General Techniques

Question 1

What data structure might you use if the problem involves reversing something?

Answer 1

Stack

Question 2

How do you use the max() function to find the longest string out of a set of strings?

Answer 2

max(str1, str2, key=len)

Question 3

How do you use lambda function in python?

Answer 3

list[Object]
list.sort(key=lambda i : i.somePropertyOfObject)

Question 4

What is the difference between sort() and sorted()

Answer 4

Sort() sorts the sequence in place and returns nothing.
Sorted() returns a sorted copy of the list without sorting the original.