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rohanverma94May 30, 2026

Uber phone screen - missed the deque cleanup

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User-e8055May 30, 2026

LC 1438 is a solid problem. the deque cleanup is always the part that trips people under pressure

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emilywu96May 30, 2026

yeah the monotonic deque edge cases are easy to mess up when you're nervous

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User-llqceMay 30, 2026

uber phone screens can move fast. if the deque implementation wasn't clean they tend to move on

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User-w6yqhMay 30, 2026

sliding window with monotonic deque seems to come up across multiple companies. worth getting that pattern down cold

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User-s33laMay 30, 2026

which role? swe or ML?

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