The Pay Ladder
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
An HR analytics export hands you a list of employee records, each carrying a `salary`, together with a cutoff `n`. Return the `n` highest salaries, building the selection yourself without `sorted`, `.sort`, `nlargest`, or any similar helper.
Summary
Climb the ladder the hard way. No shortcuts allowed.
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