Interview Questions

Rahul J. - "Constraints: 4-direction moves; no mode switching (pick exactly one of {1=bicycle, 2=bike, 3=car, 4=bus} for the full trip). Per-mode search: If a mode’s per-step time/cost are uniform, run BFS on allowed cells. Then totaltime = steps × timeperstep, tie-break by steps × costper_step. If time/cost vary by cell (given matrices), run Dijkstra per mode minimizing (totaltime, totalcost) lexicographically. Maintain the best ⟨time, cost⟩ per cell; relax when the new pair is strictly better. S"See full answer

Akshat J. - "can someone say if this is a system architecture question or a product architecture question?"See full answer

Neha P. - "The mini case was very much interviewer led and the questions asked were following: Tell the value proposition of Capital One Shopping to a senior executive who has recently joined Capital One What factors would you consider to expand Capital One Shopping? Technical Considerations? AB testing analysis - Interviewer shared AB testing results and asked for my recommendation Summarize"See full answer

Mark G. - "Situation: At my previous company, we had more than 200 different data sources across 15 business units. These included CRM systems, marketing platforms, HR databases, and even third-party data feeds. The problem was that each team was managing data in its own way. This created inconsistent privacy controls, data quality issues, and compliance gaps, all of which were becoming urgent ahead of a major regulatory audit. Task: I was given the responsibility of implementing a unified data governance"See full answer