Anthology Implementation Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Question on Binary trees: if symmetric, easy string question using hashmap
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Q2. If we are hosting a live test how to show real time ranking, HLD for this and what algorithms can we use
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Q1. Database schema design for a feature where user can be free, gold, platinum.
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Use a user table with a column for user type (free, gold, platinum)
• Create a user table with columns for user ID, name, email, user type

• Use a separate table for user types with columns for type ID and type name

• Establish a one-to-many relationship between user and user type tables

• Example: user table - user_id, name, email, type_id; user_type table - type_id, type_name
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Q1. HLD for live rank dashboard for a live test where millions of users are doing test
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High-level design for a live rank dashboard for a live test with millions of users.
• Use a scalable architecture to handle millions of users concurrently.

• Implement real-time data processing to update ranks dynamically.

• Utilize caching mechanisms to improve performance and reduce load on the database.

• Design a user-friendly interface with intuitive data visualization.

• Include features for filtering, sorting, and searching to
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Q1. How to manage and configure postfix mail server.
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Postfix mail server can be managed and configured using configuration files and command line tools.
• Edit the main configuration file /etc/postfix/main.cf to make changes to the server settings

• Use postconf command to view or change configuration parameters

• Restart the postfix service after making changes for them to take effect

• Utilize tools like postmap to manage lookup tables for postfix

• Monitor mail server logs for troub
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Q2. OS go to maintenance mode, how to fix it.
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To fix an OS in maintenance mode, reboot the system, check for any recent changes or updates, run diagnostics, and restore from a backup if necessary.
• Reboot the system to see if it resolves the issue

• Check for any recent changes or updates that may have caused the OS to go into maintenance mode

• Run diagnostics to identify any hardware or software issues

• Restore the OS from a backup if needed
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Two Medium DSA problem to solve

Q1. Design scalable Streaming pipeline and
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Design a scalable streaming pipeline for processing large volumes of data.
• Use a distributed streaming framework like Apache Kafka or Apache Flink for real-time data processing.

• Implement data partitioning and parallel processing to handle high data throughput.

• Utilize cloud services like AWS Kinesis or Google Cloud Pub/Sub for scalability and reliability.

• Include fault tolerance mechanisms like checkpointing and data repl...read more
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Q1. LLD round , write classes and its methods
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Q1. Salary and benefits discussion
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Got 2 medium level DSA questions in the coding test

Q1. Computer fundamentals
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Q2. System Design Questions
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Two dynamic programming challenges at the hard level on LeetCode and 10 medium-level SQL challenge.

Q1. Check if string is palindrome
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Check if a string is the same forwards and backwards
• Iterate through the string from both ends and compare characters

• Use built-in functions like reverse() to check for palindrome

• Ignore spaces and punctuation when checking for palindrome
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Python technical SQL basic

2.5 Hours 2 Coding que and sql query and topin tech platform

Q1. Based on boolean matrix
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Q2. Find k closest node of given given node in a BST.
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Find k closest nodes to a given node in a BST.
• Perform an inorder traversal of the BST to get a sorted list of nodes.

• Use a priority queue to keep track of the k closest nodes based on their absolute difference with the target node.

• Populate the priority queue with the first k nodes from the inorder traversal.

• For each subsequent node, calculate its absolute difference with the target node and compare it with the top eleme...read more
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