ServiceNow Interview Question

Write HashMap like key value store

Interview Answer

Anonymous

May 24, 2024

Started with requirements and jumped to solution. defined what should be put and get should look like. Explained how do i generate hash and explained about how i would handle collisions. Few questions from interviewer and were answered. One question about how i implement hascode for key to used in hashmap. I vaguely remember that using prime number multiplication with key fields would generate a right hashcode, so was not able to explain that logic but as in real life i use IDE help i explained same