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Implement an online LRU cache to keep track of browser history (not worded in that way, but after the interview, I realized this was effectively what they were asking) e.g. keep track of the 5 most recently seen items without duplicates.
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Software Development Engineer Intern

Interviewed at Microsoft

4
Dec 14, 2013

Implement an online LRU cache to keep track of browser history (not worded in that way, but after the interview, I realized this was effectively what they were asking) e.g. keep track of the 5 most recently seen items without duplicates.

Unexpected question was to design and develop a function to draw a card from a deck. The interviewer said that we are going to Vegas to sell this product. It should draw cards at random however it should not be predictable and so on.
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Software Development Engineer Intern

Interviewed at Microsoft

4
Nov 8, 2013

Unexpected question was to design and develop a function to draw a card from a deck. The interviewer said that we are going to Vegas to sell this product. It should draw cards at random however it should not be predictable and so on.

Fastest way to get a whole family through a narrow tunnel with a family who take 1 minute, 2 minutes, 4 minutes, and 5 minutes to get across, where at most two people can go through and at least one of those must have the family's only torch.
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Software Engineer Intern

Interviewed at FNZ

3.2
Oct 4, 2021

Fastest way to get a whole family through a narrow tunnel with a family who take 1 minute, 2 minutes, 4 minutes, and 5 minutes to get across, where at most two people can go through and at least one of those must have the family's only torch.

The Interviewer asked me to code a question online on how I would implement a search. The feature had to be pretty practical and was very expansive he continually added on to the questions and cases that may not initially be brought up but were much part of everyday search functions.
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Software Engineer Intern

Interviewed at Evernote

4.2
Feb 21, 2013

The Interviewer asked me to code a question online on how I would implement a search. The feature had to be pretty practical and was very expansive he continually added on to the questions and cases that may not initially be brought up but were much part of everyday search functions.

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