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  1. 1393Tell me about a time when you convinced your co-worker to adopt your approach. What was the outcome?MediumBehavioral· Amazon, TikTok
  2. 1394Given a list of words, find the number of prefix pairs, i.e. pairs i, j where words[i] == words[j] or words[i].startswith(words[j]) or words[j].startswith(words[i]).MediumCoding· Capital One
  3. 1395Find the number of users who called three or more people in the last week.MediumCodingData· Meta
  4. 1396Given a string, return the number of vowel substrings ('a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u') that include all five vowels.MediumCoding· Oracle
  5. 1397What do coworkers say about you? Share some positive and negative feedback you've received.MediumBehavioral· Netflix
  6. 1398How do you create a product roadmap?MediumBehavioralProduct· Google, Nest
  7. 1399Tell me about a time when you created a product or feature without the client requesting it.MediumBehavioral· LLightbox
  8. 1400Critique Google Maps.MediumProduct· Google
  9. 1401Tell me about a system you are currently working on.MediumBehavioral· Amazon, Nvidia
  10. 1402Custom Sort StringMediumCoding· Meta
  11. 1403What did you do when a customer asked a question you couldn't answer?MediumBehavioral· Palo Alto Networks
  12. 1404Cut inference cost by 60%MediumData
  13. 1405Defend your RAG choice and your hallucination evalMediumData
  14. 1406Fix a hallucinationMediumData
  15. 1407Implement a simple retrieverMediumData
  16. 1408If a fire occurs in a data center, what actions would you take?MediumTechnical· Google
  17. 1409What do you prioritize in a data center?MediumTechnical· Google
  18. 1410What data points are needed to implement Google's carpool program?MediumData· Google
  19. 1411As the data scientist, interpreting a significant increase in revenue from a new feature in one of 20 countries, what would you recommend?MediumData· TikTok, Valve
  20. 1412What does your day-to-day look like at your current company?MediumBehavioral· Palantir
  21. 1413Explain your day-to-day responsibilities as a TPM.MediumBehavioralTechnical· Google
  22. 1414How do you deal with ambiguous situations?MediumBehavioral· Amazon, American Express
  23. 1415How do you deal with interference?MediumTechnical· Tinder
  24. 1416How would you debug a 20% drop in usage of one of our tools over 2 weeks?MediumDataProduct· Flatiron Health