Interview Questions

Beth S. - "The DNS server of the site URL can identify the source of the traffic via GeoIP and redirect it to the Amazon services closest to that location. The load balancer, installed before the web server, can manage the load and redirect traffic to redundant services."See full answer

A Q. - "I would fire the ceo over bluejeans"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a Fermi problem — an estimation or approximation problem with limited information and back-of-the-envelope calculations. There's no right answer: interviewers want to understand how you think and how well you can explain your reasoning, rather than what you already know. Recall the formula for Fermi problems: Ask clarifying questions Catalog what you know Make equation(s) Think about edge cases to add to equation **Breakdown components of your equat"See full answer

Alireza K. - "import random def coin_flip(): x=4*[0]+[1] res=[] for i in range(20): res.append(random.choice(x)) return res res=[0,0] # [head,tail] for j in range(1000): temp=coin_flip() res[0]+=sum(temp) #head res[1]+=(20-sum(temp)) #tail"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a Technical question. It tests your ability to understand high level technical concepts. Even though your job won't have any coding involved, you'll still need to understand these concepts. Being able to cover all these topics with clarity communicates confidence in your interviewer. Unfortunately, there's no formula for technical questions, but some general tips are: Use analogies when you can Break your solution into clear, bite-size steps Don't be afraid to use examples to b"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a Technical question. It tests your ability to understand high level technical concepts. Even though your job won't have any coding involved, you'll still need to understand these concepts. Being able to cover all these topics with clarity communicates confidence in your interviewer. Unfortunately, there's no formula for technical questions, but some general tips are: Use analogies when you can Break your solution into clear, bite-size steps Don't be afraid to use examples to b"See full answer

Mridul J. - "Interviewer wanted to learn more about architecture and or scalability. But I was not sure what the expected answer was"See full answer

Exponent - "This is another Diagnosis problem. To answer this question, we suggest you use our framework (along with the TROPIC method) to be as thorough as possible. The framework is as follows: Ask clarifying questions List potential high level reasons Gather Context (TROPIC)Time Region Other features / products (internal) Platform Industry / Competition Cannibalization Establish a theory of probable cause Test theories Propose solutions Summarize "See full answer

Mubarak O. - "Tell a story that you do not need to sit with a laptop to be in career growing mood. "You can grow your career on the go." "Grow your career while you scroll." We will target our Messaging at every point where people go to read about job roles and descriptions."See full answer

Madhini G. - "Use sticky sessions in loadbalancer to save the user sessions. In case of DB, use Redis cache to maintain user sessions"See full answer

Darpan D. - "Clarifying When we say cloud gaming, we refer to a video gaming experience using cloud computing, right? Assumption: Yes. Understanding of cloud computing first. I'll use some analogies: Imagine you are looking to do heavy computing but don't have a powerful CPU and GPU. CPU and GPU are like your big calculators. You can buy a powerful CPU and GPU, but problems: It costs a lot to buy. It costs a lot to run. You don't need it 24-7. You are not a un"See full answer