Yahoo DevOps Site Reliability Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Minimum Knight Moves (LC Medium)
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Q2. OS, CN, DB concepts like multithreading, semaphore, tcp vs udp, transaction and ACId properties. Java concepts like stack vs heap(memory), error vs exception. Any 1 Project discussion for 10 mins
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Q1. Focus on algorithms - trees, graphs. Questions on improving algorithm performance. Converting algorithm to code.
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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. Prefer not to due to NDA
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Brush up on DS and Algorithms

Q1. Hiring manager round
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Q2. Questions on previous projects
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Q1. Longest subsequence with sum zero
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Find the longest subsequence in an array with sum zero.
• Iterate through the array and keep track of the running sum.

• Store the running sum in a hashmap along with the index.

• If the same sum is encountered again, the subsequence between the two indices has a sum of zero.
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Q2. Find diameter of tree
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The diameter of a tree is the longest path between two leaf nodes in the tree.
• Calculate the longest path between two leaf nodes in the tree

• This can be done by finding the height of the left and right subtrees and adding them together

• The diameter of the tree is the maximum of either the diameter of the left subtree, the diameter of the right subtree, or the sum of the heights of the left and right subtrees
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Q1. System design: Hotel booking system
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Design a hotel booking system for managing reservations and availability.
• Use a database to store hotel information, room availability, and reservations.

• Implement user authentication and authorization for booking.

• Include a search feature for users to find available rooms based on their criteria.

• Allow users to make reservations, modify or cancel them.

• Send confirmation emails to users after successful bookings.
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Divide one big integer by another

Q1. Print the nodes of a n-ary tree in an arc wise manner as seen from the outside.
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Print nodes of n-ary tree in arc wise manner from outside
• Traverse the tree level by level from outside to inside

• Use a queue to keep track of nodes at each level

• Print the nodes at each level in a clockwise or anticlockwise manner
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It was a ideal machine coding round. Consisting of a question to be completed within 45 mins. For a given manager to employee hierarchy, count direct + indirect repartees.

Q1. Given array of integer create subarray with sum = 0
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Create subarrays with sum = 0 from given array of integers.
• Iterate through the array and keep track of the running sum.

• Store the running sum in a hashmap and check if the current sum - any previous sum equals 0.

• If yes, then the subarray between those two indices has a sum of 0.
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Q2. Left view of binary tree
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The left view of a binary tree is the set of nodes visible when the tree is viewed from the left side.
• Traverse the tree in a level order manner and keep track of the first node at each level.

• Use a queue to store nodes at each level and update the left view nodes accordingly.

• Example: For a binary tree with root node 1, left child 2, and right child 3, the left view would be [1, 2].
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