logic Interview Questions

“Given a series of strings, find the biggest common prefix.”

“The company needs to award certain project contracts to external parties but the union maintains these services can be performed by union members and therefore not allowed to be externally…”

“Our Canadian business operation is in a leased facility just acquired by the Canadian government upon previous landlord's default - and they are not allowing tenants to renew their leases; therefore…”

“What can do you want here? What do you think you can gain?”

“You’re in a room with three light switches, each of which controls one of three light bulbs in the next room. Your task is to determine which switch controls which bulb. All lights are initially off…”

“How is storing electricity different from storing natural gas or water? How would you, as a smart metering vendor, prepare for disruption in service?”

“int Solve(string str);

Given the signature above, implement the simplest method that returns the results of the following arguments…”

“You have a building with 100 stories, and two identical balls. Your goal is to discover the topmost level from which the balls can be dropped without breaking. Do this in the least number of tries…”

“If you have three people standing, all facing the same direction, each person can see the color of the hat of only the person directly in front of them (which can be either black or white). There are…”