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Problem Description: You are standing on a unique diamond-shaped platform composed of 5 tiles. These tiles are positioned at coordinates: (-1,0), (0,-1), (0,0), (0,1), and (1,0). From a starting position (xs,ys), you make random moves in one of four directions: left (decrease x by 1), right (increase x by 1), up (increase y by 1), or down (decrease y by 1). Each direction has the same probability and the direction of each move is entirely independent of previous moves. Determine the probability that you can reach a given destination (xe,ye) without stepping off the diamond platform. Constraints: (xs, ys) must be one of: (-1,0), (0,-1), (0,0), (0,1), (1,0) (xe, ye) must also be one of the above coordinates. Starting and ending coordinates are distinct: xs != xe or ys != ye Input: A single line containing four integers, denoting xs, ys, xe, ye respectively. Output: A single line showing the probability that you'll reach the destination before stepping off the platform. Sample input: -1 0 0 0 Sample Output: 0.25 Explanation: From the starting position, you have a 25% chance of moving right (and thus reaching the destination). Any other move would result in falling off the platform. [execution time limit] 4 seconds (py3) [memory limit] 1 GB [input] integer xs The x-coordinate of the starting position. [input] integer ys The y-coordinate of the starting position. [input] integer xe The x-coordinate of the end position. [input] integer ye The y-coordinate of the end position. [output] float Probability to reach end position before falling of platform.
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Senior Data Scientist

Interviewed at Agoda

3.9★
Oct 19, 2023

Problem Description: You are standing on a unique diamond-shaped platform composed of 5 tiles. These tiles are positioned at coordinates: (-1,0), (0,-1), (0,0), (0,1), and (1,0). From a starting position (xs,ys), you make random moves in one of four directions: left (decrease x by 1), right (increase x by 1), up (increase y by 1), or down (decrease y by 1). Each direction has the same probability and the direction of each move is entirely independent of previous moves. Determine the probability that you can reach a given destination (xe,ye) without stepping off the diamond platform. Constraints: (xs, ys) must be one of: (-1,0), (0,-1), (0,0), (0,1), (1,0) (xe, ye) must also be one of the above coordinates. Starting and ending coordinates are distinct: xs != xe or ys != ye Input: A single line containing four integers, denoting xs, ys, xe, ye respectively. Output: A single line showing the probability that you'll reach the destination before stepping off the platform. Sample input: -1 0 0 0 Sample Output: 0.25 Explanation: From the starting position, you have a 25% chance of moving right (and thus reaching the destination). Any other move would result in falling off the platform. [execution time limit] 4 seconds (py3) [memory limit] 1 GB [input] integer xs The x-coordinate of the starting position. [input] integer ys The y-coordinate of the starting position. [input] integer xe The x-coordinate of the end position. [input] integer ye The y-coordinate of the end position. [output] float Probability to reach end position before falling of platform.

The questions in the phone interview was around my previous projects and one very easy python list question.  In the onsite interview, there was a craft presentation that I had 90 minutes to work on a dataset and then present it to the whole interview team, 90 minutes was not enough at all. Then I had 2 one-on-one and 1 two-on-one interviews only one of them was technical though and they asked easy SQL questions. The other rounds were mostly questions around my background and my previous projects.
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Senior Data Scientist

Interviewed at Intuit

4.2★
Feb 26, 2020

The questions in the phone interview was around my previous projects and one very easy python list question.  In the onsite interview, there was a craft presentation that I had 90 minutes to work on a dataset and then present it to the whole interview team, 90 minutes was not enough at all. Then I had 2 one-on-one and 1 two-on-one interviews only one of them was technical though and they asked easy SQL questions. The other rounds were mostly questions around my background and my previous projects.

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