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Top 22 Big-O Notation Interview Questions

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Big-O Notation Theoretical Questions

Q1:   

What is Big O notation?

  
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Q2:   

What is Worst Case?

  
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Q3:   

Explain the difference between O(1) vs O(n) space complexities

  
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Q4:   

What exactly would an O(n2) operation do?

  
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Q5:   

Why do we use Big O notation to compare algorithms?

  
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Q6:   

What the heck does it mean if an operation is O(log n)?

  
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Q7:   

Why do we use Big O instead of Big Theta (Θ)?

  
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Q8:   

What is meant by Constant Amortized Time when talking about time complexity of an algorithm?

  
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Q9:   

Name some types of Big O complexity and corresponding algorithms

  
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Q10:   

What is the time complexity for Hello, World function?

  
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Q11:   

What is an algorithm?

  
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Q12:   

Explain your understanding of Space Complexity with examples

  
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Q13:   

What is the difference between Lower bound and Tight bound?

  
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Q14:   

What does it mean if an operation is O(n!)?

  
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Q15:   

What are some algorithms which we use daily that has O(1), O(n log n) and O(log n) complexities?

  
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Big-O Notation Practical Challenges

Q1:   

Provide an example of O(1) algorithm

  
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Q2:   

What is the Big O notation of this function?

  
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Q3:   

What is complexity of push and pop for a Stack implemented using a LinkedList?

  Related To: Linked Lists, Stacks
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Q4:   

What is complexity of this code snippet?

  
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Q5:   

What is complexity of Reading a Book?

  
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Q6:   

What is complexity of this code snippet?

  
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Q7:   

Provide an example of algorithm with time complexity of O(ck)?

  
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