Software Development and Programming Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

It doesn't look like it properly accounts for ordering. It looks like it would take )( as valid because both halves are there, but it's invalid because of the ordering.

You didn't specifically state ordering so that's why I didn't worry about it

Heres a coding problem that doesnt require a data structure. Just string manipulation.

Return a version of the given string, where for every star (*) in the string the star and the chars immediately to its left and right are gone.
So "ab*cd" yields "ad"
and "ab**cd" also yields "ad".

example outputs:
starOut("ab*cd") → "ad"
starOut("ab**cd") → "ad"
starOut("sm*eilly") → "silly"

I will try this one between tonight and tomorrow.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

edit

nvm, it's not working.

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

edit

nvm, it's not working.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

Also @Neo The Resurrected ONE here's one for you: write a function that validates matching parentheses/braces/brackets.
Input: ()
Output: true
Input: {[]}()
Output: true
Input: (})
Output: false

You can assume the input will only contain a combination of ()[]{}.

A friend of mine gave me his solution:

function mathInput(values) {
if ((values.length) % 2 === 1) {
   return false;
}
const matches = {
  "{": 0,
  "}": 0,
  "(": 0,
  ")": 0,
  "[": 0,
  "]": 0
 }
const valuesSplitted = values.split('');

valuesSplitted.forEach(value => matches[value] = matches[value] + 1);

if ((matches["{"] === matches["}"]) &&
    (matches["("] === matches[")"]) &&
    (matches["["] === matches["]"])) {
    return true
 } else {
    return false
  }
}

 

[Takerstani]

There are a bunch of junior developer positions on sites like Indeed and Linkedin that suddenly have popped up and require Hatchways.io technical assessments. Don't fall for it. You'll spend hours or days on an exam for jobs that don't exist. One job I applied to was for a company I'd never heard of, so, before starting the assessment I did background on the company. The site is just a generic 'business page', every link goes no where except the one back to the home page. There is no indication of any real employees, no owner/CEO, nothing. It's not a real business. After that I checked Reddit and found others had been bamboozled after going through with it, to find they give everyone the same advice that they're so close to where they need to be and buy their $6000 career training course. They're wasting a lot of people's time - I saw a ton of other people applied, as well to that non-existent business.

What made me check the business out first, was that I apply daily and thought it was curious that a bunch of businesses would suddenly want Junior Devs and they'd all, back to back, want to use this particular technical assessment platform vs. the more known ones.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

Also @Neo The Resurrected ONE here's one for you: write a function that validates matching parentheses/braces/brackets.
Input: ()
Output: true
Input: {[]}()
Output: true
Input: (})
Output: false

You can assume the input will only contain a combination of ()[]{}.

Alright, breh, I got it.

This is my JavaScript solution.

