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In order to test my behavior and thought process in front of a new problem, they tested me with the following game: you have 3 switches in one room and 3 lamps in another room (you cannot see from one room to another), what is the minimum number of trips from one room to another to determine which switch is for which lamp.
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Senior Principal Product Manager

Interviewed at Cadence Design Systems

4.1★
Sep 15, 2015

In order to test my behavior and thought process in front of a new problem, they tested me with the following game: you have 3 switches in one room and 3 lamps in another room (you cannot see from one room to another), what is the minimum number of trips from one room to another to determine which switch is for which lamp.

algo, hw questions (how to wire), drivers, embedded system, OS, linux system programming, multi-thread programming, L2, L3, QoS, network stack. HW schematic and bus protocol, even write a piece of code of linux kernel. Some behavior questions.
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Senior Staff Engineer

Interviewed at Palo Alto Networks

3.7★
Sep 28, 2017

algo, hw questions (how to wire), drivers, embedded system, OS, linux system programming, multi-thread programming, L2, L3, QoS, network stack. HW schematic and bus protocol, even write a piece of code of linux kernel. Some behavior questions.

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