The Link Shrinker
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
Return the short code our link shortener assigns to `url`, taken from the front of the URL's MD5 hex digest and recorded in `code_map`, which maps each short code to its URL.
Summary
Long addresses have aliases - you give them out, you keep the map.
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