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Coding & Algorithms Interview Questions
Practice 9403 coding, system design and machine learning questions from 546 companies, sorted by role, topic and interview round. Every question has step-by-step hints, a code runner that supports 8 languages and an AI mentor; members also get the full solution walkthrough.
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- ShopifyMediumData ScientistImplement Cosine Similarity Function for String Vectors
This question evaluates understanding of vector-space similarity and text representation by asking for a cosine similarity computation over string-derived vectors, testing coding and algorithmic skills relevant to data science and text processing.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical Screen - ShopifyMediumMachine Learning EngineerImplement URL Shortening Codec
This question evaluates understanding of hashing, encoding, state management, and collision-handling strategies for creating a consistent mapping between long and short URLs, testing competencies in data structures, algorithms, and simple system design within the Coding & Algorithms domain.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnsite - ShopifyMediumMachine Learning EngineerImplement a Capacity-Bounded Cache
This question tests the ability to implement a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache, requiring efficient O(1) time complexity for both data retrieval and insertion through the combination of a hash map and a doubly linked list.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical ScreenHash MapLinked ListCache - ShopifyEasySoftware EngineerImplement a multi-rover Mars controller
This question evaluates a candidate's ability to implement stateful command parsing, entity management for multiple rovers, and collision-avoidance on an unbounded 2D grid, emphasizing deterministic simulation, input/output specification, and robust handling of invalid operations.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical Screen - ShopifyMediumSoftware EngineerImplement an In-Memory File System
Implement an in-memory file system with absolute and relative path resolution, sorted listing, directory changes, creation, and removal. Enforce deterministic error codes, atomic validation, recursive deletion rules, and protection for the current directory and its ancestors.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnsite - ShopifyMediumData ScientistImplement an LRU Cache
This question tests the ability to combine a hash map and a doubly linked list to achieve constant-time performance for cache operations.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical ScreenHash MapDoubly Linked ListCache - ShopifyMediumMachine Learning EngineerImplement an interactive CLI class with tests
This question evaluates object-oriented design, command-line interface implementation, persistent state management, input validation and error logging, extensibility for new commands, comprehensive unit testing, and continuous integration configuration.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnsite - ShopifyEasySoftware EngineerImplement cache and gift assignment system
This two-part exercise evaluates a candidate's competence in designing efficient in-memory data structures with correct eviction semantics (bounded LRU cache with amortized O(1) operations) and in implementing randomized permutation algorithms and input/output handling for derangement-based Secret Santa assignments from CSV input.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical Screen - ShopifyEasyData ScientistInfer and justify non-trivial sequence patterns
This question evaluates mathematical reasoning, sequence inference, and pattern-recognition competency by asking the solver to identify governing rules and justify missing terms across numeric sequences and a small grid.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical Screen - ShopifyMediumMachine Learning EngineerSimulate a rover fleet
This problem tests your ability to manage state in a 2D grid simulation, coordinate multiple entities with movement logic, and enforce collision-avoidance constraints.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical ScreenSimulationGridCollision Detection - ShopifyEasySoftware EngineerSimulate rover movement on a grid
This question evaluates incremental system design, agent state management on a bounded grid, and algorithmic complexity for processing movement commands in the Coding & Algorithms domain.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical Screen - ShopifyMediumSoftware EngineerTerminal-Controlled Grid Rover Simulator
Implement a warehouse rover simulation engine that processes sequential movement commands on a bounded 2D grid, handling coordinate translations, cardinal rotations, boundary limits, and multi-rover collision avoidance.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical Screensimulationstate-machinearrays - ShopifyEasyData EngineerWrite SQL for session analytics
This problem tests your ability to clean event-based log data, perform time-series aggregation, and calculate session-level metrics using SQL window functions.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical ScreenSQLWindow FunctionsData Cleaning - SiemensMediumMachine Learning EngineerBatch and Pad Variable-Length Vectors with Optional Final-Batch Dropping
Implement an ordered data pipeline function that partitions variable-length numerical sequences into batches, applies batch-local right padding, handles empty vectors, and optionally discards incomplete final batches.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical Screendata-pipelinesarraysmachine-learning - SierraHardSoftware EngineerSplit Markdown Into Header-Aware Chunks
