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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Coin Change** (Medium)\n\nYou are given an integer array `coins` representing coins of different denominations and an integer `amount` representing a total amount of money. Return the fewest number of coins needed to make up that amount. If that amount of money cannot be made ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How would you answer: 'Tell me about a significant technical mistake you made and what you learned from it.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "**Strong Answer:**\n\n**The Mistake:**\nTwo years ago, I was deploying a database schema migration on a production PostgreSQL t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How would you answer the behavioral interview question: 'Tell me about a time you disagreed with your manager or a technical decision, and how you handled it.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "**Strong Answer (STAR Format):**\n\n**Situation:**\nAt my previous role, our...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Longest Increasing Subsequence** (Hard)\n\nGiven an integer array `nums`, return the length of the longest strictly increasing subsequence.\n\nPlease provide a solution in python with a clear explanation of the approach, time/space complexity, and any important edge cases." ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Subsets** (Medium)\n\nGiven an integer array `nums` of unique elements, return all possible subsets (the power set). The solution set must not contain duplicate subsets. Return the solution in any order.\n\nPlease provide a solution in python with a clear explanation of the ap...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Reverse a Linked List** (Easy)\n\nGiven the head of a singly linked list, reverse the list and return the reversed list's head. Solve it both iteratively and recursively.\n\nPlease provide a solution in python with a clear explanation of the approach, time/space complexity, an...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Two Sum** (Easy)\n\nGiven an array of integers `nums` and an integer `target`, return the indices of the two numbers that add up to `target`. You may assume that each input would have exactly one solution, and you may not use the same element twice.\n\nPlease provide a solutio...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Design a URL shortening service like bit.ly. The system should support: creating short URLs from long URLs, redirecting short URLs to original URLs, and optionally tracking click analytics." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "## System Design: URL Shortener\n\n### Require...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Longest Increasing Subsequence** (Hard)\n\nGiven an integer array `nums`, return the length of the longest strictly increasing subsequence.\n\nPlease provide a solution in python with a clear explanation of the approach, time/space complexity, and any important edge cases." ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Edit Distance (Levenshtein Distance)** (Hard)\n\nGiven two strings `word1` and `word2`, return the minimum number of operations required to convert `word1` to `word2`. Operations allowed: insert a character, delete a character, replace a character.\n\nPlease provide a solution...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Course Schedule II (Topological Sort)** (Hard)\n\nThere are `numCourses` courses labeled from 0 to numCourses-1. Given `prerequisites[i] = [a, b]` meaning you must take course b before course a, return the ordering of courses you should take to finish all courses. If impossibl...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Binary Tree Level Order Traversal** (Medium)\n\nGiven the root of a binary tree, return the level order traversal of its nodes' values (i.e., from left to right, level by level).\n\nPlease provide a solution in python with a clear explanation of the approach, time/space comple...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Daily Temperatures** (Medium)\n\nGiven an array of integers `temperatures` representing daily temperatures, return an array `answer` such that `answer[i]` is the number of days you have to wait after the `i`-th day to get a warmer temperature. If there is no future day with a ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Group Anagrams** (Medium)\n\nGiven an array of strings `strs`, group the anagrams together. You can return the answer in any order.\n\nPlease provide a solution in python with a clear explanation of the approach, time/space complexity, and any important edge cases." }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Number of Islands** (Medium)\n\nGiven an `m x n` 2D binary grid where '1' represents land and '0' represents water, return the number of islands. An island is surrounded by water and is formed by connecting adjacent lands horizontally or vertically.\n\nPlease provide a solutio...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Search in Rotated Sorted Array** (Medium)\n\nAn integer array `nums` is sorted in ascending order and then rotated at some pivot. Given the array after rotation and an integer `target`, return the index of `target` if it is in `nums`, or -1 if it is not.\n\nPlease provide a so...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Number of Islands** (Medium)\n\nGiven an `m x n` 2D binary grid where '1' represents land and '0' represents water, return the number of islands. An island is surrounded by water and is formed by connecting adjacent lands horizontally or vertically.\n\nPlease provide a solutio...