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Puzzle1 - Given 8 coins, and the fact that one of the coins is heavier than the other, how many times(min) do you need to use a beam balance to figure out which is the anomalous coin? After I answered this, he made it little tougher. Given 9 coins and one anomalous coin(maybe heavier or lighter), figure out which coin it is and whether heavier or lighter. What is the min no of comparisons? This is where i took a while to answer.
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Financial Software Developer

Interviewed at Bloomberg

4
Nov 16, 2010

Puzzle1 - Given 8 coins, and the fact that one of the coins is heavier than the other, how many times(min) do you need to use a beam balance to figure out which is the anomalous coin? After I answered this, he made it little tougher. Given 9 coins and one anomalous coin(maybe heavier or lighter), figure out which coin it is and whether heavier or lighter. What is the min no of comparisons? This is where i took a while to answer.

given an arrya of numbers see if you can get to index with 0 in it from an index by jumping through the array using the values in the array. So if you have [1,2,1,0,3] you can get to 0, from 0 by jumping 0, you can get to 0 from 3, by jumping 3 index down to 2 and then jumping 2 index up to 0...
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Software Engineer

Interviewed at Pinterest

3.6
Nov 19, 2012

given an arrya of numbers see if you can get to index with 0 in it from an index by jumping through the array using the values in the array. So if you have [1,2,1,0,3] you can get to 0, from 0 by jumping 0, you can get to 0 from 3, by jumping 3 index down to 2 and then jumping 2 index up to 0...

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Applications Support Engineer Intern

Interviewed at MathWorks

4.3
Feb 9, 2016

Why are you a good fit for this role? How do you work in a team? Give an example How do you handle multiple deadlines? What is your GPA and when are you graduating? What is your Visa status and would you need sponsorship at anytime? When would you be able to start the job?

python question: given a two dimensional list for example [ [2,3],[3,4],[5]] person 2 is friends with 3 etc. find how many friends does each person has. note one person has no friends. SQL question: find the top 10 college/company that a average social person interacts with. something in those lines. I split the query in two. Not able to finish coding but was able to explain and write both the parts but didn't have time to test it. also had data modeling questions. on a social network website. cant give details.
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Data Engineer

Interviewed at Meta

3.5
Nov 16, 2020

python question: given a two dimensional list for example [ [2,3],[3,4],[5]] person 2 is friends with 3 etc. find how many friends does each person has. note one person has no friends. SQL question: find the top 10 college/company that a average social person interacts with. something in those lines. I split the query in two. Not able to finish coding but was able to explain and write both the parts but didn't have time to test it. also had data modeling questions. on a social network website. cant give details.

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