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1) Create binary tree from pre order and in order traversals 2) A question regarding dependency management (It was big use case description) which could be solved by two stacks 3) Graph traversal 4) Linked List node reversal of alternative node 1->2->3->4->5->6 would become 2->1->4->3->6->5
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Member of Technical Staff Software Engineer

Interviewed at Riverbed Technology

2.9
Mar 18, 2016

1) Create binary tree from pre order and in order traversals 2) A question regarding dependency management (It was big use case description) which could be solved by two stacks 3) Graph traversal 4) Linked List node reversal of alternative node 1->2->3->4->5->6 would become 2->1->4->3->6->5

Q4 - Draw out a diagram for a service that will be talked to, with the service being a black box. Basically "how do microservices talk to each other" from what I gathered of the minimal back-and-forth I had with the interviewer. Pretty revealing that this is the only whiteboarding question I got for a staff-level position.
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Staff Software Engineer

Interviewed at Indigo

3.5
Mar 28, 2022

Q4 - Draw out a diagram for a service that will be talked to, with the service being a black box. Basically "how do microservices talk to each other" from what I gathered of the minimal back-and-forth I had with the interviewer. Pretty revealing that this is the only whiteboarding question I got for a staff-level position.

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