Benchling Interview Questions

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Treats Distribution

Say we are given an integer array of an even length, where different numbers in the array represent certain kinds of snacks or treats. Each number maps to, or represents, one kind of snack. So the following array would have two kinds: snack type 3 and type 2 : js const snacks 3, 3, 2, 2 ...

Difficulty: 4/10

Closures and Dependency Injection

In JavaScript, closures and dependency injection are powerful concepts that enable modular, maintainable, and flexible code. In this challenge, you will explore these concepts by implementing a specific functionality using closures and then using closures for dependency injection. **Part 1: C...

Difficulty: 6/10

Dutch National Flag Problem

This problem is named the "Dutch national flag problem" because the flag of the Netherlands is comprised of the colors red, white, and blue in separate parts. Although we won't be using colors, the premise of the challenge is to develop a sorting algorithm that performs some form of separations of th...

Difficulty: 8/10

Length of String Compression

Let's define the "compacting" of a string as taking an input like the following: 'sstttrrrr' . We want to take the number of sequential appearances number of times it shows up in a row of each letter: s: 2 t: 3 r: 4 And denote them next to the original character in the string,...

Difficulty: 6/10

Delete Node From End

Removing the Nth Node From a Linked List's End: A Single Pass Approach Get ready to sail through a classic problem: Removing the n th node from the end of a linked list in a single pass. By the end of this lesson, you'll be able to wave goodbye to that pesky n th node and still maintain the lis...

Difficulty: 6/10

Longest Increasing Subsequence

The Longest Increasing Subsequence LIS is a subsequence within an array of numbers with an increasing order. The numbers within the subsequence have to be unique and in an ascending manner. It's important to note that the items of the sequence do not have to be in consecutive locations within the...

Difficulty: 8/10

Implement a Hash Map

Arrays are amazing for looking up elements at specific indices as all elements in memory are contiguous, allowing for O 1 or constant time lookups. But often we don't, or can't, perform lookups via indices. Hash maps and hash tables are a way around this, enabling us to lookup via keys instead. ...

Difficulty: 3/10

Linked List to Binary Search Tree

We're given a sorted singly linked list that is, a linked list made of nodes with no pointers to the previous node where the elements are already arranged in ascending order. js 9 2 3 5 9 Linked List Node Definition: function Node val this.val val this...

Difficulty: 7/10

Find Missing Number in Array

We're given an array of continuous numbers that should increment sequentially by 1 , which just means that we expect a sequence like: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 However, we notice that there are some missing numbers in the sequence. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 Can you write a method missingNumb...

Difficulty: 4/10

Linked Lists

In a linked list, each element is called a **node**. Each node consists of two parts: the **data** and a **reference** also called a **pointer** to the **next node**. Here's an example of a simple linked list implemented using C : cpp include using namespace std int main Linked...

Difficulty: 5/10

Understanding Underlying Mechanisms

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Difficulty: 5/10

Arrays

Introduction to Arrays Arrays are one of the fundamental data structures in programming. They are used to store a collection of elements of the same data type. Arrays provide efficient access to individual elements and allow for easy manipulation and analysis of data. Use Cases for Array...

Difficulty: 5/10

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