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1. What is -2 in Hexadecimal? Explain the process? 2. Fixed-sized array vs Linked list? Higher & lower-level pros and cons? Cache friendliness of both? Memory usage? 3. What is a binary search tree? Average search time? Balanced BST average search time? Worst case search time of a Balanced BST and what does it look like? 4. Describe a CPU cache? What does thrashing mean? What are c++ specifiers that specifically affect memory allocation to the cache? 5. Size of some arbitrary class given a number of variables of a specific type? With 1 virtual function? With 10? What is a Vtable? 6. Various Data type memory sizes 7. How do you determine the projection of Vector A onto Vector B? 8. What does a cross product give you? What can it be used for? 9. What is the formula for a dot product? 10. Some trigonometry relevant to vector math
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Physics Programmer

Interviewed at Naughty Dog

4★
Oct 28, 2023

1. What is -2 in Hexadecimal? Explain the process? 2. Fixed-sized array vs Linked list? Higher & lower-level pros and cons? Cache friendliness of both? Memory usage? 3. What is a binary search tree? Average search time? Balanced BST average search time? Worst case search time of a Balanced BST and what does it look like? 4. Describe a CPU cache? What does thrashing mean? What are c++ specifiers that specifically affect memory allocation to the cache? 5. Size of some arbitrary class given a number of variables of a specific type? With 1 virtual function? With 10? What is a Vtable? 6. Various Data type memory sizes 7. How do you determine the projection of Vector A onto Vector B? 8. What does a cross product give you? What can it be used for? 9. What is the formula for a dot product? 10. Some trigonometry relevant to vector math

The usual interview questions e.g why do you want to work here etc. Physics questions were conceptually difficult but they never assumed physics knowledge. It was in order to understand how you approach questions and handle new information that they give you.
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Applied Science Physics

Interviewed at PA Consulting

3.7★
May 3, 2022

The usual interview questions e.g why do you want to work here etc. Physics questions were conceptually difficult but they never assumed physics knowledge. It was in order to understand how you approach questions and handle new information that they give you.

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