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Hit Counter Question, Rejected Over an Edge Case

DatabricksSoftware Engineer · Technical Screen · Jun 2026

The question was hit counter. This question isn't very clearly documented on the boards in terms of the exact requirements and follow-ups, so let me share what I remember as a reference. They started by giving 3 APIs and said I could ask clarifying questions: put(key, value) get(key) get_load() # this gets the QPS for get and put separately — I actually wrote two separate ones for each The requir…

Shared by a candidate · reported Jun 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.