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Given an input array and another array that describes a new index for each element, mutate the input array so that each element ends up in their new index. Discuss the runtime of the algorithm and how you can be sure there won't be any infinite loops.
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Front End Engineer

Interviewed at Meta

3.6
Apr 8, 2013

Given an input array and another array that describes a new index for each element, mutate the input array so that each element ends up in their new index. Discuss the runtime of the algorithm and how you can be sure there won't be any infinite loops.

Given a grid of characters output a decoded message. The message for the following would be IROCKA. (diagonally down right and diagonally up right if you can't go further .. you continue doing this) I B C A L K A D R F C A E A G H O E L A D
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Front End Engineer

Interviewed at Meta

3.6
May 28, 2015

Given a grid of characters output a decoded message. The message for the following would be IROCKA. (diagonally down right and diagonally up right if you can't go further .. you continue doing this) I B C A L K A D R F C A E A G H O E L A D

If you were building a search tool and wanted search results to pop up as you typed but the server call was taxing, write a function that gets called on every key down but calls the server when the user stops typing for 400ms.
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Front End Engineering Intern

Interviewed at Meta

3.6
Jan 13, 2015

If you were building a search tool and wanted search results to pop up as you typed but the server call was taxing, write a function that gets called on every key down but calls the server when the user stops typing for 400ms.

// Given var endorsements = [ { skill: 'css', user: 'Bill' }, { skill: 'javascript', user: 'Chad' }, { skill: 'javascript', user: 'Bill' }, { skill: 'css', user: 'Sue' }, { skill: 'javascript', user: 'Sue' }, { skill: 'html', user: 'Sue' } ]; getSkills = (endorsements) => { // Result // [ // { skill: 'javascript', user: ['Chad', 'Bill', 'Sue'], count: 3 }, // { skill: 'css', user: ['Sue', 'Bill'], count: 2 }, // { skill: 'html', user: ['Sue'], count: 1 } // ]; } see this image: http://i.imgur.com/UIeB3n4.png
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Front End Developer

Interviewed at LinkedIn

3.8
Jan 8, 2019

// Given var endorsements = [ { skill: 'css', user: 'Bill' }, { skill: 'javascript', user: 'Chad' }, { skill: 'javascript', user: 'Bill' }, { skill: 'css', user: 'Sue' }, { skill: 'javascript', user: 'Sue' }, { skill: 'html', user: 'Sue' } ]; getSkills = (endorsements) => { // Result // [ // { skill: 'javascript', user: ['Chad', 'Bill', 'Sue'], count: 3 }, // { skill: 'css', user: ['Sue', 'Bill'], count: 2 }, // { skill: 'html', user: ['Sue'], count: 1 } // ]; } see this image: http://i.imgur.com/UIeB3n4.png

Write an emitter class: /* emitter = new Emitter(); // 1. Support subscribing to events. sub = emitter.subscribe('event_name', callback); sub2 = emitter.subscribe('event_name', callback2); // 2. Support emitting events. // This particular example should lead to the `callback` above being invoked with `foo` and `bar` as parameters. emitter.emit('event_name', foo, bar); // 3. Support unsubscribing existing subscriptions by releasing them. sub.release(); // `sub` is the reference returned by `subscribe` above */
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Front End Engineer

Interviewed at Meta

3.6
Nov 17, 2016

Write an emitter class: /* emitter = new Emitter(); // 1. Support subscribing to events. sub = emitter.subscribe('event_name', callback); sub2 = emitter.subscribe('event_name', callback2); // 2. Support emitting events. // This particular example should lead to the `callback` above being invoked with `foo` and `bar` as parameters. emitter.emit('event_name', foo, bar); // 3. Support unsubscribing existing subscriptions by releasing them. sub.release(); // `sub` is the reference returned by `subscribe` above */

1. To add an HTTP request to the search engine, then log a result depending on the# of pages and requirements. 2. Use DP to implement a Knapsack-like problem. Restrictions on time complexity. 3. Implement a to-do list's delete method on website.
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Front End Developer

Interviewed at IBM

3.9
Apr 10, 2019

1. To add an HTTP request to the search engine, then log a result depending on the# of pages and requirements. 2. Use DP to implement a Knapsack-like problem. Restrictions on time complexity. 3. Implement a to-do list's delete method on website.

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