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Pets +------------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +------------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | id | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | | breed | varchar(255) | NO | | NULL | | | acquisition_date | datetime | NO | | NULL | | +------------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ Customers +-------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +-------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | id | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | | name | varchar(255) | NO | | NULL | | +-------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ Sales +-------------+----------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +-------------+----------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | customer_id | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | | | pet_id | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | | | date | datetime | NO | | NULL | | +-------------+----------+------+-----+---------+-------+ Q1 How many pets of each breed has the shop ever owned?
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Senior Software Engineer

Interviewed at Google

4.4
May 5, 2009

Pets +------------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +------------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | id | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | | breed | varchar(255) | NO | | NULL | | | acquisition_date | datetime | NO | | NULL | | +------------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ Customers +-------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +-------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | id | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | | name | varchar(255) | NO | | NULL | | +-------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ Sales +-------------+----------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +-------------+----------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | customer_id | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | | | pet_id | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | | | date | datetime | NO | | NULL | | +-------------+----------+------+-----+---------+-------+ Q1 How many pets of each breed has the shop ever owned?

I was asked a question about the following. If a user types in a n digit number on the telephone, how do you write a function to deduce if the number constitutes a valid word. For example, if the user enters 123, then can a valid word be made out of (a/b/c) + (d/e/f) + (g/h/i)
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Senior Software Engineer

Interviewed at Google

4.4
Jan 5, 2010

I was asked a question about the following. If a user types in a n digit number on the telephone, how do you write a function to deduce if the number constitutes a valid word. For example, if the user enters 123, then can a valid word be made out of (a/b/c) + (d/e/f) + (g/h/i)

Given a very long string composed of numbers as characters, find the four character substring that has the largest multiple. For example, given the string "809723", the two char substring with the largest multiple is "97", having a multiple 9*7 = 63.
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Senior Python Developer

Interviewed at Citadel

4
Apr 23, 2016

Given a very long string composed of numbers as characters, find the four character substring that has the largest multiple. For example, given the string "809723", the two char substring with the largest multiple is "97", having a multiple 9*7 = 63.

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