Principal Software Engineer Interview Questions

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I was given a code exercise during the onsite interview. The questions are not very difficult and just unexpected. Also, some of questions themselves are not correct and I need correct the questions before answering them.
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Principal Software Engineer

Interviewed at SonicWall

3.8
Sep 11, 2013

I was given a code exercise during the onsite interview. The questions are not very difficult and just unexpected. Also, some of questions themselves are not correct and I need correct the questions before answering them.

You have 3 input streaming channels, 3mbps each. You need to deliver all of this (9mbps streaming data) via single output channel with 3mbps max bandwidth. You don't know the nature of the data, compression doesn't work, nobody you can ask about other requirements - you are the owner of the solution. The interviewer didn't provide any more clarification.
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Principal Software Engineer

Interviewed at Microsoft

4
Dec 4, 2021

You have 3 input streaming channels, 3mbps each. You need to deliver all of this (9mbps streaming data) via single output channel with 3mbps max bandwidth. You don't know the nature of the data, compression doesn't work, nobody you can ask about other requirements - you are the owner of the solution. The interviewer didn't provide any more clarification.

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