Topic 6. Level 600
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Man: Good morning, everyone. Let's start our sprint planning. How many story points do we have left from the last sprint?
Woman: We have about 8 points of carry-over. The login page task was not finished because we found some extra work.
Man: OK. So with our usual capacity of 40 points, we can plan for about 32 new points this sprint. What should we focus on?
Woman: I think we should work on the user profile feature. The design team finished the mockups last week, so we can start building it now.
Man: That sounds good. Can you break it down into smaller tasks and estimate the points before lunch?
Woman: Sure. I will create the tickets in Jira and add the estimates by noon.
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Q1. What are the speakers mainly discussing?
A) How to fix a bug in the login page
B) How to plan the work for the next sprint
C) How to hire a new team member
D) How to update the design mockups
Answer
B
The speakers discuss carry-over story points, capacity for new points, and which features to work on, which are all part of planning the next sprint.
Q2. Why were 8 story points carried over from the last sprint?
A) The team was on vacation
B) The design team was late
C) The login page task had extra work
D) The project manager changed the plan
Answer
C
The woman says the login page task was not finished because they found some extra work, which is the reason for the 8-point carry-over.
Q3. What will the woman do before lunch?
A) Finish building the user profile feature
B) Meet with the design team
C) Create tickets and add estimates in Jira
D) Test the login page
Answer
C
The woman agrees to create the tickets in Jira and add the estimates by noon, which is before lunch.
Topic 7. Level 600
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Man: Your task is to find the longest word in a sentence. Any questions before you start?
Woman: Yes. Should I ignore punctuation marks in the sentence?
Man: Good question. Yes, please ignore punctuation for this problem.
Woman: And if there is a tie, should I return the first one or all of them?
Man: Please return the first one. That keeps the function simple.
Woman: Got it. I will write the function in Python and walk you through it.
Vocabulary and Phrases
Questions
Q1. What is the woman's task?
A) Find the shortest word
B) Find the longest word in a sentence
C) Sort the sentence
D) Translate the sentence
Answer
B
The man states the task is to find the longest word in a sentence.
Q2. What should she do with punctuation?
A) Count it as letters
B) Ignore it
C) Replace it with spaces
D) Print it
Answer
B
The man confirms she should ignore punctuation marks.
Q3. What should she return when there is a tie?
A) All tied words
B) The shortest one
C) The first one
D) An error
Answer
C
He says to return the first one to keep the function simple.
Topic 8. Level 600
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Man: I started looking at the ticket, but I have a question about the acceptance criteria.
Woman: Sure. Which item is not clear to you?
Man: The ticket says the form must show an error when the email is wrong. What kind of error message do you want?
Woman: Good point. We want a short message in red, just below the email field.
Man: Got it. Should the submit button be disabled when there is an error?
Woman: Yes, please disable the button until the email is correct. I will add that to the ticket now.
Vocabulary and Phrases
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Q1. What is the man asking about?
A) The acceptance criteria of a ticket
B) The vacation schedule
C) The price of a tool
D) The office layout
Answer
A
The man says he has a question about the acceptance criteria.
Q2. Where should the error message appear?
A) At the top of the page
B) Below the email field, in red
C) In a popup window
D) In the page title
Answer
B
The woman says she wants a short message in red just below the email field.
Q3. What should happen to the submit button when there is an error?
A) It should be hidden
B) It should change color
C) It should be disabled
D) It should be moved
Answer
C
The woman says please disable the button until the email is correct.
Topic 9. Level 600
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Man: Welcome. Today I will give you a small coding problem in any language you like.
Woman: Thank you. I will use Python because I am most comfortable with it.
Man: Great. Please write a function that returns the most common word in a list.
Woman: Sure. Can I assume the input list is not empty?
Man: Yes, you can assume that. Please also explain your time complexity.
Woman: I will use a hash map to count words. The time complexity is order n.
Vocabulary and Phrases
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Q1. What kind of interview is this?
A) A coding interview
B) A salary review
C) A behavioral interview
D) A reference check
Answer
A
The man opens by saying he will give a small coding problem.
Q2. What language will the woman use?
A) Java
B) Go
C) Python
D) Ruby
Answer
C
She says she will use Python because she is most comfortable with it.
Q3. What data structure does the woman choose?
A) A linked list
B) A hash map
C) A binary tree
D) A queue
Answer
B
She says she will use a hash map to count words.
Topic 10. Level 600
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Woman: Today I will show you a small program with a bug. Please find and fix it.
Man: Sounds good. Can I run the tests to see the error?
Woman: Yes, please run them. The test name is test_user_login.
Man: I see the error. The function returns null when the password is empty.
Woman: Good. What is the cause and how will you fix it?
Man: The cause is a missing check. I will add an early return when the password is empty.
Vocabulary and Phrases
Questions
Q1. What kind of interview is this?
A) A debugging interview
B) A behavioral interview
C) A salary review
D) A reference call
Answer
A
The woman opens by saying she will show a small program with a bug to fix.
Q2. What does the man do first?
A) Rewrite the program
B) Run the tests
C) Ask for help
D) Read the design doc
Answer
B
He asks if he can run the tests to see the error.
Q3. How will the man fix the bug?
A) By deleting the function
B) By adding an early return for empty password
C) By changing the test
D) By restarting the server
Answer
B
He says he will add an early return when the password is empty.