Google Interview Question

how would I design a mars rover?

Interview Answers

Anonymous

Sep 11, 2015

1. Reiterate the objective 2. Clarify, what is the objective of the rover? expedition of rock sediments, soil etc. What kinda of terrain is expected? for how long (say 2 yrs)? would it need to be self repair or station is available (obviously not)? In this case it needs to have some self repair and backup-backup-backup instrument? what kinda charge (solar). What are size constraints? (depends on what the interviewer says. I would imagine in future, space shuttles can carry bigger load ) 3. i think the key is the long term and rugged to sustain the rigorous terrain Solution: 1. Start with motor, tires, materials 2. Shock observers 3. Self repairing components (we might then need a bigger payload thus cost+) 4. solar charging (big panels) 5. All the existing exploration units (cameras, connectivity, etc) and so on

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Anonymous

Aug 31, 2015

how would I write a C++ implementation of memcopy?

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