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Round 1

Questions:

  1. 215. Kth Largest Element in an Array
  2. 543. Diameter of Binary Tree

The questions were slightly tweaked but nothing crazy.

Candidate's Approach
  • For the first question, the candidate provided a heap solution and mentioned Quickselect as an alternative.
  • For the second question, the candidate used Depth-First Search (DFS) to solve the problem.
Interviewer's Feedback

The interviewer provided hints on fixing some very small issues. The candidate fumbled the follow-up question about DFS space complexity for a balanced tree but knew the answer. Overall, the interview went very well.