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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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  • OptiverMediumSoftware Engineer
    Plan for timed probability assessment

    This question evaluates rapid probabilistic and statistical reasoning, time management and problem prioritization under strict timing, along with the ability to adapt approaches based on scoring rules and calculator restrictions, and it is classified in the Statistics & Math domain.

    Statistics & MathOnline Assessment
  • OptiverMediumQuantitative Trader
    Solve a Skyscraper puzzle efficiently

    This question evaluates understanding of constraint satisfaction and combinatorial search, testing competency in modeling Latin-square domains with visibility constraints, pruning and uniqueness verification, and algorithmic complexity analysis.

    Coding & AlgorithmsOnline Assessment
  • OptiverMediumSoftware Engineer
    Solve numeric sequence pattern puzzles

    This question evaluates pattern recognition and quantitative reasoning skills, requiring identification of numeric relationships, series properties, and simple number-theoretic or arithmetic transformations.

    Statistics & MathOnline Assessment
  • OptiverHardData Scientist
    Solve probability and expectation problems

    This problem tests your ability to calculate expected stopping times in a discrete random walk and your understanding of conditional expectation and symmetry in probability.

    Statistics & MathOnline AssessmentProbabilityExpectationStochastic Processes
  • OptiverMediumSoftware Engineer
    Solve quick probability questions

    This set evaluates core probability and combinatorics skills including discrete distributions, conditional probability, independence, expectation and variance, and basic stochastic processes such as gambler's ruin, situated in the Statistics & Math domain.

    Statistics & MathOnline Assessment
  • OptiverMediumSoftware Engineer
    Validate a Binary Tree Built from Directed Edges

    This question evaluates understanding of tree and graph fundamentals including parent-child constraints, duplicate-edge detection, cycle detection, node-degree limits, and in-order traversal semantics.

    Coding & AlgorithmsOnline Assessment
  • OtherEasySoftware Engineer
    Clean up all Docker resources

    This question evaluates proficiency in Docker resource management, covering containers, images, and volumes and the ability to perform a complete environment cleanup.

    Software Engineering FundamentalsOnline Assessment
  • OtherMediumSoftware Engineer
    Compute total after discounting most expensive item

    This question evaluates array manipulation and numeric computation skills—specifically identifying the maximum element, applying a percentage discount, and correctly handling fractional results and flooring—within the Coding & Algorithms domain.

    Coding & AlgorithmsOnline Assessment
  • OtherEasySoftware Engineer
    Count Failing, Passing and Distinction Scores from Percentage Thresholds

    Given an array of student exam scores as percentages, count how many students failed with under 50, passed with 50 to 80 inclusive, or passed with distinction above 80, and return the three counts in order. It tests careful handling of inclusive and exclusive boundaries and empty input.

    Coding & AlgorithmsOnline Assessment
  • OtherMediumSoftware Engineer
    Count Grid Paths Without Three Consecutive Moves

    Count monotone grid paths that use exact numbers of right and up moves without ever taking three identical moves in a row. Address empty and one-direction paths, return an exact count, and explain how the limits affect time and space costs.

    Coding & AlgorithmsOnline Assessment
  • OtherEasySoftware Engineer
    Fewest Days to Read a Book When Chapters Cannot Be Split Across Days

    Given the reading time available on each day and the time each chapter of a book takes, find the fewest days needed to read every chapter in order when a chapter can never be split across days, or report that the book cannot be finished. It tests simulation with per-day capacity, ordering constraints, and impossible cases.

    Coding & AlgorithmsOnline Assessment
  • OtherEasySoftware Engineer
    Lowest Common Ancestor in an Explicit Binary Tree

    Find the lowest common ancestor in a binary tree using explicit child arrays, including identical targets, ancestor targets, and deep trees.

    Coding & AlgorithmsOnline Assessment
  • OtherMediumSoftware Engineer
    Return the k-th row of Pascal-like triangle

    This question evaluates combinatorics, array manipulation, and space-efficient algorithm design by requiring computation of a specific row of Pascal’s triangle without constructing the full triangle.

    Coding & AlgorithmsOnline Assessment
  • OtherMediumSoftware Engineer
    Solve a Set of Probability and Quantitative Reasoning Problems

    Work through fourteen quantitative interview problems covering probability, counting, expectation, algebra, logical constraints, and rate reasoning. Each result should be auditable, use the correct sample space, and state any interpretation that affects the calculation.

    Statistics & MathOnline Assessment
  • OtherEasySoftware Engineer
    Track Workers, Sessions, Promotions, and Bonus Pay

    Implement worker sessions, current metadata, promotions, ordered filtering, and time-clipped compensation with historical rates and non-stacking double-pay intervals.

