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You have three covered jars of marbles, each labeled incorrectly. One is labeled black, one is labeled white, and the other is labeled mixed. Picking only one marble from one jar how do you determine the correct labeling?
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Systems/Software Engineer

Interviewed at Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HPE

4
Aug 19, 2016

You have three covered jars of marbles, each labeled incorrectly. One is labeled black, one is labeled white, and the other is labeled mixed. Picking only one marble from one jar how do you determine the correct labeling?

Scripting questions: There is a log file which contains different types of errors, display each error type and the number of occurrences. Server related ques: 1. About yourself 2. What is a good SLA 3. What do you do about a recurring problem 4. Do you have any experience automating something
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Systems Developer

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5
May 14, 2017

Scripting questions: There is a log file which contains different types of errors, display each error type and the number of occurrences. Server related ques: 1. About yourself 2. What is a good SLA 3. What do you do about a recurring problem 4. Do you have any experience automating something

He asked me to write a function to reverse a string. Since Python is my most recent language, I wrote a one-liner to do that. Then I did it in C complete with tests and test data. The whole thing too about an hour. Within 2 days, I had an offer in hand.
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Systems Software Engineer

Interviewed at Experis

3.2
Nov 22, 2016

He asked me to write a function to reverse a string. Since Python is my most recent language, I wrote a one-liner to do that. Then I did it in C complete with tests and test data. The whole thing too about an hour. Within 2 days, I had an offer in hand.

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