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Given a city and population density, select a random city based on probability of population density. With city A - 60.0, city B - 3.25, city C - 0.002. probability of selecting city A - 60 / 63.252 city B - 3.25 / 63.252 city C - 0.002 / 63.252
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Staff Software Engineer

Interviewed at Liftoff

4.1
Mar 8, 2025

Given a city and population density, select a random city based on probability of population density. With city A - 60.0, city B - 3.25, city C - 0.002. probability of selecting city A - 60 / 63.252 city B - 3.25 / 63.252 city C - 0.002 / 63.252

Read this PR: https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/2290 and role play as the tech lead for the traefik project. You need to summarize the situation to your manager and propose what we should do next. Share the ramifications of the plan and what you will do to mitigate any potential fallout. Additionally, disregard the timestamps and assume the exchange occurred over a 2 week period.
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Staff Software Engineer

Interviewed at Calm

3.2
Feb 19, 2025

Read this PR: https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/2290 and role play as the tech lead for the traefik project. You need to summarize the situation to your manager and propose what we should do next. Share the ramifications of the plan and what you will do to mitigate any potential fallout. Additionally, disregard the timestamps and assume the exchange occurred over a 2 week period.

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