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Asked at Amazon • a year ago
Implement a function to find the minimum number of dice rolls needed to reach the end in a Snakes and Ladders game.
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Asked at Amazon • a year ago
Tell me about a time you had an unpopular idea.
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Asked at Amazon • 4 years ago
Given an array, print the Next Greater Element (NGE) for each element. The NGE for an element x is the first greater element on the right side of x in the array, or -1 if none exists.
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"int a_array[10] = {3,6,4,7,2,1,9}; int index = 0; int index2 = 0; for ( index = 0; index < sizeof(a_array); index++ ) { int tmpindex = index + 1; if ( tmpindex <= sizeof(a_array) ) { for ( index2 = tmpindex; index2 < sizeof(a_array); index2++ ) { if ( aarray[index] <= aarray[index2] ) { print( "%d is the NGE of %d" array[index2], array[index]); break; "
Mark S. - "int a_array[10] = {3,6,4,7,2,1,9}; int index = 0; int index2 = 0; for ( index = 0; index < sizeof(a_array); index++ ) { int tmpindex = index + 1; if ( tmpindex <= sizeof(a_array) ) { for ( index2 = tmpindex; index2 < sizeof(a_array); index2++ ) { if ( aarray[index] <= aarray[index2] ) { print( "%d is the NGE of %d" array[index2], array[index]); break; "See full answer
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Asked at Amazon • a year ago
Tell me about a time where you needed to make a decision with many options and very little time.
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Asked at Amazon • 4 years ago
How would you create a carousel using vanilla JavaScript?
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Technical
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"CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing) -- also known as supernetting -- is a method of assigning Internet Protocol (IP) addresses that improves the efficiency of address distribution and replaces the previous system based on Class A, Class B and Class C networks."
Ali H. - "CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing) -- also known as supernetting -- is a method of assigning Internet Protocol (IP) addresses that improves the efficiency of address distribution and replaces the previous system based on Class A, Class B and Class C networks."See full answer
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Asked at Amazon • 4 years ago
Find points closest to the origin.
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"Use a min-heap or sort the array, either method works"
Kwaku K. - "Use a min-heap or sort the array, either method works"See full answer
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Asked at Amazon • a year ago
Given an array of children’s ratings, assign at least one candy to each child so that higher-rated children get more than their neighbors, and return the minimum total candies needed.
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