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It's the first OA coding sample of Google. The coding question is: Given a zero-indexed array A of N integers, return any of the indexes P of the element, which left sums of its left elements and right elements are equal. Sum of zero element is assumed to be equal to 0. This can happen if P = 0 or if P = N-1.For example, A = {-1, 3, -4, 5, 1, -6, 2, 1}, indexes 1, 3, and 7 are valid outputs.
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Software Engineer

Interviewed at Google

4.4
Jun 23, 2016

It's the first OA coding sample of Google. The coding question is: Given a zero-indexed array A of N integers, return any of the indexes P of the element, which left sums of its left elements and right elements are equal. Sum of zero element is assumed to be equal to 0. This can happen if P = 0 or if P = N-1.For example, A = {-1, 3, -4, 5, 1, -6, 2, 1}, indexes 1, 3, and 7 are valid outputs.

Can you cover an 8x8 chess board with dominos if two corner squares are removed (not two from the same side, 2 diagonal from each other). A domino covers 2 squares and no dominos can hang over the side of the board.
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Financial Software Developer

Interviewed at Bloomberg

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Jun 29, 2012

Can you cover an 8x8 chess board with dominos if two corner squares are removed (not two from the same side, 2 diagonal from each other). A domino covers 2 squares and no dominos can hang over the side of the board.

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