Bioinformatics Engineer Interview Questions

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Given a set of XY pairs I want to create a data structure such that searching, insertion and deletion is extremely fast using the X value. But I also want to be able to find the maximum Y value at any given time. What data structure would you use for this problem? How would you keep track of the maximum Y value? This Y value can also get deleted during the process.
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Bioinformatics Engineer

Interviewed at Dendreon

2.7
Feb 1, 2011

Given a set of XY pairs I want to create a data structure such that searching, insertion and deletion is extremely fast using the X value. But I also want to be able to find the maximum Y value at any given time. What data structure would you use for this problem? How would you keep track of the maximum Y value? This Y value can also get deleted during the process.

His first question was more of a statement about how they couldn't afford to fly me in for an interview and that he wasn't sure if they could hire someone without meeting them in person. I thought this was a fairly rude and probing way to see if I wanted the job. The message here was that he wanted to contact me for some reason, but that he was skeptical that the conversation would be worth his time.
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Bioinformatics Specialist

Interviewed at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

3.9
Aug 12, 2016

His first question was more of a statement about how they couldn't afford to fly me in for an interview and that he wasn't sure if they could hire someone without meeting them in person. I thought this was a fairly rude and probing way to see if I wanted the job. The message here was that he wanted to contact me for some reason, but that he was skeptical that the conversation would be worth his time.

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