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Take a ladder with 5 steps, write a function that gives all the possible combinations of either 1,2, or 3 steps, in any order, to get to the 5th step, and returns the total number of combinations. So some of the possibilities would be [1,1,1,1,1], [1,1,1,2], [1,1,2,1], etc. Then he asked the same question with order not being considered, so [1,1,1,2] and [1,1,2,1] are the same solution.
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Software Engineer

Interviewed at Walmart

3.4
Jul 16, 2013

Take a ladder with 5 steps, write a function that gives all the possible combinations of either 1,2, or 3 steps, in any order, to get to the 5th step, and returns the total number of combinations. So some of the possibilities would be [1,1,1,1,1], [1,1,1,2], [1,1,2,1], etc. Then he asked the same question with order not being considered, so [1,1,1,2] and [1,1,2,1] are the same solution.

The numbers 1-5 are inserted, in order, into a stack. Numbers are removed from the stack one-by-one and pushed into another array (numbers could be removed at any time, even before all the numbers have been added to the stack). What order of numbers in the array could NOT be produced by this scenario? Write code to determine if a sequence of numbers could have been produced by this scenario.
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Software Development Engineer

Interviewed at Microsoft

4
Mar 8, 2016

The numbers 1-5 are inserted, in order, into a stack. Numbers are removed from the stack one-by-one and pushed into another array (numbers could be removed at any time, even before all the numbers have been added to the stack). What order of numbers in the array could NOT be produced by this scenario? Write code to determine if a sequence of numbers could have been produced by this scenario.

1. Reverse string except spaces. A string has mix of alphabets and spaces. Your task is to reverse the string, but preserve the positions of spaces. For example, reverse of " a if" is " f ia" 2. An array of size n has all but one numbers between 1 and n+1. Find the missing one.
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Software Development Engineer

Interviewed at Microsoft

4
Jun 11, 2015

1. Reverse string except spaces. A string has mix of alphabets and spaces. Your task is to reverse the string, but preserve the positions of spaces. For example, reverse of " a if" is " f ia" 2. An array of size n has all but one numbers between 1 and n+1. Find the missing one.

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