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You got some baby bottle samples. You would like to know the max height you can drop it without breaking the bottle. Let set the unit as 1 foot. And the highest height you can reach is at N feet. So how would you find the (max) safe height?
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Software Development Engineer Intern

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5★
Jan 28, 2012

You got some baby bottle samples. You would like to know the max height you can drop it without breaking the bottle. Let set the unit as 1 foot. And the highest height you can reach is at N feet. So how would you find the (max) safe height?

Given a list of numbers and a rand(0,1) function, which returns a random integer between 0 and 1. Provide an algorithm to randomly sort the given list, based on the output of the rand() function, which should be called once for every number on the list. Code the solution in any language of your choice.
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Software Development Engineer

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5★
Feb 28, 2012

Given a list of numbers and a rand(0,1) function, which returns a random integer between 0 and 1. Provide an algorithm to randomly sort the given list, based on the output of the rand() function, which should be called once for every number on the list. Code the solution in any language of your choice.

He asked the best way to store boolean values on memory. I said an array but he wanted more, so in the end I said BinaryVector class. He asked why a binary vector is a better option but I couldn't answer that. I told him that I don't know the internal implementation.
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Software Development Engineer

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5★
Feb 8, 2013

He asked the best way to store boolean values on memory. I said an array but he wanted more, so in the end I said BinaryVector class. He asked why a binary vector is a better option but I couldn't answer that. I told him that I don't know the internal implementation.

Merge 2 sorted arrays A and B Result should end up in B, which has available space for all items Utilize the space in B, not using temporary arrays Result in sorted array in B A { 2, 5, 8, 12, 15} B { 3, 5, 7, 9, , , , , , }
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Software Development Engineer

Interviewed at Microsoft

4★
Dec 7, 2016

Merge 2 sorted arrays A and B Result should end up in B, which has available space for all items Utilize the space in B, not using temporary arrays Result in sorted array in B A { 2, 5, 8, 12, 15} B { 3, 5, 7, 9, , , , , , }

Given a database, where we know some portion of data (e.g. say 20%) is accessed more than the other portion of the database by the client. We have a frontend that client requests data from. Design a data structure that will increase the efficiency of access of objects. And we know that we can only hold on to n elements in memory.
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Software Development Engineer

Interviewed at Microsoft

4★
Aug 2, 2014

Given a database, where we know some portion of data (e.g. say 20%) is accessed more than the other portion of the database by the client. We have a frontend that client requests data from. Design a data structure that will increase the efficiency of access of objects. And we know that we can only hold on to n elements in memory.

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