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Asked at Netflix, Apple, Booking.com + 9 more • a year ago
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Data Scientist
Data Structures & Algorithms
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21 answers I was asked this
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" open = ['(','{','['] close = [')','}',']'] def is_valid(s: str) -> bool: pass # your code goes here n = len(s) if n == 0: return True elif n == 1: return False valid = (s[0] == '(' and s[1] == ')') or \ (s[0] == '{' and s[1] == '}') or \ (s[0] == '[' and s[1] == ']') if valid: return valid & is_valid(s[2:n]) else : valid = (s[0] == '(' and s[-1] == ')') or \ (s[0] == '"
Cagdas A. - " open = ['(','{','['] close = [')','}',']'] def is_valid(s: str) -> bool: pass # your code goes here n = len(s) if n == 0: return True elif n == 1: return False valid = (s[0] == '(' and s[1] == ')') or \ (s[0] == '{' and s[1] == '}') or \ (s[0] == '[' and s[1] == ']') if valid: return valid & is_valid(s[2:n]) else : valid = (s[0] == '(' and s[-1] == ')') or \ (s[0] == '"See full answer
Data Scientist
Data Structures & Algorithms
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Asked at Netflix, Adobe, Apple + 11 more • a year ago
Given stock prices for the next n days, how can you maximize your profit by buying or selling one share per day?
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Data Scientist
Data Structures & Algorithms
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17 answers I was asked this
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"public static int maxProfitGreedy(int[] stockPrices) { int maxProfit = 0; for(int i = 1; i todayPrice) { maxProfit += tomorrowPrice - todayPrice; } } return maxProfit; } "
Laksitha R. - "public static int maxProfitGreedy(int[] stockPrices) { int maxProfit = 0; for(int i = 1; i todayPrice) { maxProfit += tomorrowPrice - todayPrice; } } return maxProfit; } "See full answer
Data Scientist
Data Structures & Algorithms
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Asked at Netflix • a year ago
Imagine you are a data scientist for Netflix. How would you use data to decide whether a TV series is worth renewing?
Data Scientist
Data Analysis
1 answer I was asked this
"Goals : Determine if the TV series should be renewed If it should be renewed, how much should Netflix be willing to pay for this series Let's assume that the goal is to maximize subscriber retention and engagement while paying a reasonable amount for the licensing costs that is justified by the value added by the series. Assumptions : The show is exclusive to Netflix for a particular region (for eg. US) It has been on the platform for an year Netflix has subscriber level data around"
Saurabh K. - "Goals : Determine if the TV series should be renewed If it should be renewed, how much should Netflix be willing to pay for this series Let's assume that the goal is to maximize subscriber retention and engagement while paying a reasonable amount for the licensing costs that is justified by the value added by the series. Assumptions : The show is exclusive to Netflix for a particular region (for eg. US) It has been on the platform for an year Netflix has subscriber level data around"See full answer
Data Scientist
Data Analysis