Count Pairs of Strings with Disjoint Character Sets

Company: Netflix

Role: Software Engineer

Category: Coding & Algorithms

Difficulty: medium

Interview Round: Technical Screen

Overview: Count unordered index pairs of lowercase strings whose character sets do not overlap, treating duplicate strings at different positions separately. Consider exact pair semantics, empty-string behavior, large counts, and efficient comparison across up to two thousand words.

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