I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Addepar (Mountain View, CA) in Sept 2016
Interview
the interviewer first ask me to describe my project in my resume. and quickly move on to next step: coding challenge as i provide below.
I had no idea at that time and also can't understand the hint provided. The interviewer was upset and terminated the interview after 10 minutes.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
given a 3*3 matrix filling by unique numbers from 1 to 9. You can only switch 9 with 9's up/down/left/right neighbours. Each switch is counted as a step.
Question: what's the minimum number of steps to reach the state that the matrix is like
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
Thank you for sharing your feedback about your interview experience. I am sorry to hear your interview ended quickly. I'd like to be able to give feedback to that interviewer. If you would be so kind to email me at lissa.minkin@addepar.com with who that was I will be happy to talk with them about a better way to handle a situation like that. Thank you, Lissa
