One possible answer could be that the incorrect number is 1134 and the correct number is 1132. 
  
 Instead of 28, it should be 30(5^2 + 5) to maintain the pattern. 
  
 On calculating the differences between consecutive terms: 
  
 - 1200 - 1194 = 6 (2^2 + 2) 
 - 1194 - 1182 = 12 (3^2 + 3) 
 - 1182 - 1162 = 20 (4^2 + 4) 
 - 1162 - 1134 = 28 ( Should be 30 = 5^2 + 5) 
 - 1134 - 1090 = 44 (If the previous number is 1132; diff = 42 and which is 6^2 + 6) 
 - 1090 - 1034 = 56 (7^2 + 7)

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Identify the wrong number in the series 1200, 1194, 1182, 1162, 1134, 1090, 1034  Explain.

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Identify the wrong number in the series
1200, 1194, 1182, 1162, 1134, 1090, 1034

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This round contained general Android knowledge and in depth language awareness questions(Kotlin based).
Around the end of the interview, the interviewer asked to open any preferrer IDE and share the screen and then to write a solution for eliminating a target value from Integer array(can contain duplicates too) without using extra space.

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Three days later got asked to interview for the Hiring Manager round which got scheduled and then got cancelled a day before the interview was supposed to take place. 

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Created a Quantum Circuit that implements Bernstein Vazirani algorithm to find a secret binary substring faster than a classical computer. 

Essentially, if there is a secret substring S then it will take |S| tries for a classical computer to guess it. 
But using Bernstein Vazirani Algorithm does it in a single try.

So, for a secret substring 1001, on a 4 qubit quantum computer, we can do a single shot computation and arrive at the string which was not seen by the circuit. 

Bernstein Vazirani algorithm gets the secret substring exactly as 1001 in ~636 out of every 1000 times. The erroneous values in the histogram for other possible combinations, our original secret substring was 1001, but we can also see that 0000, 0001 …. 1111 were also computed in a few cases, this error seen in the histogram is due to the quantum computing error.

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**Historical Context**

During World War II, Allied intelligence faced the challenge of estimating German tank production. This led to the development of statistical methods that significantly outperformed traditional intelligence gathering.

Here's how the simulation works:
1. We have a secret number of tanks (500 in this case).
2. We pretend to "capture" 5 tanks and look at their serial numbers.
3. Based on these 5 numbers, we try to guess the total number of tanks.
4. We repeat this process 1000 times to see how good our guessing methods are.

Here's the strategy:
- The "Simple" method (MLE): We just use the highest number we see.
- The "Smart" method (Unbiased): We use a slightly more complicated calculation that tries to account for the tanks we didn't see.

Observations:
1. The "Simple" method (blue) tends to guess too low. Its average guess is about 416 tanks, which is less than the real 500.
2. The "Smart" method (orange) does better. Its average guess is about 498 tanks, very close to the real 500!
3. But notice how the orange bars are more spread out. This means the "Smart" method can sometimes be way off, even though it's better on average.
4. The "Simple" method is more consistent (the blue bars are more bunched together), but it's consistently too low.

**Estimation Methodology**

**1. Basic Maximum Likelihood Estimator**

The simplest approach uses the maximum observed serial number (m) as an estimator:

N̂ = m

While simple, this estimator is biased low, as P(N̂ ≤ N) = 1.

**Improved Estimators**

**Sample Maximum Plus Average Gap**

A more sophisticated estimator adds the average gap between observed serial numbers:

N̂ = m + (m - k) / k

Where:
- m: maximum observed serial number
- k: number of observed samples

This can be interpreted as the maximum plus the average gap, providing a less biased estimate.

**Derivation from Order Statistics**

The estimator can be derived from order statistics. For a sample of size k from a uniform discrete distribution on {1, ..., N}:

E[m] = N * k / (k + 1)

Solving for N yields the unbiased estimator:

N̂ = m * (k + 1) / k - 1

**Probability Analysis**

The probability of observing a specific set of serial numbers {s₁, ..., sₖ} given N tanks is:

P({s₁, ..., sₖ} | N) = k! / (N * (N-1) * ... * (N-k+1))

Maximizing this probability (or its logarithm) with respect to N yields the maximum likelihood estimator.

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Slogging for Western Mnc is the only desire of IITians?

Comments and solutions??

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Or have yourself updated with each structure and almost every type of problem. 

Fucked up and interview today.

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