Fastenal Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. DSA - level order traversal, sliding window.
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Q1. Atomic transaction in distributed system
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Atomic transactions ensure that all operations in a transaction are completed successfully or none at all in a distributed system.
• Atomic transactions guarantee that all operations within a transaction are either all successful or all rolled back.

• In distributed systems, atomic transactions are crucial for maintaining data consistency across multiple nodes.

• ACID properties (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability) a...read more
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45 min round. Similar to Leetcode medium level question.

45 min coding round, 2 question asked

Q1. System design of proximity service
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Design a system for proximity service
• Utilize geolocation data to track user locations

• Implement algorithms to calculate proximity between users

• Use real-time updates to notify users of nearby contacts
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Q1. Behavioral questions
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Q1. Introduction about yourself and expectation
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Q1. IOS questions and architecture question about modularisation. From resume.
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Q2. Question Asked about memory management
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Q3. Question about modularisation and interface design
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Implement boolean canConstruct(String targetString, String[] dict) which returns true if we can construct the targetString by concatenating the words given in the dictionary

Q1. Implement key value store
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Implement a key value store for storing and retrieving data efficiently.
• Use a hash table or a balanced tree data structure to store key-value pairs.

• Implement functions for inserting, updating, deleting, and retrieving key-value pairs.

• Consider implementing features like transactions, concurrency control, and data persistence.

• Example: Implement a simple key value store using a hash table in Python.
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Q1. Rotate matrix by 90 degree
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Rotate a matrix by 90 degrees.
• Transpose the matrix

• Reverse each row of the transposed matrix
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Q2. Longest substring with unique characters
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The question asks for finding the longest substring in a given string that contains only unique characters.
• Iterate through the string and keep track of the current substring

• Use a set to check for duplicate characters

• Update the longest substring if a longer one is found
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Q1. A trie question
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Ecommerce hight level design

Q1. Node JS internal
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Q2. Previous project discussion
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