    Coding & AlgorithmsOnline Assessment
  • OtherEasySoftware Engineer
    Validate Nested Parentheses, Brackets, and Braces

    Validate nested parentheses, brackets, and braces with correct handling of empty input, mismatched closing symbols, and unfinished groups.

    Coding & AlgorithmsOnline Assessment
  • OtherMediumData Scientist
    Write SQL to analyze response accuracy and speed

    This question evaluates proficiency with SQL-based data manipulation and analytical querying on relational assessment data, including aggregation, grouping, joins, windowed ranking, and use of PostgreSQL statistical functions to analyze accuracy and response-time metrics.

    Data Manipulation (SQL/Python)Online Assessment
  • OthersEasyData Scientist
    Answer ancestor-walk queries on a rooted tree

    This question evaluates understanding of tree data structures and ancestor-walk queries, assessing competency in traversing rooted trees, interpreting parent arrays, and designing efficient query-processing methods for large n and q.

    Coding & AlgorithmsOnline Assessment
  • OthersMediumSoftware Engineer
    Answer k-step ancestor queries in a rooted tree

    This problem tests your ability to optimize ancestor lookups in a tree using the Binary Lifting technique to achieve logarithmic query time.

    Coding & AlgorithmsOnline AssessmentTreesBinary LiftingDynamic Programming
  • OthersEasyData Scientist
    Compute per-coin quarterly amounts and totals

    This question evaluates competence in SQL data manipulation—specifically time-based conditional aggregation, grouping, joins, and handling entities with no activity—to compute per-coin quarterly sums and year-to-date totals.

    Data Manipulation (SQL/Python)Online Assessment
  • OthersMediumSoftware Engineer
    Write a quarterly SQL report and a bash max-file script

    This problem tests your ability to perform conditional aggregation in SQL for time-series reporting and your proficiency in recursive shell scripting for system administration tasks.

    Software Engineering FundamentalsOnline AssessmentSQLBashData Aggregation
  • OuraMediumSoftware Engineer
    Implement Server Number Allocation

    This problem tests your ability to manage and reuse resources efficiently using data structures that allow for logarithmic time allocation and deallocation within partitioned namespaces.

    Coding & AlgorithmsOnline AssessmentData StructuresHeapHash Map
  • PalantirMediumSoftware Engineer
    Apply Item Coupons with Exact Per-Item Cent Rounding

    Implement a checkout calculation engine that applies item-specific coupons to cart lines using exact banker's rounding (round-half-to-even) per unit and returns the final cart total in integer cents.

    Coding & AlgorithmsOnline AssessmentSimulationData StructuresMath
  • PalantirMediumSoftware Engineer
    Optimize Coupon Selection Under a Twenty-Point Budget

    Optimize coupon activations under a 20-point budget to maximize monetary savings while handling item/category stacking, savings caps, rounding, and tie-breaking.

    Software Engineering FundamentalsOnline AssessmentAlgorithmsDynamic ProgrammingBit Manipulation
  • PalantirMediumSoftware Engineer
    Stack Item and Category Coupons with an Eighty-Percent Cap

    Implement a cart checkout calculator that stacks item and category discounts multiplicatively, caps savings at 80%, and applies round-half-up once per item.

    Coding & AlgorithmsOnline AssessmentImplementationMathSimulation
  • PerplexityMediumSoftware Engineer
    Implement time-versioned KV store with restore

    This question evaluates a candidate's ability to design and implement a time-versioned key–value store, assessing knowledge of temporal data structures, versioning semantics, time-travel and range queries, deletion semantics, and rollback/restoration.

    Coding & AlgorithmsOnline Assessment
  • PersonaHardSoftware Engineer
    Implement a Versioned Key-Value File Store

    Practice a Persona coding interview problem focused on implement a versioned key-value file store. The prompt emphasizes edge cases, clean implementation, and verifiable test behavior without revealing the solution.

    Coding & AlgorithmsOnline Assessment
  • PikaMediumSoftware Engineer
    Implement text formatter and sum subarray products

    This question evaluates algorithmic problem-solving and implementation skills across string formatting (line breaking and space management) and array-based combinatorial computation (sum of subarray products), emphasizing correctness, edge-case handling, and analysis of time and space complexity.

    Coding & AlgorithmsOnline Assessment
  • PinterestHardMachine Learning Engineer
    Answer core ML fundamentals questions

    This question evaluates a candidate's mastery of core Machine Learning fundamentals, including classification metrics (precision and recall) with confusion-matrix interpretation, gradient concepts for optimization, ensemble learning tradeoffs, and the mechanics of a neural network forward pass.

    Machine LearningOnline Assessment
  • PinterestMediumSoftware Engineer
    Collect Pins from Reachable Boards

    Implement a breadth-first graph traversal over a collection of boards to collect unique pins in discovery order, handling cycles, shared children, and invalid references.

    Coding & AlgorithmsOnline AssessmentGraphBFSHash Table