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Search in Rotated Sorted Array** (Medium)\n\nAn integer array `nums` is sorted in ascending order and then rotated at some pivot. Given the array after rotation and an integer `target`, return the index of `target` if it is in `nums`, or -1 if it is not.\n\nPlease provide a so...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Longest Increasing Subsequence** (Hard)\n\nGiven an integer array `nums`, return the length of the longest strictly increasing subsequence.\n\nPlease provide a solution in python with a clear explanation of the approach, time/space complexity, and any important edge cases." ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Number of Islands** (Medium)\n\nGiven an `m x n` 2D binary grid where '1' represents land and '0' represents water, return the number of islands. An island is surrounded by water and is formed by connecting adjacent lands horizontally or vertically.\n\nPlease provide a solutio...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters** (Medium)\n\nGiven a string `s`, find the length of the longest substring without repeating characters.\n\nPlease provide a solution in python with a clear explanation of the approach, time/space complexity, and any important edg...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Container With Most Water** (Medium)\n\nGiven an integer array `height` of length n, where each element represents the height of a vertical line at position i. Find two lines that together with the x-axis form a container that holds the most water. Return the maximum amount of...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Container With Most Water** (Medium)\n\nGiven an integer array `height` of length n, where each element represents the height of a vertical line at position i. Find two lines that together with the x-axis form a container that holds the most water. Return the maximum amount of...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Daily Temperatures** (Medium)\n\nGiven an array of integers `temperatures` representing daily temperatures, return an array `answer` such that `answer[i]` is the number of days you have to wait after the `i`-th day to get a warmer temperature. If there is no future day with a ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Design a URL shortening service like bit.ly. The system should support: creating short URLs from long URLs, redirecting short URLs to original URLs, and optionally tracking click analytics." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "## System Design: URL Shortener\n\n### Require...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Group Anagrams** (Medium)\n\nGiven an array of strings `strs`, group the anagrams together. You can return the answer in any order.\n\nPlease provide a solution in python with a clear explanation of the approach, time/space complexity, and any important edge cases." }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Reverse a Linked List** (Easy)\n\nGiven the head of a singly linked list, reverse the list and return the reversed list's head. Solve it both iteratively and recursively.\n\nPlease provide a solution in python with a clear explanation of the approach, time/space complexity, an...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Edit Distance (Levenshtein Distance)** (Hard)\n\nGiven two strings `word1` and `word2`, return the minimum number of operations required to convert `word1` to `word2`. Operations allowed: insert a character, delete a character, replace a character.\n\nPlease provide a solution...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Top K Frequent Elements** (Medium)\n\nGiven an integer array `nums` and an integer `k`, return the `k` most frequent elements. You may return the answer in any order.\n\nPlease provide a solution in python with a clear explanation of the approach, time/space complexity, and an...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Binary Tree Level Order Traversal** (Medium)\n\nGiven the root of a binary tree, return the level order traversal of its nodes' values (i.e., from left to right, level by level).\n\nPlease provide a solution in python with a clear explanation of the approach, time/space comple...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Group Anagrams** (Medium)\n\nGiven an array of strings `strs`, group the anagrams together. You can return the answer in any order.\n\nPlease provide a solution in python with a clear explanation of the approach, time/space complexity, and any important edge cases." }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Subsets** (Medium)\n\nGiven an integer array `nums` of unique elements, return all possible subsets (the power set). The solution set must not contain duplicate subsets. Return the solution in any order.\n\nPlease provide a solution in python with a clear explanation of the ap...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Edit Distance (Levenshtein Distance)** (Hard)\n\nGiven two strings `word1` and `word2`, return the minimum number of operations required to convert `word1` to `word2`. Operations allowed: insert a character, delete a character, replace a character.\n\nPlease provide a solution...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Design a URL shortening service like bit.ly. The system should support: creating short URLs from long URLs, redirecting short URLs to original URLs, and optionally tracking click analytics." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "## System Design: URL Shortener\n\n### Require...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Longest Increasing Subsequence** (Hard)\n\nGiven an integer array `nums`, return the length of the longest strictly increasing subsequence.