The Word Counter
A easy Python mock interview question on DataDriven. Practice with AI-powered feedback, real code execution, and a hire/no-hire decision.
- Domain
- Python
- Difficulty
- easy
- Seniority
- L3
Interview Prompt
We're tallying vocabulary across free-text records. Given a string, return a dict mapping each word to how many times it appears, treating the text as whitespace-separated words.
Summary
How many times does each word show up in a file?
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
- Get instant feedback and a hire/no-hire decision