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Asked at Amazon • a year ago
Have you ever worked on something without waiting for your manager’s go-ahead? What made you decide to do that?
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Asked at Airbnb • a year ago
What part of our mission resonates the most with you?
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Asked at Airbnb • a year ago
Tell me about a time you had to give someone bad news.
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Asked at Airbnb • a year ago
Tell me about a time you were a good host.
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Asked at Google • a year ago
Given positions of N kids and M ice cream sellers on a 1D line, find the smallest distance E such that every kid lies within the range [P - E, P + E] of at least one seller.
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"Binary serach on E range"
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Asked at Airbnb • a year ago
Tell us about one of your trips.
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Asked at Airbnb • a year ago
If you could go to anywhere in the world, where would you go?
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Asked at Airbnb • a year ago
What does "belong anywhere" mean to you?
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Asked at Amazon • a year ago
Tell me about a time you cut corners to meet a deadline?
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Asked at Amazon, Meta • a month ago
Tell me about a time you overcame a challenge to achieve a goal.
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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, Meta • a month ago
Tell me about a time you faced a difficult challenge.
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Asked at Amazon • a year ago
How do you learn new technologies?
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"Understanding the Basics Choosing Learning Resources Practicing and Applying Knowledge Seeking Help and Staying Updated Leveraging Modern Tools"
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Asked at Amazon • a year ago
Have you ever failed to meet your commitments?
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Asked at Amazon • a year ago
Have you ever pushed back on management's decision?
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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, Anduril • a month ago
How do you make important decisions?
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Asked at Amazon • 2 years ago
Tell me about a time you couldn't meet your deadline.
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"When I did't reach my expected deadline and if my work is unfinished after the deadline is arrived, I started rectifying the areas where I leg behind why i did't meet the expected deadline and i complete the work as soon as possible by working double and hard . And next time i will make sure that the problems which i faced earlier should not arrived again , and I mus match the deadline."
Deepak K. - "When I did't reach my expected deadline and if my work is unfinished after the deadline is arrived, I started rectifying the areas where I leg behind why i did't meet the expected deadline and i complete the work as soon as possible by working double and hard . And next time i will make sure that the problems which i faced earlier should not arrived again , and I mus match the deadline."See full answer
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Asked at Google • a year ago
Tell me about a time when your approach was selected and successfully implemented over other alternatives.
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Asked at Google • a year ago
How do you cope with dynamically-changing environments?
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