This question evaluates string parsing, stateful text-processing, and algorithmic chunking skills, focusing on hierarchical header tracking and enforcing size constraints while preserving document order.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical Screen - SigmacomputingMediumSoftware EngineerBuild a Pivot Table Aggregator
This question evaluates a candidate's ability to implement data aggregation and efficient lookup structures, focusing on grouping, associative aggregations, and maintaining intermediate state for derived metrics.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical Screen - SigmacomputingMediumSoftware EngineerEvaluate a Formula AST with Variables
This problem tests tree traversal techniques, recursive evaluation, and the implementation of short-circuit logic in expression trees containing variables.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnsiteTreesRecursionAST - SigmacomputingEasySoftware EngineerImplement a basic pivot table with totals
This question evaluates a candidate's ability to perform in-memory data aggregation, multi-dimensional grouping, handling missing combinations, and formatted text output for pivot tables including row/column totals.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical Screen - SnapchatMediumSoftware EngineerCheck if a binary tree is complete
This problem tests your understanding of binary tree properties and your ability to perform a level-order traversal to verify structural completeness.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical ScreenBinary TreeBFSData Structures - SnapchatMediumSoftware EngineerCompute islands in a binary grid
This question evaluates a candidate's competency in modeling grids as graphs, detecting connected components, applying graph traversal algorithms (DFS/BFS) and disjoint-set (Union-Find) data structures, and analyzing algorithmic time and space complexity.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnsite - SnapchatHardSoftware EngineerCompute longest increasing path in matrix
This question evaluates algorithmic problem-solving skills in graph traversal and dynamic programming on matrices, measuring understanding of state representation and performance trade-offs in grid-based searches within the Coding & Algorithms domain.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnsite - SnapchatHardSoftware EngineerCompute shortest path in a 2D grid
This question evaluates understanding of graph traversal and pathfinding concepts, including modeling a 2D grid as a graph and reasoning about shortest-path computations and obstacle handling.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnsite - SnapchatMediumSoftware EngineerCompute shortest recursive string encoding
This question evaluates proficiency in string manipulation, pattern detection, recursion, and dynamic programming for efficient sequence compression in the Coding & Algorithms domain.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnline Assessment - SnapchatMediumSoftware EngineerCompute sliding window median
This question evaluates the ability to maintain a running median over a sliding window, testing competencies in data structures, order statistics, dynamic updates, and algorithmic efficiency within the Coding & Algorithms domain.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical Screen - SnapchatMediumSoftware EngineerCount Grid Islands That Never Touch the Border
Coding problem on a binary grid where 0 marks land and 1 marks water: count the islands, connected horizontally or vertically, that have no cell on the grid's border. It tests grid traversal, connected components and careful handling of islands that reach the edge through a single cell.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnsite - SnapchatMediumSoftware EngineerCount islands with eight-direction adjacency
This question evaluates a candidate's competency in graph traversal algorithms and data-structure trade-offs by counting connected components on a grid with eight-direction adjacency, focusing on BFS/DFS behavior and optional Union-Find approaches.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical Screen - SnapchatHardSoftware EngineerCount ways to decode digit string
This question evaluates a candidate's skill in dynamic programming and combinatorial reasoning about string partitioning, testing competency in counting valid decodings under constraint handling and edge-case analysis.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnsite - SnapchatMediumMachine Learning EngineerDetermine Whether Courses Can Be Completed
This question evaluates understanding of graph modeling, directed cycle detection, and dependency resolution in the context of course prerequisites. It is commonly asked in the coding & algorithms domain because it reveals a candidate's algorithmic problem-solving ability and practical application of graph algorithms (expected O(V+E) time), testing practical implementation skills rather than only conceptual theory.
Coding & AlgorithmsTechnical Screen - SnapchatMediumMachine Learning EngineerDetermine and print expression to reach target
This question evaluates skill in constructing and evaluating arithmetic expressions, handling numerical stability (including division-by-zero and floating-point tolerance), and reasoning about combinatorial permutations of numbers and operators.
Coding & AlgorithmsOnsite - SnapchatMediumSoftware EngineerDetermine blockage and parse HTML tokens
This question evaluates computational geometry and graph connectivity for the circular-stones subproblem and parsing plus tree data-structure manipulation for the HTML-like token subproblem, measuring skills in modeling spatial overlap, graph traversal/union operations, hierarchical DOM construction, and dynamic node insertion/deletion.
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