Code Challenge: Python Random List

March 13, 2023 • Coding Challenges

By Mathis Hammel

In this tiny interview, the generate_random_list function works as expected, but it’s very slow on large test cases. Can you figure out what’s wrong and fix it without changing its statistical distribution?

Your task for this code challenge is to improve the generate_random_list function in the sandbox below to run faster than 100ms for both tests.

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Code Challenge: Hotel Booking Demand

September 25, 2023 • Coding Challenges

By Laaro Yussuf

This two part challenge aims to test your understanding of how you can interact with data and explore it to unveil important hidden information as well as craft visualizations that spotlight various aspects of the dataset.

Code Challenge: Consuming API In Spring

June 14, 2023 • Coding Challenges

By Ridwan Busari

In Spring applications, consuming APIs is a common requirement for interacting with external services or fetching data from remote servers. Complete the API consumption methods for the students endpoints in this code challenge.

Code Challenge: Django Models

May 25, 2023 • Coding Challenges

By Anita Achu

Django is a popular Python framework for building web applications. Test your knowledge of models by improving the Django application in this code challenge.