Extract Leaf Values
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 service's runtime configuration arrives as a nested dict `config` where each value is either a subsection (another dict) or a plain setting value at the bottom. Return every plain setting value collected into one flat list.
Summary
The tree has leaves. Pluck them.
How This Interview Works
- Read the vague prompt (just like a real interview)
- Ask clarifying questions to the AI interviewer
- Write and run your Python against test cases
- Answer the interviewer's follow-up questions, then get a hire or no-hire decision