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2 practice questions in the style of Coursera's interviews, covering Coding & Algorithms.

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Katkat has 2 Coursera interview questions. The largest topics are Coding & Algorithms (100%). By difficulty: 100% hard. The most common round is Technical Screen (100%).

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  • Hard100% · 2

Interview rounds

  • Technical Screen100% · 2

Roles

  • Backend Engineer50% · 1
  • Software Engineer50% · 1

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  • Implement Plurality and Runoff VotingHard

    This question evaluates understanding of voting algorithms, tie-breaking rules, ballot processing, and correctness under edge cases such as incomplete or exhausted ballots, and is commonly asked to assess algorithmic implementation, state simulation, and careful handling of corner cases in interview settings.

    CourseraSoftware EngineerCoding & AlgorithmsTechnical Screen
  • Implement Popular and Ranked VotingHard

    This question evaluates algorithmic implementation skills and understanding of voting systems, including aggregation of first-place preferences and the conceptual mechanics of elimination-based ranked-choice counting.

    CourseraBackend EngineerCoding & AlgorithmsTechnical Screen

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  • Failed a Multi-Round Instant-Runoff Voting QuestionCoursera · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Feb 2026
    Rejected

    The question was roughly this: given a set of ballots, where each ballot is a candidate preference ranking, like [A, B, C, D] or [B, A, C, D], representing a voter's priority order over the candidates. Part one was actually pretty direct — just look at the first candidate on each ballot and count who appears most often. If there's a tie, pick the smallest one in lexicographic order. This part was…

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