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Round 1: 1) Duplicates in an array in O(n) time and O(1) space. 2) Left-view of a binary tree. 3) Kafka producer-consumer lag. 4) Convert list to map using streams. and others I dont remember, but they were on basic concepts. Round 2: 1) kafka working and architecture. 2) Design patterns as above. and some other basic questions.
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Technical Lead

Interviewed at adidas

3.9
Jun 27, 2022

Round 1: 1) Duplicates in an array in O(n) time and O(1) space. 2) Left-view of a binary tree. 3) Kafka producer-consumer lag. 4) Convert list to map using streams. and others I dont remember, but they were on basic concepts. Round 2: 1) kafka working and architecture. 2) Design patterns as above. and some other basic questions.

The oddest question was whether I understood that they were a big company. They did not ask actual programming questions. I wish they had: the overseas elements were very very bad programmers, and us onshore people were constantly having to mop up after them.
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Lead Software Developer

Interviewed at Verizon

3.6
Aug 14, 2014

The oddest question was whether I understood that they were a big company. They did not ask actual programming questions. I wish they had: the overseas elements were very very bad programmers, and us onshore people were constantly having to mop up after them.

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