Applied Software Engineer Coding & Algorithms Interview Questions
Practice 17 real Coding & Algorithms interview questions for Software Engineer roles at Applied.
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Merge Overlapping Collinear Segments
You are given a list of 2D geometric segments: vector<vector<pair<double, double>>> segments Each inner list represents one segment and contains at le...
Group duplicate files by content
Problem You are given a list of files in a filesystem. Each file has: - a full path (string) - a file size in bytes (integer) - file contents (concept...
Merge collinear overlapping 2D segments
This question evaluates computational geometry skills, numerical robustness, and algorithmic implementation for merging collinear, overlapping 2D segm...
Find first and last occurrence in sorted array
This question evaluates proficiency in array search algorithms and algorithmic reasoning, specifically the use of binary search techniques and careful...
Find intersection of two line segments
Problem Given two 2D line segments AB and CD, determine whether they intersect. Each segment is defined by its endpoints: - A(x1, y1), B(x2, y2) - C(x...
Implement a fixed-capacity generic circular buffer
This question evaluates knowledge of data structure design, generic types, in-place memory allocation, and constant-time FIFO operations required for ...
Track simulations and report timeouts
You are implementing a monitoring component for many concurrent simulations. Each simulation produces a stream of event objects of the form: - sim_id ...
Evaluate variables in simple arithmetic DSL
You are given a small DSL (domain-specific language) consisting of variable assignments, one per line. Each line has the form: `text <identifier> = <e...
Implement Nested Transactional Key-Value Store
Implement an in-memory key-value store that processes a batch of commands, one command per line. The store must support nested transactions. Supported...
Parse a protobuf-like schema and answer queries
This question evaluates proficiency in parsing grammar-like schemas, scope-based name resolution for nested types, symbol-table construction, and desi...
Build message schema parser with size/type queries
This question evaluates parsing of a simple message schema, construction of mappings from field names to primitive types and byte sizes, and computati...
Merge overlapping 2D line segments
This question evaluates computational geometry and algorithmic skills, specifically collinearity detection, geometric segment intersection, merging of...
Implement a single-thread task scheduler API
This question evaluates understanding of task scheduling, timing semantics, deterministic ordering, single-thread concurrency control, and data struct...
Multi-Agent Collision Simulator (Unicycle Kinematics)
This question tests practical coding ability in robotics simulation, specifically implementing unicycle kinematics and discrete-time modeling via forw...
Compress vertices into uniques and indices
This question evaluates a candidate's ability to perform duplicate detection and compression of sequences of fixed-length tuples, exercising skills in...
Scale Game of Life to huge matrices
This question evaluates a candidate's ability to design space-efficient, I/O-aware algorithms and streaming or external-memory techniques for processi...
Validate JSON against a protobuf-like schema
This question evaluates schema validation and data-typing skills, including understanding of JSON primitive types, recursive message structures, and c...