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Given two (dictionary) words as Strings, determine if they are isomorphic. Two words are called isomorphic if the letters in one word can be remapped to get the second word. Remapping a letter means replacing all occurrences of it with another letter while the ordering of the letters remains unchanged. No two letters may map to the same letter, but a letter may map to itself. Example: Given "foo", "app"; returns true we can map 'f' -> 'a' and 'o' -> 'p' Given "bar", "foo"; returns false we can't map both 'a' and 'r' to 'o' Given "turtle", "tletur"; returns true we can map 't' -> 't', 'u' -> 'l', 'r' -> 'e', 'l' -> 'u', 'e' -'r' Given "ab", "ca"; returns true we can map 'a' -> 'c', 'b'
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Software Engineer

Interviewed at LinkedIn

3.8
Sep 8, 2014

Given two (dictionary) words as Strings, determine if they are isomorphic. Two words are called isomorphic if the letters in one word can be remapped to get the second word. Remapping a letter means replacing all occurrences of it with another letter while the ordering of the letters remains unchanged. No two letters may map to the same letter, but a letter may map to itself. Example: Given "foo", "app"; returns true we can map 'f' -> 'a' and 'o' -> 'p' Given "bar", "foo"; returns false we can't map both 'a' and 'r' to 'o' Given "turtle", "tletur"; returns true we can map 't' -> 't', 'u' -> 'l', 'r' -> 'e', 'l' -> 'u', 'e' -'r' Given "ab", "ca"; returns true we can map 'a' -> 'c', 'b'

* Describe the design of a most-recently-used list, such as the "Recent Files" menu in Microsoft Word. It has two public methods, getlist() and access(str), which retrieve the list and mark an item as accessed, respectively. The list has a maximum number of items it can hold, say 5, and it should not have duplicates. Describe the data structure used and the running time of both public methods.
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Software Engineer

Interviewed at Google

4.4
Nov 7, 2009

* Describe the design of a most-recently-used list, such as the "Recent Files" menu in Microsoft Word. It has two public methods, getlist() and access(str), which retrieve the list and mark an item as accessed, respectively. The list has a maximum number of items it can hold, say 5, and it should not have duplicates. Describe the data structure used and the running time of both public methods.

Basic SQL questions. Describe a join to a non-technical person. How do you handle a query that does not perform quickly? They want to know that you can use 'explain plans', which I currently do not use (I'm still entry level). Select all customers who purchased at least two items on two separate days. Given a table with a combination of flight paths, how would you identify unique flights if you don't care which city is the destination or arrival location.
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Business Intelligence Engineer

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5
Mar 25, 2017

Basic SQL questions. Describe a join to a non-technical person. How do you handle a query that does not perform quickly? They want to know that you can use 'explain plans', which I currently do not use (I'm still entry level). Select all customers who purchased at least two items on two separate days. Given a table with a combination of flight paths, how would you identify unique flights if you don't care which city is the destination or arrival location.

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