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You're converting a string (s1) into another (s2) by changing the characters in s1. You can do add/delete/replace the characters of s1 to get s2. The cost of any of those operation for a character is 1. Find the minimum cost to convert s1 into s2. Write program and test cases for the same. For example: Convert "Hi" into "Hey". This would require minimum two cost. 1. Replace 'i' with 'e' in s1 2. Add 'y' to s1. Now we've s2.
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Software Development Engineer I

Interviewed at Microsoft

4
Aug 17, 2012

You're converting a string (s1) into another (s2) by changing the characters in s1. You can do add/delete/replace the characters of s1 to get s2. The cost of any of those operation for a character is 1. Find the minimum cost to convert s1 into s2. Write program and test cases for the same. For example: Convert "Hi" into "Hey". This would require minimum two cost. 1. Replace 'i' with 'e' in s1 2. Add 'y' to s1. Now we've s2.

The progex question asked you to devise a program that would perform a fuzzy search of job posts. Fuzzy search meaning the top 10 job posting having the most matching key words. The input will give you x job postings to load in and cache and y job searches to find and output to the screen the best job postings for each search. At the end you are asked some follow up questions about runtime and how you would improve this moving forward.
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Software Engineer I

Interviewed at Indeed

3.8
Jul 30, 2022

The progex question asked you to devise a program that would perform a fuzzy search of job posts. Fuzzy search meaning the top 10 job posting having the most matching key words. The input will give you x job postings to load in and cache and y job searches to find and output to the screen the best job postings for each search. At the end you are asked some follow up questions about runtime and how you would improve this moving forward.

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