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Given an array of numbers, replace each number with the product of all the numbers in the array except the number itself *without* using division.
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It seems to me that for any number array[i], you're looking for PRODUCT(all array[j] where j i]) we can simply precompute these "running products" first from left-to-right, then right-to-left, storing the results in arrays. So, leftProduct[0] = array[0]; for j=1; j = 0; j-- rightProduct[j] = rightProduct[j+1]*array[j]; then to get our answer we just overwrite the original array with the desired product array[0] = rightProduct[1]; array[n-1] = leftProduct[n-2]; for j=1; j < n-1; j++ array[j] = leftProduct[j-1] * rightProduct[j+1] and clearly this solution is O(n) since we just traversed the data 3 times and did a constant amount of work for each cell. Less
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betterStill, I think you have the answer the interviewer wanted.. But... if the array is google sized, don't we have to worry about overflows? Less
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narya trick is good but really useful as it might take more iterations depending on values... eg. 2,3,1000000000000000 so if you have 3 numbers and if you are trying for the first one it will go for 500000000000000 iterations, hence as the overall product value wrt to the value matters a lot... try something else.... Less
Coderpad: given an array scores[][] = {“jerry”,”65”},{“bob”,”91”}, {“jerry”,”23”}, {“Eric”,”83”}} Find the student with highest average score
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package Hello; import java.util.Comparator; import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.Map; import java.util.Map.Entry; import java.util.Optional; import static java.util.Comparator.comparingInt; public class hello { public static class Average { public int count; public int num; public int average; public Average(int count, int num, int average) { super(); this.count = count; this.num = num; this.average = average; } public Average() { super(); } } public static void main(String[] args) { String s[][] = {{"jerry","65"}, {"bob","91"}, {"jerry","23"}, {"Eric","83"}, {"bob","10"}}; Map map = new HashMap(); int avera = 0; try { for(String x[]:s) { if(map.containsKey(x[0])) { Average avg = map.get(x[0]); int val = avg.num + Integer.parseInt(x[1]); int count = ++avg.count; int average = val/count; map.put(x[0], new Average(count, val , average)); } else { if(x[0] != null) { int val = Integer.parseInt(x[1]); map.put(x[0], new Average(1, val, val )); } } } avera = map.entrySet() .stream() .max(comparingInt(e -> e.getValue().average)).get().getValue().average; } catch(Exception e) { } System.out.println(avera); } } Less
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public class BestGrade { public static void main(String[] args) { String student[][] = {{"jerry","65"}, {"bob","1"}, {"jerry","23"},{"jerry","23"}, {"jerry","100"},{"Eric","83"}}; //Map counter = new HashMap(); List score = new ArrayList(); Map> map = new HashMap(); for(int i = 0;i(); score.add(Integer.parseInt(student[i][1])); map.put(student[i][0], score); } } List grade = new ArrayList(); for(String key:map.keySet()) { score = map.get(key); int sum = 0; for(int num : score) { sum+=num; } int average = sum/score.size(); grade.add(average); } Collections.sort(grade); System.out.println(grade.get(grade.size()-1)); } } Less
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import java.util.*; import java.util.stream.Collectors; class Student{ private String name; private Float averageMark = 0.0f; private int numberOfSubjects = 0; public Student(String name){ this.name = name; } public void addMark(Float mark ){ averageMark += mark; numberOfSubjects += 1; averageMark = averageMark/numberOfSubjects; } public Float getAverageMark(){ return averageMark; } public String getName(){ return name; } public Student(Float mark, String n){ name = n; averageMark = mark; } } public class MaxScore { public static String s[][] = {{"jerry","65"}, {"bob","91"}, {"jerry","23"}, {"Eric","83"},{"Eric","99"}}; public static void main(String args[]){ Map studentMap = new HashMap(); for(int i=0; i studentList = studentMap.values().stream().collect(Collectors.toList()); Collections.sort(studentList, Comparator.comparing(Student::getAverageMark).reversed()); System.out.println(studentList.get(0).getName()); } } Less
Draw a bridge and you have three people trying to cross? Seriously&gt;
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I actually had an interview with Clearleap yesterday and I can tell you that above comments are not true. Interview process was very professional. Problem solving questions were quite interesting and I enjoyed them! Less
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Unfortunately, your response is quite immature and therefore I withdraw myself from this conversation. Less
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4 people actually (you missed the requirement). Looks like you did not pay attention during the interview. These types of questions are designed to figure out your: a) Problem solving skills b) Creativity c) Ability to work under pressure And most of all to observe your thought process. But in your Senior QA Engineer role you should have know about that already, right? Less
Consider an X x Y array of 1's and 0s. The X axis represents "influences" meaning that X influences Y. So, for example, if $array[3,7] is 1 that means that 3 influences 7. An "influencer" is someone who influences every other person, but is not influenced by any other member. Given such an array, write a function to determine whether or not an "influencer" exists in the array.
