The Palantir coding-screen classic. It looks like merge-intervals but needs a different weapon, the sweep line, and the boundary-tie detail decides whether your answer is right or off by a planeload.
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Flight segments (start, end, seats): find the maximum simultaneous passengers
The Palantir coding-screen classic. It looks like merge-intervals but needs a different weapon, the sweep line, and the boundary-tie detail decides whether your answer is right or off by a planeload.
Updated Aug 2026 · Grounded in real Forward Deployed Engineer interview loops and written to a senior-engineer editorial bar.
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