Find the Shortest Click Path with a Fallible Link API

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Find the minimum click distance and a shortest URL path using a fallible outgoing-link API. The solution covers BFS correctness, cycles, predecessor memory, deterministic ties, bounded concurrency, throttling, retries, caching, incomplete results, cancellation, and resumable crawling.

Find the Shortest Click Path with a Fallible Link API

Company: Snowflake

Role: Software Engineer

Category: Software Engineering Fundamentals

Difficulty: medium

Interview Round: Technical Screen

Overview: Find the minimum click distance and a shortest URL path using a fallible outgoing-link API. The solution covers BFS correctness, cycles, predecessor memory, deterministic ties, bounded concurrency, throttling, retries, caching, incomplete results, cancellation, and resumable crawling.

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Sep 3, 2026
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