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There are 10 red, 11 blue, 12 green chameleons. Sometimes, two chameleons meet. If they are the same color, nothing happens. If they are different colors, they will both change to the third color. Can all chameleons ever be the same color?
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Software Engineer

Interviewed at Tower Research Capital

4.1
Nov 4, 2011

There are 10 red, 11 blue, 12 green chameleons. Sometimes, two chameleons meet. If they are the same color, nothing happens. If they are different colors, they will both change to the third color. Can all chameleons ever be the same color?

Russian roulette brain teaser: Interviewer takes an imaginary revolver gun with 6 empty chambers, and loads 2 adjacent chambers with bullets. Interviewer has the first turn: rolls the cylinder, puts it to his head, and pulls the trigger... no shot. The lucky interviewer passes the gun to you and gives you two options before you put the gun to your head and pull the trigger: (a) to roll the cylinder again or (b) not to roll the cylinder Which option would you choose?
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Software Developer

Interviewed at OpenBet

3.1
Jun 23, 2010

Russian roulette brain teaser: Interviewer takes an imaginary revolver gun with 6 empty chambers, and loads 2 adjacent chambers with bullets. Interviewer has the first turn: rolls the cylinder, puts it to his head, and pulls the trigger... no shot. The lucky interviewer passes the gun to you and gives you two options before you put the gun to your head and pull the trigger: (a) to roll the cylinder again or (b) not to roll the cylinder Which option would you choose?

First I was asked a few basic design questions, like how I would design an online chat system with separate room. Then I was asked why I've chosen some of of the technologies that I have worked with.I was asked a standard question about manipulating an array. The input array was sorted integers, and I was asked how to square all the elements and keep it sorted.
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Software Engineer Intern

Interviewed at MongoDB

4
Feb 7, 2014

First I was asked a few basic design questions, like how I would design an online chat system with separate room. Then I was asked why I've chosen some of of the technologies that I have worked with.I was asked a standard question about manipulating an array. The input array was sorted integers, and I was asked how to square all the elements and keep it sorted.

First Step includes Java proficiency test where candidate is required to do 2 tasks. First one involves coding for converting .dat file to .csv file. second includes debugging of the first assignment done by someone else and write an email addressing the issues. respond to client's complain about the implementation
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Software Engineer

Interviewed at Smart Data Solutions

3.9
Mar 24, 2020

First Step includes Java proficiency test where candidate is required to do 2 tasks. First one involves coding for converting .dat file to .csv file. second includes debugging of the first assignment done by someone else and write an email addressing the issues. respond to client's complain about the implementation

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