function matchInput (a) {
  let b;
  let c;
  a.toString('');
  if (a.includes('(') && a.includes('[') && a.includes('{') )  {
    if (a.includes(')') && a.includes(']') && a.includes('}')) {
      b = true;
      c = true;
    } else {
      b = false;
      c = false;
    }
  } else if (a.includes('(') && a.includes('[')) {
    if (a.includes(')') && a.includes(']')) {
      b = true;
      c = true;
    } else {
      b = false;
      c = false;
    }
  } else if (a.includes('(') && a.includes('{')) {
    if (a.includes(')') && a.includes('}')) {
      b = true;
      c = true;
    } else {
      b = false;
      c = false;
    }
  } else if (a.includes('{') && a.includes('[')) {
    if (a.includes('}') && a.includes(']')) {
      b = true;
      c = true;
    } else {
      b = false;
      c = false;
    }
  } else if (a.includes(')') && a.includes(']') && a.includes('}') )  {
    if (a.includes('(') && a.includes('[') && a.includes('{')) {
      c = true;
      b = true;
    } else {
      c = false;
      b = false;
    }
  } else if (a.includes(')') && a.includes(']')) {
    if (a.includes('(') && a.includes('[')) {
      c = true;
      b = true;
    } else {
      c = false;
      b = false;
    }
  } else if (a.includes(')') && a.includes('}')) {
    if (a.includes('(') && a.includes('{')) {
      c = true;
      b = true;
    } else {
      c = false;
      b = false;
    }
  } else if (a.includes('}') && a.includes(']')) {
    if (a.includes('{') && a.includes('[')) {
      c = true;
      b = true;
    } else {
      c = false;
      b = false;
    }
  } else if (a.includes(')')) {
    if (a.includes('(')) {
      c = true;
      b = true;
    } else {
      c = false;
      b = false;
    }
  } else if(a.includes('}')) {
    if (a.includes('{')) {
      c = true;
      b = true;
    } else {
      c = false;
      b = false;
    }
  } else if(a.includes(']')) {
    if(a.includes('[')) {
      c = true;
      b = true;
    } else {
      c = false;
      b = false;
    }
  } else if (a.includes('(')) {
    if (a.includes(')')) {
      b = true;
      c = true;
    } else {
      b = false;
      c = false;
    }
  } else if(a.includes('{')) {
    if (a.includes('}')) {
      b = true;
      c = true;
    } else {
      b = false;
      c = false;
    }
  } else if(a.includes('[')) {
    if(a.includes(']')) {
      b = true;
      c = true;
    } else {
      b = false;
      c = false;
    }
  } else {
    return false;
  }
  if(b && c ) {
  return true;
  } else {
    return false;
 }
}

A friend of mine gave me his solution:

function mathInput(values) {
if ((values.length) % 2 === 1) {
   return false;
}
const matches = {
  "{": 0,
  "}": 0,
  "(": 0,
  ")": 0,
  "[": 0,
  "]": 0
 }
const valuesSplitted = values.split('');

valuesSplitted.forEach(value => matches[value] = matches[value] + 1);

if ((matches["{"] === matches["}"]) &&
    (matches["("] === matches[")"]) &&
    (matches["["] === matches["]"])) {
    return true
 } else {
    return false
  }
}

Would either solution say that this is valid: { [ } ] ?

 

[Rev Leon Lonnie Love]

trying to ramp up and onboard in a mid-sized new company is the WOAT.
So much documentation to read and still ending up more confused than the last time

Can't wait for the month to end so I can comfort my bruised ego with that paycheck

 

[Responsible Allen Iverson]

 

[Secure Da Bag]

So he writes in C/C++, where he has to worry about the elegantly blasting off a limb with a shotgun.

 

[Rev Leon Lonnie Love]

sounds like someone who knows little about how powerful python can be

 

[Mike809]

has anyone here ever done an interview through hirevue?
i have one with Chase bank , but its mostly talking alone and answering some questions while on camera.

 

[Rev Leon Lonnie Love]

has anyone here ever done an interview through hirevue?
i have one with Chase bank , but its mostly talking alone and answering some questions while on camera.

I have


and guess what? There's a hack that can allow you to see all the questions before taking it so you can prepare before hand and ace the shyt

 

[Mike809]

I have


and guess what? There's a hack that can allow you to see all the questions before taking it so you can prepare before hand and ace the shyt

Yeah , i kind of read about that on reddit. Something about inspecting the html code?
Provide your techniques though

 

[Rev Leon Lonnie Love]

Yeah , i kind of read about that on reddit. Something about inspecting the html code?
Provide your techniques though

really simple. just fiddle with the url. see spoiler and replace the elements in square brackets with the relevant info. I tried it last year and it worked.

Spoiler

https://[company].hirevue.com/api/internal/candidates/interviews/[your_id]/?include=answers,sections,poc

let us know how it goes.

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

really simple. just fiddle with the url. see spoiler and replace the elements in square brackets with the relevant info. I tried it last year and it worked.

Spoiler

https://[company].hirevue.com/api/internal/candidates/interviews/[your_id]/?include=answers,sections,poc

let us know how it goes.

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