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Given the word "HEAD" and the word "TAIL," write code and/or describe using computer science algorithms how you would transform from the word HEAD to the word TAIL. Each change must be by only one letter, you cannot change the letter in a given position twice, and each new word must be a valid word.
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Software Development Engineer

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5
Jan 29, 2012

Given the word "HEAD" and the word "TAIL," write code and/or describe using computer science algorithms how you would transform from the word HEAD to the word TAIL. Each change must be by only one letter, you cannot change the letter in a given position twice, and each new word must be a valid word.

Two sorted arrays. you can start from any one them, and then at common element you may or may not jump to other array. Continue in this manner till you reach the end of an array. Find the path that results the maximum sum.
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Software Development Engineer II

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5
Oct 4, 2012

Two sorted arrays. you can start from any one them, and then at common element you may or may not jump to other array. Continue in this manner till you reach the end of an array. Find the path that results the maximum sum.

1. Reverse string except spaces. A string has mix of alphabets and spaces. Your task is to reverse the string, but preserve the positions of spaces. For example, reverse of " a if" is " f ia" 2. An array of size n has all but one numbers between 1 and n+1. Find the missing one.
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Software Development Engineer

Interviewed at Microsoft

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Jun 11, 2015

1. Reverse string except spaces. A string has mix of alphabets and spaces. Your task is to reverse the string, but preserve the positions of spaces. For example, reverse of " a if" is " f ia" 2. An array of size n has all but one numbers between 1 and n+1. Find the missing one.

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