The Throttle Ceiling
A medium Python mock interview question on DataDriven. Practice with AI-powered feedback, real code execution, and a hire/no-hire decision.
- Domain
- Python
- Difficulty
- medium
- Seniority
- L4
Interview Prompt
A public API throttles each client to at most `max_requests` calls within any `window_seconds`-long stretch, and a call is accepted only when fewer than `max_requests` already-accepted calls fall inside the window ending at its arrival; a throttled call is turned away and never counts against later ones. Given `calls`, the arrival timestamps in arrival order, return a parallel list of booleans that is True for each accepted call and False for each throttled one.
Summary
Too many requests in too short a timeframe. Throttle it.
How This Interview Works
- Read the vague prompt (just like a real interview)
- Ask clarifying questions to the AI interviewer
- Write your python solution with real code execution
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