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How long will it take for an unsigned 64 bit counter to overflow on a xxx ghz machine and another coding problem that requires recursive programming. unsigned 64-bit counter = 2^64. xxx GHz machine = xxx * 10^9 cycles/second, ie. 1 cycle is 1/(xxx * 10^9) seconds. Assuming the counter increments 1 every cycle, then it'll max out at: 2^64 / (xxx * 10^9) seconds. 1 G = 2 ^ 30 |
Questions about the challenge project, which was to create a cohort analysis for a given dataset. |
* Some Technical Questions to gauge my capabilities in PHP and Ruby * Some questions to dig into how I like to work, my hobbies, values etc |
The initial question about path manipulation was both confusingly broad, and too low-level. |
Static synchronised class variables. |
ThreadLocal and Volatile questions |
Coding exercise 1: Find the first unique occurrence of a letter in a string. |
Coding exercise 3: Some SQL select query using JOINS |
What was the overall interview experience like? |
Coding test covering Databases, Javascript, Design, SQL, Node, C++, Data structures. Face to face would be Project and People Management, Software Engineering questions, Architecture and Design |
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