Reddit tech screen - senior software engineer

Multi part question from reddit tech screen. The problem should be code complete and should successfully execute the given test cases. Verdict: Reject interview time : 60 min Feedback:- Question has a lot...

Multi part question from reddit tech screen. The problem should be code complete and should successfully execute the given test cases.

Verdict: Reject
interview time : 60 min

Feedback:- Question has a lot of followups so be ready to make changes to the existing code base. Problem solving is not hard but reading the problem and addressing the follow ups and then implementation is time consuming. So, make sure that you address the first two parts as soon as possible.

Part 1
Let\'s pair code a program that can do scoring for a game:
The game has exactly 2 players. Each player scores 1pt at a time. Each player starts with 0 points.
The player with a score >= 4 wins but they must win by 2 pts.
4 to 2 wins
4 to 3 does not win
5 to 3 wins
If the score is tied at or above 3, we change both scores to 3 and keep going until one player wins by 2
We should be able to:
(1) Write a function that returns the current score
(2) Write a function that increments the score of a given player, error if the game is already over
(3) Write a function that returns which player won or an error when the game is not over yet.

Part 2
Congrats, you basically implemented the scoring mechanism for Tennis!
In our modified tennis game, sets are made up of games. A set is a group of 5 games.
A player wins a set if they win 3 games.
After a game is done, the same two players play another game until the set is over.
Let\'s implement sets now.

Part 3
There are a few tweaks though.
Tennis has different names for the scores:
0 is called \'love\'. 1 is called \'15\'. 2 is called \'30\'. 3 is called \'40\'.
A tied score below 3 is called \u201CAll\u201D.
0-0 is "Love All", 1-1 is "15 All", 2-2 is "30 All"
3-3 is called \u201CDeuce\u201D
4-3 is called \u201CAdvantage Player 1\u201D
3-4 is called \u201CAdvantage Player 2\u201D
If the game is over, the score should show as "Player 1 Wins\u201D or "Player 2 Wins"
Let\'s add a new function to get the current tennis score for a game.

Part 4
Let\'s update the code to handle the fact that players switch sides between games.

[execution time limit] 3 seconds (java)

[memory limit] 1 GB