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The most unexpected questions was how would you color a 3-colorable graph. I was initially thinking that you had to do something efficient, which isn't possible, but he just wanted some way of doing it.
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Quantitative Analyst/Software Developer Intern

Interviewed at D. E. Shaw & Co. - Investment Firm

3.8
Jan 18, 2014

The most unexpected questions was how would you color a 3-colorable graph. I was initially thinking that you had to do something efficient, which isn't possible, but he just wanted some way of doing it.

1. How does malloc work? 2. What does compiler create for you in an empty class in C++? 3. A file of n 32 bit ints, where n = 4*10**9, find a valid int that is not in the file. If n=10**6, would you use the same algorithm?
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Quantitative Analyst and Software Developer

Interviewed at D. E. Shaw & Co. - Investment Firm

3.8
Oct 15, 2019

1. How does malloc work? 2. What does compiler create for you in an empty class in C++? 3. A file of n 32 bit ints, where n = 4*10**9, find a valid int that is not in the file. If n=10**6, would you use the same algorithm?

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