Signal Integrity and Power Integrity Engineer

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You are given a list of integers. Modify the list in-place such that all even numbers appear at the beginning of the list and all odd numbers appear at the end. The relative order of even numbers and odd numbers does not matter. For example: If the input list is [3, 1, 2, 4, 6, 7], a valid output would be [2, 4, 6, 3, 1, 7]. Another valid output would be [4, 2, 6, 1, 3, 7]. The even numbers (2, 4, 6) are at the beginning, and the odd numbers (3, 1, 7) are at the end. If the input list is [1, 3, 5, 7], the output should be [1, 3, 5, 7] since all numbers are already odd. If the input list is [2, 4, 6, 8], the output should be [2, 4, 6, 8] since all numbers are already even. If the input list is [], the output should be []. Write a function that takes a list of integers as input and modifies it in-place to satisfy these conditions. Your solution should be efficient, ideally completing the modification in O(n) time complexity and O(1) space complexity.

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Let's design a system utility to find duplicate files on a given file system. The utility should traverse a directory, compute a hash for each file, and identify duplicates based on these hashes. Discuss the algorithmic complexity, potential optimizations, and trade-offs between CPU and RAM usage. What is the theoretical best performance we can achieve?

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Tell me about a time you had a conflict with a colleague. What was the nature of the conflict, and how did you approach resolving it? What was the outcome, and what did you learn from the experience? For example, perhaps you disagreed on the best approach to a technical problem, or maybe there was a misunderstanding about responsibilities. How did you communicate your perspective, and how did you listen to theirs? What steps did you take to find a mutually agreeable solution? Did you involve a mediator or supervisor, or were you able to resolve it yourselves? What were the key takeaways from that situation, and how have you applied those lessons to future collaborations? It is important to show that you can handle conflict well.