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If you have 2 coins in your pocket (one is double-headed, and the other is a fair coin), you grab a random coin from your pocket and see that one face is a head. What is the probability that if you flip the coin, the other face is also a head (i.e. that you picked the double-headed coin)?
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Financial Software Developer

Interviewed at Bloomberg

4
May 8, 2010

If you have 2 coins in your pocket (one is double-headed, and the other is a fair coin), you grab a random coin from your pocket and see that one face is a head. What is the probability that if you flip the coin, the other face is also a head (i.e. that you picked the double-headed coin)?

Onsite interview 1: A paper test, questions including Java syntax, SQL, JavaScript, code review. Java syntax question is: given a method: int exchange(int a), we need: if a == 1 return 2, if a == 2 return 1. Give 4 methods to implement the method, "if" statement cannot be used. SQL question was about nested queries and aggregation. JavaScript question was to write a JavaScript function, when a radiobox is checked then alert sth. Code review question is an implementation of tree level traverse algorithm, lot of errors.
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Software Developer

Interviewed at iCIMS

3.1
Jun 23, 2013

Onsite interview 1: A paper test, questions including Java syntax, SQL, JavaScript, code review. Java syntax question is: given a method: int exchange(int a), we need: if a == 1 return 2, if a == 2 return 1. Give 4 methods to implement the method, "if" statement cannot be used. SQL question was about nested queries and aggregation. JavaScript question was to write a JavaScript function, when a radiobox is checked then alert sth. Code review question is an implementation of tree level traverse algorithm, lot of errors.

You have 9 marbles which are all the same weight, except for one which is slightly heavier than the others. You also have an old?style balance, which allows you to weigh two piles of marbles to see which one is heavier (or if they are of equal weight). What is the fewest number of weighings that you can make which will tell you which marble is the heavier one ?
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Quality Assurance Engineer

Interviewed at AppLogic Networks

3.7
Sep 26, 2012

You have 9 marbles which are all the same weight, except for one which is slightly heavier than the others. You also have an old?style balance, which allows you to weigh two piles of marbles to see which one is heavier (or if they are of equal weight). What is the fewest number of weighings that you can make which will tell you which marble is the heavier one ?

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