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You have a C++ program where you are declaring a variable int x = 2. Somewhere in the same function, but much later, you print the value of x and it's 3000. You haven't altered the value of x anywhere, so it's still supposed to be 2. How do you debug this and why might this have happened?
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Financial Software Engineer

Interviewed at Bloomberg

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Nov 4, 2011

You have a C++ program where you are declaring a variable int x = 2. Somewhere in the same function, but much later, you print the value of x and it's 3000. You haven't altered the value of x anywhere, so it's still supposed to be 2. How do you debug this and why might this have happened?

How would you detect a loop in a linked list? This was a technical question, finding the answer was difficult since I forgot how linked lists worked, but the interviewer didn't mind helping out with hints and guiding me along. They weren't, obviously interested in the exact answer, but how my thinking works
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Financial Software Engineer

Interviewed at Bloomberg

4
Nov 2, 2011

How would you detect a loop in a linked list? This was a technical question, finding the answer was difficult since I forgot how linked lists worked, but the interviewer didn't mind helping out with hints and guiding me along. They weren't, obviously interested in the exact answer, but how my thinking works

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