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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.

Given an integer, re-arrange the integer such that first and last digit will be at first and second, second and second last digit will be at third and fourth position from left of the re-arranges integer and so on. Example: Input -> 12345678, Output -> 18273645 Input -> 1234567, Output -> 1726354
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Software Engineer, Backend

Interviewed at Zalando

3.6
Jan 9, 2019

Given an integer, re-arrange the integer such that first and last digit will be at first and second, second and second last digit will be at third and fourth position from left of the re-arranges integer and so on. Example: Input -> 12345678, Output -> 18273645 Input -> 1234567, Output -> 1726354

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