texazzpete:



Nobody should give this scammer any money

OG NL member it's been a while.

qtguru:


OG NL member it's been a while.

How you dey bro?

texazzpete:


How you dey bro?

Japa ministry o , but life is good

I’ll go with hash map, and what I’ll do is simply
- extract the keys:

self.map.keys()

- perform the random operation on the extracted keys to get “x”
- then, go back to the map to get the winner:

self.map.get(x).unwrap()

Technical interviews have taught me to not prioritize performance first, if there is one thing I have taken away from them. This stage's goal is to assess one’s thinking capacity.

If you are unable to solve the problem optimally in your mind within the first two to three minutes of the allotted time, consider using the cleanest, most brutal force approach you are capable of using to solve it. If you've figured it out and have some extra time, go back and consider a new approach while explaining to the interviewer why the existing solution isn't the best one.
This time, the nerves would have subsided, giving you the opportunity to choose a better solution.