The scenario
Repair word validation, find all proper substring containers, and optimize large and long-word datasets.
A failure to reason about
Use a small strings scenario to compare current behavior with the requirement.
Illustrative context for the topic. The exercise’s full requirements arrive in the workspace.
Questions to bring to your review
- Which caller makes the reported behavior visible?
- What focused regression would distinguish the current behavior from the requirement?
- What existing behavior must remain intact after the change?
Skills you will practice
- string validation
- deduplication
- substring matching
- performance
- testing
Read the existing code, reproduce the reported behavior, review proposed changes, and verify your final implementation. You can use AI assistance while staying responsible for the result.
Prepare with a worked example
- How to review AI-generated code in an interview
Work through a flawed AI patch, design a regression that exposes it, and explain a repair with evidence. A practical code-review exercise for AI-assisted interviews.
See how nrml evaluates an attempt, including the limits of automated evidence.