\n\nPlease provide a solution in python with a clear explanation of the approach, time/space complexity, and any important edge cases." ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Design a rate limiter that can be used as middleware for a web API. Support multiple rate limiting strategies and work across distributed servers." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "## System Design: Distributed Rate Limiter\n\n### Requirements\n- Limit requests per user...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Reverse a Linked List** (Easy)\n\nGiven the head of a singly linked list, reverse the list and return the reversed list's head. Solve it both iteratively and recursively.\n\nPlease provide a solution in python with a clear explanation of the approach, time/space complexity, an...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Two Sum** (Easy)\n\nGiven an array of integers `nums` and an integer `target`, return the indices of the two numbers that add up to `target`. You may assume that each input would have exactly one solution, and you may not use the same element twice.\n\nPlease provide a solutio...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Two Sum** (Easy)\n\nGiven an array of integers `nums` and an integer `target`, return the indices of the two numbers that add up to `target`. You may assume that each input would have exactly one solution, and you may not use the same element twice.\n\nPlease provide a solutio...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Subsets** (Medium)\n\nGiven an integer array `nums` of unique elements, return all possible subsets (the power set). The solution set must not contain duplicate subsets. Return the solution in any order.\n\nPlease provide a solution in python with a clear explanation of the ap...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Search in Rotated Sorted Array** (Medium)\n\nAn integer array `nums` is sorted in ascending order and then rotated at some pivot. Given the array after rotation and an integer `target`, return the index of `target` if it is in `nums`, or -1 if it is not.\n\nPlease provide a so...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Coin Change** (Medium)\n\nYou are given an integer array `coins` representing coins of different denominations and an integer `amount` representing a total amount of money. Return the fewest number of coins needed to make up that amount. If that amount of money cannot be made ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Two Sum** (Easy)\n\nGiven an array of integers `nums` and an integer `target`, return the indices of the two numbers that add up to `target`. You may assume that each input would have exactly one solution, and you may not use the same element twice.\n\nPlease provide a solutio...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Group Anagrams** (Medium)\n\nGiven an array of strings `strs`, group the anagrams together. You can return the answer in any order.\n\nPlease provide a solution in python with a clear explanation of the approach, time/space complexity, and any important edge cases." }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How would you answer the behavioral interview question: 'Tell me about a time you disagreed with your manager or a technical decision, and how you handled it.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "**Strong Answer (STAR Format):**\n\n**Situation:**\nAt my previous role, our...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters** (Medium)\n\nGiven a string `s`, find the length of the longest substring without repeating characters.\n\nPlease provide a solution in python with a clear explanation of the approach, time/space complexity, and any important edg...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Subsets** (Medium)\n\nGiven an integer array `nums` of unique elements, return all possible subsets (the power set). The solution set must not contain duplicate subsets. Return the solution in any order.\n\nPlease provide a solution in python with a clear explanation of the ap...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How would you answer: 'Tell me about a significant technical mistake you made and what you learned from it.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "**Strong Answer:**\n\n**The Mistake:**\nTwo years ago, I was deploying a database schema migration on a production PostgreSQL t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How would you answer the behavioral interview question: 'Tell me about a time you disagreed with your manager or a technical decision, and how you handled it.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "**Strong Answer (STAR Format):**\n\n**Situation:**\nAt my previous role, our...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How would you answer: 'Tell me about a significant technical mistake you made and what you learned from it.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "**Strong Answer:**\n\n**The Mistake:**\nTwo years ago, I was deploying a database schema migration on a production PostgreSQL t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "**Container With Most Water** (Medium)\n\nGiven an integer array `height` of length n, where each element represents the height of a vertical line at position i. Find two lines that together with the x-axis form a container that holds the most water. Return the maximum amount of...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Design a scalable notification system that supports push notifications, email, and SMS. The system should handle millions of users and support different notification types with user preferences." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "## System Design: Notification System\n\n...
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