Checkr interview questions

Take home coding exercise - Build REST API (you can use any language) Onsite: 1. Technical conversation 2. Design exercise 3. Refactoring exercise (Even though they say you can use any language: Do this part in Ruby if you can)

# Name Matching # # At Checkr, one of the most important aspects of our work is accurately matching records # to candidates. One of the ways that we do this is by comparing the name on a given record # to a list of known aliases for the candidate. In this exercise, we will implement a # `name_match` method that accepts the list of known aliases as well as the name returned # on a record. It should return True if the name matches any of the aliases and False otherwise. # # The name_match method will be required to pass the following tests: # # 1. Exact match # # known_aliases = ['Alphonse Gabriel Capone', 'Al Capone'] # name_match(known_aliases, 'Alphonse Gabriel Capone') => True # name_match(known_aliases, 'Al Capone') => True # name_match(known_aliases, 'Alphonse Francis Capone') => False # # # 2. Middle name missing (on alias) # # known_aliases = ['Alphonse Capone'] # name_match(known_aliases, 'Alphonse Gabriel Capone') => True # name_match(known_aliases, 'Alphonse Francis Capone') => True # name_match(known_aliases, 'Alexander Capone') => False # # # 3. Middle name missing (on record name) # # known_aliases = ['Alphonse Gabriel Capone'] # name_match(known_aliases, 'Alphonse Capone') => True # name_match(known_aliases, 'Alphonse Francis Capone') => False # name_match(known_aliases, 'Alexander Capone') => False # # # 4. More middle name tests # These serve as a sanity check of your implementation of cases 2 and 3 # # known_aliases = ['Alphonse Gabriel Capone', 'Alphonse Francis Capone'] # name_match(known_aliases, 'Alphonse Gabriel Capone') => True # name_match(known_aliases, 'Alphonse Francis Capone') => True # name_match(known_aliases, 'Alphonse Edward Capone') => False # # # 5. Middle initial matches middle name # # known_aliases = ['Alphonse Gabriel Capone', 'Alphonse F Capone'] # name_match(known_aliases, 'Alphonse G Capone') => True # name_match(known_aliases, 'Alphonse Francis Capone') => True # name_match(known_aliases, 'Alphonse E Capone') => False # name_match(known_aliases, 'Alphonse Edward Capone') => False # name_match(known_aliases, 'Alphonse Gregory Capone') => False # # # Bonus: Transposition # # Transposition (swapping) of the first name and middle name is relatively common. # In order to accurately match the name returned from a record we should take this # into account. # # All of the test cases implemented previously also apply to the transposed name. # # # 6. First name and middle name can be transposed # # 'Gabriel Alphonse Capone' is a valid transposition of 'Alphonse Gabriel Capone' # # known_aliases = ['Alphonse Gabriel Capone'] # name_match(known_aliases, 'Gabriel Alphonse Capone') => True # name_match(known_aliases, 'Gabriel A Capone') => True # name_match(known_aliases, 'Gabriel Capone') => True # name_match(known_aliases, 'Gabriel Francis Capone') => False # # # 7. Last name cannot be transposed # # 'Alphonse Capone Gabriel' is NOT a valid transposition of 'Alphonse Gabriel Capone' # 'Capone Alphonse Gabriel' is NOT a valid transposition of 'Alphonse Gabriel Capone' # # known_aliases = ['Alphonse Gabriel Capone'] # name_match(known_aliases, 'Alphonse Capone Gabriel') => False # name_match(known_aliases, 'Capone Alphonse Gabriel') => False # name_match(known_aliases, 'Capone Gabriel') => False