The Traffic Director
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
A load balancer spreads incoming requests across a fixed pool of servers so the work stays evenly divided. Given the ordered `servers` pool and the `requests` in arrival order, assign each request to the next server in the rotation and return a dict mapping each request to the server it landed on.
Summary
Spread the load evenly - nobody should be doing all the work.
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