ByteDance interview notes, page 6 of 29

“Sort by start time first, then sweep through and either extend the last interval's end or append a new one.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at ByteDance, Onsite - Coding / Algorithms round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I went with promoting the deepest rightmost leaf as the replacement, which felt clean to me, but the interviewer kept pushing on whether that was the only valid approach or just one option.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at ByteDance, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The naive approach of just tracking a running max will burn you the second you hit a negative number.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at ByteDance, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Did not nail this.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at ByteDance, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I knew the broad strokes but stumbled a bit on the ordering rules.” The rest of the author's notes on Frontend Engineer interview at ByteDance, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This sounds easy until you're actually in it.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at ByteDance, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one is deceptively wide.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at ByteDance, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I knew the basic throttle pattern but the 'remember latest args and re-execute at window end' part is where I fumbled.” The rest of the author's notes on Frontend Engineer interview at ByteDance, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I spent too long overthinking the representation format and not enough time on the actual traversal logic.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at ByteDance, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This is where I underestimated the prep needed.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at ByteDance, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.