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1. Given an empty BST consist of n nodes and and an array consist of n numbers. The n nodes in a BST have been already arranged in some fashion(i.e. the BST is not empty), and none of the nodes in BST are having any data, that means we have to pick the n numbers from the given array and have to fill in the given BST. We have to make sure that the structure of the BST doesn't change. That means all the left subtree and right subtree at any given node should not change at all. 2. We have a function which returns a value among {1, 0, -1}. When the function returns -1 that means we have to terminate. we have to keep on calling this function and till we get -1. this means we will get series of 1's and 0's which we have to treat like bit pattern and has to check whether the given number is divisible by 3 or not. for e.g. the function call returns the below output. 101-1=> 101 => it's a 5 which is not divisible by 3.
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Computer Scientist

Interviewed at Adobe

4.1★
Sep 11, 2016

1. Given an empty BST consist of n nodes and and an array consist of n numbers. The n nodes in a BST have been already arranged in some fashion(i.e. the BST is not empty), and none of the nodes in BST are having any data, that means we have to pick the n numbers from the given array and have to fill in the given BST. We have to make sure that the structure of the BST doesn't change. That means all the left subtree and right subtree at any given node should not change at all. 2. We have a function which returns a value among {1, 0, -1}. When the function returns -1 that means we have to terminate. we have to keep on calling this function and till we get -1. this means we will get series of 1's and 0's which we have to treat like bit pattern and has to check whether the given number is divisible by 3 or not. for e.g. the function call returns the below output. 101-1=> 101 => it's a 5 which is not divisible by 3.

R4: Assume the distribution of children per family is given by: # children 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | >=5 p 0.3 | 0.25 | 0.2 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0 Consider a random girl in the population of children. What's the probability that she has a sister?
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Data Scientist

Interviewed at Google

4.4★
Sep 2, 2021

R4: Assume the distribution of children per family is given by: # children 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | >=5 p 0.3 | 0.25 | 0.2 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0 Consider a random girl in the population of children. What's the probability that she has a sister?

SQL: there is a table of time,post id, action and content. the action can be reported and the content is spam. another table of time,post id, user - of all posts were removed manually the question: What percent of yesterday's content views were on content that has been reported for spam and removed yesterday?
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Data Scientist

Interviewed at Meta

3.6★
Jun 2, 2020

SQL: there is a table of time,post id, action and content. the action can be reported and the content is spam. another table of time,post id, user - of all posts were removed manually the question: What percent of yesterday's content views were on content that has been reported for spam and removed yesterday?

• What are the typical Greek symbols used in Q-Learning? • What does Alpha typically represent? • What does Gamma typically represent? • What does Epsilon typically represent? • What is Greedy-Epsilon? • How does a High Alpha versus a Low Alpha impact the model? • What is the Exploration-Exploitation Tradeoff? • What is a Decay Structure? • What is important about a Decay Structure? • How could we apply reinforcement learning to Alexa/Echo which would add functionality? • How would you implement this? • What kind of reward structure would you use? • Why would you use that reward structure? • Tell me about a time when you were not able to complete all parts of a task? • Tell me about a time you not only met expectations but exceeded them?
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Applied Scientist Internship

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5★
Mar 17, 2021

• What are the typical Greek symbols used in Q-Learning? • What does Alpha typically represent? • What does Gamma typically represent? • What does Epsilon typically represent? • What is Greedy-Epsilon? • How does a High Alpha versus a Low Alpha impact the model? • What is the Exploration-Exploitation Tradeoff? • What is a Decay Structure? • What is important about a Decay Structure? • How could we apply reinforcement learning to Alexa/Echo which would add functionality? • How would you implement this? • What kind of reward structure would you use? • Why would you use that reward structure? • Tell me about a time when you were not able to complete all parts of a task? • Tell me about a time you not only met expectations but exceeded them?

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