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Rejected After Solving Both Problems Optimally

AristaSoftware Engineer · Technical Screen · Feb 2026

There were two questions total: one palindrome string problem, one missing number problem. After I finished each one, they asked me for the time and space complexity. There were no resume questions, no other questions, not even a self-introduction. Overall the questions weren't hard. For the palindrome one, I considered the case where the string is "", but I didn't consider the case where it's di…

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