time complexity of accessing an element in an array?

10. What is the difference between static and dynamic arrays?

11. What is the difference between stack and queue?

12. What is the time complexity of insertion/deletion in a stack and queue?

Intermediate Level
1. Explain how a stack works with an example.

2. What is the purpose of a linked list over an array?

3. How does a doubly linked list differ from a singly linked list?
4. What are the operations of a binary search tree (BST)?

5. Explain the difference between a binary tree and a binary search tree.

6. What are tree traversals? Explain pre-order, in-order, and post-order traversal.

7. What is a heap? What is the difference between a min-heap and max-heap?

8. Explain the concept of hashing and hash functions.

9. What is the time complexity of searching in a linked list?

10. Explain the concept of collision resolution in hash tables.

11. What are the types of sorting algorithms? Name their time complexities.

12. How does quick sort work?

13. What is a circular queue, and how does it work?

14. How do you implement a stack using two queues?

15. What is a priority queue? How is it different from a regular queue?

Advanced Level
1. What is a Trie? How does it work?

2. What is the time complexity of performing a search, insertion, and deletion in a binary search tree

(BST)?

3. How does the AVL tree differ from a binary search tree (BST)?

4. Explain the difference between breadth-first search (BFS) and depth-first search (DFS) in a

graph.
5. What are the applications of Dijkstra's Algorithm?

6. How would you implement a dynamic array?

7. What is a self-balancing binary search tree?

8. Explain heapify and its use in heap-based algorithms.

9. What is the union-find or disjoint-set data structure?

10. How does radix sort work?

11. What is the time complexity of sorting algorithms like merge sort, quick sort, and heap sort?

12. What is the space complexity of a recursive depth-first search (DFS) on a graph?

13. How do you detect a cycle in a graph?

14. What are k-d trees and where are they used?

15. Explain B-trees and their use in databases.

16. Explain the Floyd-Warshall Algorithm for finding shortest paths.

17. What is Topological Sorting in a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG)?

18. What are the Bellman-Ford and Floyd-Warshall algorithms used for?

19. How does the Knuth-Morris-Pratt (KMP) string matching algorithm work?

20. What are Segment Trees and Fenwick Trees (Binary Indexed Trees)?

21. How would you implement a hash map with constant time complexity?

22. Explain the Union-Find (Disjoint Set) data structure with path compression and union by rank.
23. What is the Z-Algorithm for string matching?

24. Explain bit manipulation techniques in data structures and their applications.

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