vcashk / algorithms

algorithms playground for common questions

Algorithms

Algorithms playground for common questions solved in ruby syntax.
In case you want to prepare yourself for a job interview - try to solve it yourself first, then have a look here.

Problems

problem	solution
Dijkstra's shortest path between two nodes	click
Kruskal's minimum spanning tree algorithm	click
Find the square root of a number	click
Binary search	click
Longest increasing subsequence	click
Find all permutations of array	click
Finding all combinations of well-formed brackets	click
Finding the powerset of a set	click
Game of life	click
Print all combinations of set joining	click
Telephone number to words	click
Find the smallest biggest number that has the same digits	click
[Find the minimum insertions needed to make a word palindrome](from http://www.geeksforgeeks.org/dynamic-programming-set-28-minimum-insertions-to-form-a-palindrome/)	click
String matching - Knuth Morris Pratt algorithm KMP	click
Balanced Parentheses	click
Quicksort algorithm	click
Mergesort algorithm	click
Countingsort algorithm	click
Shellsort algorithm	click
Knapsack problem	click
Longest common subsequence problem	click , click
Monty Hall Problem	click
Eucliden and Extended Eucliden algorithm	click

#How?
Simply run ruby some_file.rb to execute the algorithm. At the bottom of each file there are some test samples.
example: ruby brackets_combinations.rb will print:
["((()))", "(()())", "(())()", "()(())", "()()()"].

Why?

I interviewed with Google, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and others. Sometimes it looks like they all ask you the same "out of the box" questions that don't really check knowledge but memorization of the same tricks. This is my way of saying - change your interview style. There are lots of smart people out there, this is not the best way to find them.

Contribute

Did you find a bug? any way to do it better? please feel free to pull-request it :)