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  • Apple logoAsked at Apple 
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    Software Engineer
    Data Structures & Algorithms
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  • Adobe logoAsked at Adobe 
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    Data Structures & Algorithms
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  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
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    "To recount an experience from my last project . We were at the initial stages of designing a new data platform to enhance our trading analytics capabilities. The conflict arose over the selection of a data processing framework. I was advocating for Apache Spark due to its scalability and performance benefits, especially for handling large volumes of derivatives data. Another senior team member preferred a different technology they had more experience with, which they believed would be easier to"

    Scott S. - "To recount an experience from my last project . We were at the initial stages of designing a new data platform to enhance our trading analytics capabilities. The conflict arose over the selection of a data processing framework. I was advocating for Apache Spark due to its scalability and performance benefits, especially for handling large volumes of derivatives data. Another senior team member preferred a different technology they had more experience with, which they believed would be easier to"See full answer

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    Behavioral
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  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
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    "Count items between indices within compartments compartments are delineated by by: '|' items are identified by: '*' input_inventory = "*||||" inputstartidxs = [1, 4, 6] inputendidxs = [9, 5, 8] expected_output = [3, 0, 1] Explanation: "*||||" 0123456789... indices ++ + # within compartments ^ start_idx = 1 ^ end_idx = 9 -- - # within idxs but not within compartments "*||||" 0123456789... indices "

    Anonymous Unicorn - "Count items between indices within compartments compartments are delineated by by: '|' items are identified by: '*' input_inventory = "*||||" inputstartidxs = [1, 4, 6] inputendidxs = [9, 5, 8] expected_output = [3, 0, 1] Explanation: "*||||" 0123456789... indices ++ + # within compartments ^ start_idx = 1 ^ end_idx = 9 -- - # within idxs but not within compartments "*||||" 0123456789... indices "See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Data Structures & Algorithms
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  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
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    Video answer for 'Design an API for searching a folder.'
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    System Design
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  • Airbnb logoAsked at Airbnb 
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    "Colleague moved to a different role, so I decided to fill in and did outshine in showing results within the group."

    Anjali M. - "Colleague moved to a different role, so I decided to fill in and did outshine in showing results within the group."See full answer

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    Behavioral
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  • Anthropic logoAsked at Anthropic 
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    Behavioral
  • Deloitte logoAsked at Deloitte 
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    "BETWEEN and HAVING clauses in SQL serve different purposes: 1. BETWEEN Clause Used to filter rows based on a range of values. Works with numeric, date, or text values. Can be used with WHERE or HAVING clauses. The range includes both lower and upper bounds. Example: Filtering employees with salaries between 30,000 and 50,000 `SELECT * FROM Employees WHERE salary BETWEEN 30000 AND 50000;` 2. HAVING Clause Used to filter **groups"

    Meenakshi D. - "BETWEEN and HAVING clauses in SQL serve different purposes: 1. BETWEEN Clause Used to filter rows based on a range of values. Works with numeric, date, or text values. Can be used with WHERE or HAVING clauses. The range includes both lower and upper bounds. Example: Filtering employees with salaries between 30,000 and 50,000 `SELECT * FROM Employees WHERE salary BETWEEN 30000 AND 50000;` 2. HAVING Clause Used to filter **groups"See full answer

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    Concept
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  • Google logoAsked at Google 
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    Program Sense
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  • Intuit logoAsked at Intuit 
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    Video answer for 'Design Reddit.'

    "Graphic design is the process of visual communication and problem-solving through the use of typography, photography"

    Abdurhman M. - "Graphic design is the process of visual communication and problem-solving through the use of typography, photography"See full answer

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    Product Design
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  • Oracle logoAsked at Oracle 
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    Data Structures & Algorithms
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  • Hubspot logoAsked at Hubspot 
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    Artificial Intelligence
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  • Google logoAsked at Google 
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    "def split_count(s): return 2**(len(s)-1) `"

    Steve M. - "def split_count(s): return 2**(len(s)-1) `"See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Data Structures & Algorithms
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  • AMD logoAsked at AMD 
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    Video answer for 'Find the number of rotations in a circularly sorted array.'
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    "function findRotations(nums) { if (nums.length 0 && nums[mid] > nums[mid-1]) { left = mid; } else { right = mid; } } return rig"

    Tiago R. - "function findRotations(nums) { if (nums.length 0 && nums[mid] > nums[mid-1]) { left = mid; } else { right = mid; } } return rig"See full answer

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    Data Structures & Algorithms
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  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
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    Behavioral
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
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    Behavioral
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  • "/* You are with your friends in a castle, where there are multiple rooms named after flowers. Some of the rooms contain treasures - we call them the treasure rooms. Each room contains a single instruction that tells you which room to go to next. * instructions1 and treasurerooms_1 * lily* --------- daisy sunflower | | | v v v jasmin --> tulip* violet* ----> rose* --> ^ | ^ ^ | "

    Azeezat R. - "/* You are with your friends in a castle, where there are multiple rooms named after flowers. Some of the rooms contain treasures - we call them the treasure rooms. Each room contains a single instruction that tells you which room to go to next. * instructions1 and treasurerooms_1 * lily* --------- daisy sunflower | | | v v v jasmin --> tulip* violet* ----> rose* --> ^ | ^ ^ | "See full answer

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    Data Structures & Algorithms
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  • Adobe logoAsked at Adobe 
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  • Goldman Sachs logoAsked at Goldman Sachs 
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    System Design
  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
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    "find total sum. assign that to rightsum traverse from left to right: keep updating left sum and right sum, when they match return the index. else if you reach end return -1 or not found"

    Rahul J. - "find total sum. assign that to rightsum traverse from left to right: keep updating left sum and right sum, when they match return the index. else if you reach end return -1 or not found"See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Data Structures & Algorithms
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