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Given an input array and another array that describes a new index for each element, mutate the input array so that each element ends up in their new index. Discuss the runtime of the algorithm and how you can be sure there won't be any infinite loops.
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Front End Engineer

Interviewed at Meta

3.6
8 Apr 2013

Given an input array and another array that describes a new index for each element, mutate the input array so that each element ends up in their new index. Discuss the runtime of the algorithm and how you can be sure there won't be any infinite loops.

Given input: // could be potentially more than 3 keys in the object above items = [ {color: 'red', type: 'tv', age: 18}, {color: 'silver', type: 'phone', age: 20} ... ] excludes = [ {k: 'color', v: 'silver'}, {k: 'type', v: 'tv'}, .... ] function excludeItems(items, excludes) { excludes.forEach(pair => { items = items.filter(item => item[pair.k] === item[pair.v]); }); return items; } 1. Describe what this function is doing... 2. What is wrong with that function ? 3. How would you optimize it ?
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Front End Engineer

Interviewed at Meta

3.6
27 Nov 2017

Given input: // could be potentially more than 3 keys in the object above items = [ {color: 'red', type: 'tv', age: 18}, {color: 'silver', type: 'phone', age: 20} ... ] excludes = [ {k: 'color', v: 'silver'}, {k: 'type', v: 'tv'}, .... ] function excludeItems(items, excludes) { excludes.forEach(pair => { items = items.filter(item => item[pair.k] === item[pair.v]); }); return items; } 1. Describe what this function is doing... 2. What is wrong with that function ? 3. How would you optimize it ?

1. In JavaScript, write a function that takes an array as input that can contain both ints and more arrays (which can also contain an array or int) and return the flattened array. ex. [1, [2, [ [3, 4], 5], 6]] => [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 2. Using HTML and CSS, show how you would create an image that would display another image (aligned to the bottom, right) when the user hovers over the image. ex. The Facebook "edit profile picture" icon
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Front End Engineer

Interviewed at Meta

3.6
21 Feb 2014

1. In JavaScript, write a function that takes an array as input that can contain both ints and more arrays (which can also contain an array or int) and return the flattened array. ex. [1, [2, [ [3, 4], 5], 6]] => [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 2. Using HTML and CSS, show how you would create an image that would display another image (aligned to the bottom, right) when the user hovers over the image. ex. The Facebook "edit profile picture" icon

Given a grid of characters output a decoded message. The message for the following would be IROCKA. (diagonally down right and diagonally up right if you can't go further .. you continue doing this) I B C A L K A D R F C A E A G H O E L A D
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Front End Engineer

Interviewed at Meta

3.6
28 May 2015

Given a grid of characters output a decoded message. The message for the following would be IROCKA. (diagonally down right and diagonally up right if you can't go further .. you continue doing this) I B C A L K A D R F C A E A G H O E L A D

If you were building a search tool and wanted search results to pop up as you typed but the server call was taxing, write a function that gets called on every key down but calls the server when the user stops typing for 400ms.
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Front End Engineering Intern

Interviewed at Meta

3.6
13 Jan 2015

If you were building a search tool and wanted search results to pop up as you typed but the server call was taxing, write a function that gets called on every key down but calls the server when the user stops typing for 400ms.

// Given var endorsements = [ { skill: 'css', user: 'Bill' }, { skill: 'javascript', user: 'Chad' }, { skill: 'javascript', user: 'Bill' }, { skill: 'css', user: 'Sue' }, { skill: 'javascript', user: 'Sue' }, { skill: 'html', user: 'Sue' } ]; getSkills = (endorsements) => { // Result // [ // { skill: 'javascript', user: ['Chad', 'Bill', 'Sue'], count: 3 }, // { skill: 'css', user: ['Sue', 'Bill'], count: 2 }, // { skill: 'html', user: ['Sue'], count: 1 } // ]; } see this image: http://i.imgur.com/UIeB3n4.png
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Front End Developer

Interviewed at LinkedIn

3.8
8 Jan 2019

// Given var endorsements = [ { skill: 'css', user: 'Bill' }, { skill: 'javascript', user: 'Chad' }, { skill: 'javascript', user: 'Bill' }, { skill: 'css', user: 'Sue' }, { skill: 'javascript', user: 'Sue' }, { skill: 'html', user: 'Sue' } ]; getSkills = (endorsements) => { // Result // [ // { skill: 'javascript', user: ['Chad', 'Bill', 'Sue'], count: 3 }, // { skill: 'css', user: ['Sue', 'Bill'], count: 2 }, // { skill: 'html', user: ['Sue'], count: 1 } // ]; } see this image: http://i.imgur.com/UIeB3n4.png

Write an emitter class: /* emitter = new Emitter(); // 1. Support subscribing to events. sub = emitter.subscribe('event_name', callback); sub2 = emitter.subscribe('event_name', callback2); // 2. Support emitting events. // This particular example should lead to the `callback` above being invoked with `foo` and `bar` as parameters. emitter.emit('event_name', foo, bar); // 3. Support unsubscribing existing subscriptions by releasing them. sub.release(); // `sub` is the reference returned by `subscribe` above */
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Front End Engineer

Interviewed at Meta

3.6
17 Nov 2016

Write an emitter class: /* emitter = new Emitter(); // 1. Support subscribing to events. sub = emitter.subscribe('event_name', callback); sub2 = emitter.subscribe('event_name', callback2); // 2. Support emitting events. // This particular example should lead to the `callback` above being invoked with `foo` and `bar` as parameters. emitter.emit('event_name', foo, bar); // 3. Support unsubscribing existing subscriptions by releasing them. sub.release(); // `sub` is the reference returned by `subscribe` above */

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