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A classic leetcode question about a knight which needs to get from point A to point B (a DFS \ BFS search). I managed to describe the solution verbally, but the interviewers wanted a working code implementation without any option to google for syntax etc or using IDE. Just write code on notepad. I am still not sure whether he really expected it to work.
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Machine Learning Engineer

Interviewed at Google

4.4
Nov 29, 2025

A classic leetcode question about a knight which needs to get from point A to point B (a DFS \ BFS search). I managed to describe the solution verbally, but the interviewers wanted a working code implementation without any option to google for syntax etc or using IDE. Just write code on notepad. I am still not sure whether he really expected it to work.

Round 1: Just questions about my background Round 2: Two leetcode-style questions. Don't remember the first, second one was merging an array of linked lists into one sorted linked list. Round 3: A lot of machine learning conceptual questions, especially about neural networks, when I'd use them and how I'd troubleshoot in different situations. Round 4: Reading through a paper. Nothing was exceptionally difficult, but it was tough to prep with how unorganized everything was.
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Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Interviewed at American Express

4.1
Oct 20, 2022

Round 1: Just questions about my background Round 2: Two leetcode-style questions. Don't remember the first, second one was merging an array of linked lists into one sorted linked list. Round 3: A lot of machine learning conceptual questions, especially about neural networks, when I'd use them and how I'd troubleshoot in different situations. Round 4: Reading through a paper. Nothing was exceptionally difficult, but it was tough to prep with how unorganized everything was.

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