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You are given 8 identical looking balls. One of them is heavier than the rest of the 7 (all the others weigh exactly the same). You a provided with a simple mechanical balance and you are asked to find out the minimum amount of weighings necessary to identify the heavier ball.
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Graduate Software Developer

Interviewed at Scott Logic

2.5
Dec 8, 2018

You are given 8 identical looking balls. One of them is heavier than the rest of the 7 (all the others weigh exactly the same). You a provided with a simple mechanical balance and you are asked to find out the minimum amount of weighings necessary to identify the heavier ball.

1. What is your favorite project? Explain it to a non-technical person. 2. What are your weakness? ( some points that the your manager, employer) has told you to improve on. 3. Are immutable objects thread safe? 4. Is Quicksort the fastest sorting algorithm? 5. Is an O(n^2) alogrithm better than O(n) algorithm? 6. Specify the data structures and algorithm for a library system. 7. How did you find about this opportunity and what interested you?
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Graduate Software Engineer

Interviewed at IMC Trading

4.1
Jul 14, 2020

1. What is your favorite project? Explain it to a non-technical person. 2. What are your weakness? ( some points that the your manager, employer) has told you to improve on. 3. Are immutable objects thread safe? 4. Is Quicksort the fastest sorting algorithm? 5. Is an O(n^2) alogrithm better than O(n) algorithm? 6. Specify the data structures and algorithm for a library system. 7. How did you find about this opportunity and what interested you?

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