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The Max Bubble sort is O(n) at best, O(n^2) at worst, and its memory usage is O(1) . Merge sort is always O(n log n), but its memory usage is O(n). Explain which algorithm you would use to implement a function that takes an array of integers and returns the max integer in the collection, assuming that the length of the array is less than 1000. What if the array length is greater than 1000?
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Four Star Generalist Software Engineer

Interviewed at LiveRamp

3.3
Feb 7, 2014

The Max Bubble sort is O(n) at best, O(n^2) at worst, and its memory usage is O(1) . Merge sort is always O(n log n), but its memory usage is O(n). Explain which algorithm you would use to implement a function that takes an array of integers and returns the max integer in the collection, assuming that the length of the array is less than 1000. What if the array length is greater than 1000?

A professor wants to see if two students have cheated when writing a paper. Design a function : hasCheated(String s1,String s2, int N) that evaluates to true if two strings have a common substring of length N. Additional question after implementation. Assume you don't have the possibility of using String.contains() and String.substring(). How would you implement this. Questions about complexity of my solution. Overall a very friendly interviewer, was saying "Good" the entire time, but no idea if he wanted to keep me focused or if it was really good.
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Software Engineer Intern

Interviewed at Meta

3.5
Jan 12, 2014

A professor wants to see if two students have cheated when writing a paper. Design a function : hasCheated(String s1,String s2, int N) that evaluates to true if two strings have a common substring of length N. Additional question after implementation. Assume you don't have the possibility of using String.contains() and String.substring(). How would you implement this. Questions about complexity of my solution. Overall a very friendly interviewer, was saying "Good" the entire time, but no idea if he wanted to keep me focused or if it was really good.

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