Absent Without Leave

A medium Python mock interview question on DataDriven, with an AI interviewer who asks follow-up questions and a hire or no-hire decision at the end.

Domain
Python
Difficulty
medium
Seniority
L4

Interview Prompt

A monitoring export hands you `nums`, the record IDs that actually landed in a log, plus the `lower` and `upper` bounds of the ID range that should have been there. Return the `[start, end]` ranges covering every expected ID that is absent from `nums`.

Summary

Between the first name and the last, the ones who never showed. Account for them.

How This Interview Works

  1. Read the vague prompt (just like a real interview)
  2. Ask clarifying questions to the AI interviewer
  3. Write and run your Python against test cases
  4. Answer the interviewer's follow-up questions, then get a hire or no-hire decision