Binary Search Interview Questions
🧠 Binary Search Interview Questions
Section titled “🧠 Binary Search Interview Questions”Comprehensive interview preparation covering theory, implementation, pattern recognition, and tricky variations.
📖 Topics
Section titled “📖 Topics”| # | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Theory & Fundamentals | Complexity, prerequisites, loop invariants, edge cases |
| 2 | Pattern Recognition | How to choose which pattern to use for any problem |
| 3 | Tricky Variations | Hard edge cases, ambiguous conditions, real interview scenarios |
📋 Quick Question Bank
Section titled “📋 Quick Question Bank”| # | Question | Difficulty | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Explain O(log n) complexity | 🟢 Easy | Theory |
| 2 | Compare iterative vs recursive BS | 🟢 Easy | Theory |
| 3 | What are the loop invariants? | 🟡 Medium | Theory |
| 4 | How do you choose lo <= hi vs lo < hi? | 🟡 Medium | Theory |
| 5 | Identify BS from problem description | 🟡 Medium | Recognition |
| 6 | Koko Bananas — walkthrough | 🟡 Medium | Answer Space |
| 7 | Search in rotated array | 🟡 Medium | Rotated |
| 8 | Median of Two Sorted Arrays | 🔴 Hard | Advanced |
| 9 | Peak element in 2D | 🔴 Hard | Advanced |
| 10 | Find kth smallest in sorted matrix | 🔴 Hard | Advanced |
| 11 | Floating-point precision issues | 🟡 Medium | Edge Cases |
| 12 | Infinite loop debugging | 🟡 Medium | Debugging |
Start with: Theory & Fundamentals →