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A question's ranking corresponds to how commonly it's asked by Samsara. The higher the ranking, the more likely you'll encounter it in a Samsara interview.

Question

Frequency

Difficulty

Alternating Groups II

Determine the length of the longest subsequence within a binary string that consists of alternating groups of 0s and 1s. You are allowed to remove characters to achieve this alternating pattern.

ArraysTwo PointersSliding Windows

Very likely

If you have a Samsara interview, it's very likely that you will get this question

Medium

#1. Alternating Groups II

Medium

Determine the length of the longest subsequence within a binary string that consists of alternating groups of 0s and 1s. You are allowed to remove characters to achieve this alternating pattern.

ArraysTwo PointersSliding Windows

This question is very likely to be asked in your Samsara interview

Alternating Groups I

Determine the maximum length of alternating groups (even-odd or odd-even) within a given array. Find the longest sequence where adjacent numbers have different parity.

ArraysTwo PointersSliding Windows

Somewhat likely

If you have a Samsara interview, you might get this question

Easy

#2. Alternating Groups I

Easy

Determine the maximum length of alternating groups (even-odd or odd-even) within a given array. Find the longest sequence where adjacent numbers have different parity.

ArraysTwo PointersSliding Windows

This question is somewhat likely to be asked in your Samsara interview

Valid Sudoku

Determine if a given 9x9 Sudoku board is valid. Check if each row, column, and 3x3 subgrid contains the digits 1-9 without repetition.

Arrays

Somewhat likely

If you have a Samsara interview, you might get this question

Medium

#3. Valid Sudoku

Medium

Determine if a given 9x9 Sudoku board is valid. Check if each row, column, and 3x3 subgrid contains the digits 1-9 without repetition.

Arrays

This question is somewhat likely to be asked in your Samsara interview

Find Beautiful Indices in the Given Array I

Given a string and two substrings, find the indices where the first substring occurs. Then, find the indices where the second substring occurs. Return the indices of the first substring that are close to any index of the second substring, within a specified range.

ArraysStringsTwo Pointers

Not likely

If you have a Samsara interview, it's unlikely that you will get this question. Samsara does ask it, but it's rare

Medium

#4. Find Beautiful Indices in the Given Array I

Medium

ArraysStringsTwo Pointers

This question is not likely to be asked in your Samsara interview

Text Justification

Given a sequence of words and a line width, format the text to fit within the specified width. You must justify the text, distributing extra spaces evenly between words.

ArraysStrings

Not likely

If you have a Samsara interview, it's unlikely that you will get this question. Samsara does ask it, but it's rare

Hard

#5. Text Justification

Hard

Given a sequence of words and a line width, format the text to fit within the specified width. You must justify the text, distributing extra spaces evenly between words.

ArraysStrings

This question is not likely to be asked in your Samsara interview

Number of Flowers in Full Bloom

Imagine people entering and leaving a flower garden at different times. Given the arrival and departure times for each person, and the bloom period for each flower, determine how many flowers are in full bloom when each person is in the garden.

ArraysBinary Search

Not likely

If you have a Samsara interview, it's unlikely that you will get this question. Samsara does ask it, but it's rare

Hard

#6. Number of Flowers in Full Bloom

Hard

ArraysBinary Search

This question is not likely to be asked in your Samsara interview