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public static int influencer(final int[][] jobs, final int r, final int c) { int[] degree_in = new int[jobs.length]; int[] degree_out = new int[jobs.length]; for (int i = 0; i < r; ++i) { for (int j = 0; j < c; ++j) { if(jobs[i][j] == 1) { // i influences j degree_out[i]++; degree_in[j]++; } } } for (int i = 0; i < r; ++i) { if (degree_out[i] == r - 1 && degree_in[i] == 0) { return i; } } return -1; } Less
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//if vec[i][j] == 0 then i is not an influence //if vec[i][j] == 1 then j is not an influence //so time complexity is O(n) bool find_influences(vector > &vec) { int n = vec.size(); vector not_influence(n); for (int i = 0; i = 0; --j) { if (!vec[i][j]) { break; } not_influence[j] = 1; } if (j < 0) { return true; } } not_influence[i] = 1; } return false; } Less
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X should be equal to Y, right?
Write a probability formula to tell how many bits will be changed when 1 is added to a 32 bit binary number.
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The probability of N bits being changed is (1/2)^N. The reason: the number of bits that will change depends on the position of the first zero that appears in the number. If the first zero is at the LSB, only one bit changes; if it is in the third position, the three bits upto the first zero change. Now, it boils down to the probability of finding the first zero. Assuming that the zeros and ones appear with equal probability in a given number, the probability of finding the first 0 in the Nth position is (1/2)^N. For more, look up the Geometric Random Variable. Less
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I think that you need to take into account that if you want to toggle 2 bits, you can only do if you flip bits from position 0..30. Toggling bit 31 is only going to toggle this bit no matter what. Therefore, you need to multiply (33-N)/32 to your proposed result, to keep this into account. Less
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@Mythreya's analysis is correct but incomplete. To get the expected value, you have to multiply the number of bits by their probability. Answer is Sigma{k/(2^k)} for k = 1 to 32. Less
Write some pseudo code to raise a number to a power.
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int raise(num, power){ if(power==0) return 1; if(power==1) return num; return(raise(num, power-1)*num); } Less
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small mistake function power(x, n) { if n == 1 return x; // Even numbers else if (n%2 == 0) return square( power (x, n/2)); // Odd numbers else return power(x, n-1) * x; } Less
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double Power(int x, int y) { double ret = 1; double power = x; while (y > 0) { if (y & 1) { ret *= power; } power *= power; y >>= 1; } return ret; } Less
How many credit cards does Amex issue in a year in US?
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Do you remember what type of questions they asked in online coding screen sharing ? I have an interview on next tuesday and i am nervous about typing code in a text editor . Can you give me some sample questions they asked ? Less
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These were fairly straight forward ones- FizzBuzz, Fibonacci for coding problems, couple of bitwise operations with XOR, regex for US phone number, abt 50% theory questions like interface vs abstract classes and uses of generics and SOLID principles. One question were I messed up a bit was 'Write the api for System.out.println()'. I didn't fully understand the question, then the interviewer clarified. Essentially, he wanted me to write the classes and methods (ignoring the actual logic code) that would allow the user to write System.out.println(). I used inner class to implement it. Good luck. Less
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Thanks. I was contacted by the Sr.Director about 10 days after the interview and made the offer. Less
Create a stack of numbers where the maximum number is always known.
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To Job Seeker: The basic idea is that when a new number is being pushed onto the stack, you need to see if that number is greater than or equal to the current top of the maximums-stack. If it is, you push the number onto maximums-stack as well. Also, when pop is called, you look to see if the number being popped is equal to the number on the top of the maximums-stack. If it it, pop that stack as well. Less
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sorry, typo while(top>p)
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I was asked of this question as well. I not sure how to implment a second stack in a way that the max number is always on top. Less
In a stream of integers from 1 to n, only one number will be repeated. How can you tell what that number is?
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You know n. S = n*(n+1)/2 is the sum of 1st n numbers. P = sum of the n+1 numbers you are provided with. Finding P given an array of n+1 integers can be done in O(n). P - S is the repeated integer. Less
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If you're writing it in ruby def find_repeat(numbers) numbers.length.times{|n| return numbers[n] if numbers[n] != n } end Less
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Mat, try 1,2,2,3: 1+2+2+3= 8 1^2^2^3= 2 (8-2)/2=3?2
Traverse nodes in a binary tree
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What is taught in compsci, and even what's in Knuth, isn't entirely right on modern out-of-order execution core CPUs Less
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void traverse(Node node){ if(node == null) return null; System.out.println(node.data); traverse(node.left); traverse(node.right); } Less
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It can't be that this candidate really serves on a language committee. I find it difficult to believe that someone who serves on a language standards committee doesn't care about the difference between an O(N^2) and an O(logN) solution, for that would be horrifying indeed. And in defense of the employee conducting the interview, if I did see a candidate that didn't care about the difference between the two, I really wouldn't care what they have on their resume. They could be a Turing award winner for all I would care. There's a valid point about spatial locality, etc, but for something like N = 10^6 (for example), I'll take even O(logN) disk reads (*gasp*), over N^2 quick register operations any day.. Less