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Role: Machine Learning Engineer (MLE)

College: Not Specified

Interview Date: October 9, 2024

Interview Type: Full-Time

Result: Not Specified

Difficulty: Medium

Rounds: At least 1 coding round

Topics Asked: Algorithms, Data Structures (string manipulation, distance calculation)

Experience:

The interview experience for an MLE role at Glean included a coding round with two questions.

• Coding Round: This round featured two questions, with the second being a follow-up to the first.
  • Question 1: "Given 1D string consisting of elements ('X', 'Y', 'O'). Find the minimum distance between X and Y. Example: Input = "XOXOXXOOYOXO", output = 2"
  • Question 2 (Follow-up): "Given 2D string consisting of elements ('X', 'Y', 'O'). Find the minimum distance between X and Y. Distance is calculated using manhattan distance."