The Lazy Squares
An easy 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
- easy
- Seniority
- L4
Interview Prompt
You're building a fixture of perfect squares whose decimal form contains a particular digit, and because those squares are scattered you can't tell in advance how far you'll have to look. Given a digit `digit` (0 through 9) and a positive integer `count`, return the first `count` such squares, so `squares_with_digit(2, 3)` gives `[25, 121, 225]`.
Summary
A sequence that never fully reveals itself.
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